Pope Pius XII

Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †

Deceased

Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

from the web site of the diocese

Motto: Opus Justitiæ Pax

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Mar 1876		Born
2 Apr 1899	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy
7 Mar 1911	35.0	Appointed	Under Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs
20 Jun 1912	36.2	Appointed	Pro-Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs
1 Feb 1914	37.9	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs
20 Apr 1917	41.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria
23 Apr 1917	41.1	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Sardes
13 May 1917	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Sardes
23 Jun 1920	44.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany
8 Jun 1925	49.2	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria
12 Jun 1925	49.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Prussia
16 Dec 1929	53.7	Elevated to Cardinal
16 Dec 1929	53.7	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany
16 Dec 1929	53.7	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Prussia
19 Dec 1929	53.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
9 Feb 1930	53.9	Appointed	Secretary of State
25 Mar 1930	54.0	Appointed	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}
1 Apr 1935	59.0	Appointed	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
10 Feb 1939	62.9	Ceased	Secretary of State
2 Mar 1939	63.0	Elected	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
12 Mar 1939	63.0	Installed	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
9 Oct 1958	82.6	Died	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

MicroData Summary
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli
(born 2 Mar 1876, died 9 Oct 1958)
Pope of Roma {Rome}

Consistory - December 1929: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1939: Participated; Camerlengo (Chamberlain); Elected Pope
Consistory - 1946: Pope
Consistory - 1953: Pope
Conclave - 1958: Previous Pope

Event Place
Birth Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Ordained Bishop Sistine, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place Castelgandolfo, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original) Grotto, San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a priest for 59.5 years
a bishop for 41.4 years
a cardinal for 9.2 years (Elected Pope)
a pope for 19.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Benedict XV
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano †
Titular Archbishop of Thebae
Bishop Agostino Zampini, O.E.S.A. †
Titular Bishop of Porphyreon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Johann Evangelist Erich Müller † (1923)
Bishop Michel-Joseph Bourguignon d’Herbigny, S.J. † (1926)
Giuseppe Cardinal Pizzardo † (1930)
Bishop Alois Scheiwiler † (1930)
Archbishop Louis (Luigi) Centoz † (1932)
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman † (1932)
Bishop Alois Karl Hudal † (1933)
Archbishop Albert Levame † (1934)
Archbishop Carlo Serena † (1935)
Archbishop Antonino Arata † (1935)
Archbishop Saverio Ritter † (1935)
Archbishop Alcide Giuseppe Marina, C.M. † (1936)
Archbishop Maurilio Silvani † (1936)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Efrem Cardinal Forni † (1938)
Archbishop Aldo Laghi † (1938)
Bishop Joseph Meile † (1938)
Bishop Thomas Roch Agniswami, S.J. † (1939)
Bishop Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B. † (1939)
Bishop Ignace Ramarosandratana † (1939)
Archbishop Joseph Nakabaale Kiwánuka, M. Afr. † (1939)
Bishop James Colbert † (1939)
Bishop Jean Larregain, M.E.P. † (1939)
Bishop Blasius Sigibald Kurz, O.F.M. † (1939)
Bishop Henri Martin Mekkelholt, S.C.I. † (1939)
Thomas Cardinal Tien Ken-hsin (Tienchensing), S.V.D. † (1939)
Bishop William Francis O’Shea, M.M. † (1939)
Bishop Urbanus Stephanus Mauritius Cornelius (Urbain Étienne) Morlion, M. Afr. † (1939)
Bishop Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. † (1939)
Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri † (1941)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Ordained Bishop	Sistine, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place	Castelgandolfo, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original)	Grotto, San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/46861
VIAF: 63987052
WikiData: Q2604

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1917, Number 23
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 16 Dec 1929
xsta/x933/nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 15, and Page 25, and Page 59
nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 133, and Page 219
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 5, Number 246, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 264, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 369, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 406, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 11, Number 534, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 12, Number 610, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 13, Number 664, Ascendance

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