Pietro Respighi

Cardinal Respighi (1895)

Pietro Cardinal Respighi (born September 22, 1843 in Bologna , Papal States , † March 22, 1913 in Rome ) was Italian bishop of two dioceses and cardinal of the Curia .

Life

Pietro Respighi received on 25 November 1850, the sacrament of Confirmation , on 17 December 1864 he was appointed sub-deacon ordained and received on 23 December 1865, the diaconate . He attended the seminary of Bologna and the Roman seminary of Pius , where he was awarded the doctorate of theology and doctor of both rights on August 16, 1870 . After his ordination on March 31, 1866 in Rome, he worked from 1872 to June 1874 in the Archdiocese of Bologna as a professor for the seminary. He then became archpriest of the parish of Ss Gervasio e Protasio in Pieve di Budrio .

On December 14, 1891, he was appointed Bishop of Guastalla . He was ordained bishop by the Cardinal Chamberlain and Cardinal Vicar , Lucido Maria Parocchi , on December 20 of the same year in Rome; Co- consecrators were Andrea Aiuti , Secretary of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide , and Augusto Berlucca , Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia . Pope Leo XIII. raised him on November 30, 1896 to Archbishop of Ferrara .

Pope Leo XIII. took him on June 19, 1899 as a cardinal priest in the college of cardinals , and he received on June 22 of the same year the titular church Santi Quattro Coronati . He resigned from his office as Archbishop of Ferrara on April 19, 1900, after having been appointed Cardinal Vicar ten days earlier . From 1900 to 1908 he was Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops . He took part in the 1903 conclave that Pope Pius X elected. From February 21, 1906 to April 15, 1907 he was treasurer of the Holy College of Cardinals . On January 10, 1910, he became archpriest of the Lateran Basilica .

Pietro Respighi died in 1913 and was buried in the Campo Verano cemetery. Later his remains were transferred to his former titular church Santi Quattro Coronati .

His nephew Carlo Respighi was Prefect of the Papal Ceremonies between 1918 and 1947 .

Web links

Commons : Pietro Respighi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Respighi, Pietro. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed July 28, 2016.
• Entry on Pietro Respighi on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on July 28, 2016.
• Pietro Respighi in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Francesco Cardinal Satolli	Archpriest of the Lateran Basilica 1910–1913	Domenico Cardinal Ferrata
François-Désiré Mathieu	Chamberlain of the Holy College of Cardinals 1907–1909	Sebastiano Martinelli OESA
Domenico Maria Jacobini	Cardinal Vicar 1900–1913	Basilio Pompili
Egidio Mauri OP	Archbishop of Ferrara 1896–1900	Giulio Boschi
Andrea Carlo Ferrari	Bishop of Guastalla 1891-1896	Enrico Grazioli