Luigi Cardinal Maglione †

Deceased

Secretary of State

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Mar 1877		Born
25 Jul 1901	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
1 Sep 1920	43.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
1 Sep 1920	43.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
26 Sep 1920	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
24 May 1926	49.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to France
16 Dec 1935	58.7	Elevated to Cardinal
16 Dec 1935	58.7	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to France
18 Jun 1936	59.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
22 Jul 1938	61.3	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
10 Mar 1939	62.0	Appointed	Secretary of State
22 Aug 1944	67.4	Died	Secretary of State

MicroData Summary
Luigi Maglione
Luigi Cardinal Maglione
(born 2 Mar 1877, died 22 Aug 1944)
Secretary of State

Consistory - 1935: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1939: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Casoria, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
Death Place Casoria, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

a priest for 43.0 years
a bishop for 23.9 years
a cardinal for 8.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri †
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Bonaventura Cerretti †
Titular Archbishop of Corinthus
Archbishop Lorenzo Schioppa †
Titular Archbishop of Mocissus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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

Ordained Priest:
Yves (Marie-Joseph) Cardinal Congar, O.P. † (1930)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Ambühl † (1925)
Archbishop Rémy-Louis Leprêtre, O.F.M. † (1936)
Giuseppe Cardinal Beltrami † (1940)
Archbishop Joseph Patrick Hurley † (1940)
Archbishop Giuseppe Misuraca † (1941)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/93986
VIAF: 37012570
WikiData: Q918739

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1920, Number 57
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 99
xsta/nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 15, and Page 130, and Page 248

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