Carlo Chiarlo
Carlo Chiarlo (4 November 1881 – 21 January 1964) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as nuncio to several countries, mostly Latin American, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958.
Carlo Chiarlo | |
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Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Campitelli "pro hac vice" | |
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Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Appointed | 18 December 1958 |
Term ended | 21 January 1964 |
Predecessor | Massimo Massimi |
Successor | Charles Journet |
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Ordination | 28 May 1904 |
Consecration | 11 November 1928 by Pietro Gasparri |
Created cardinal | 15 December 1958 by Pope John XXIII |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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Birth name | Carlo Chiarlo |
Born | 4 November 1881 Pontremoli, Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy |
Died | 21 January 1964 82) Lucca, Italy | (aged
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Alma mater | Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas |
Motto | Latin: Mea Lux Dominus |
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Styles of Carlo Chiarlo | |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
See | none |
Biography
Born in Pontremoli, Chiarlo studied at the seminary in Lucca and the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome before being ordained to the priesthood on 28 May 1904. He then taught at the seminary and did pastoral work in Lucca until 1917. Chiarlo was secretary and later chargé d'affaires of the nunciature to Peru from 1917 to 1922, when he was named Auditor of the Polish nunciature. He was raised to the rank of Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on 26 May 1918.
On 12 October 1928, Chiarlo was appointed Titular Archbishop of Amida by Pope Pius XI.[1] He received his episcopal consecration on the following 12 November from Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, with Archbishop Giovanni Volpi and Bishop Theodor Kubina serving as co-consecrators, in the chapel of the Collegio Pio-Latinoamericano in Rome. He was named Nuncio to Bolivia on 12 November.[lower-alpha 1]
Chiarlo was later made Nuncio to Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Panama (7 January 1932), and to simply Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama (19 December 1933). Returning to Rome, he was charged with the special mission of assisting prisoners of World War II on 3 December 1941. Chiarlo, after becoming head of the pontifical mission to Germany in 1945, was appointed Nuncio to Brazil, where he would be a beloved figure,[2] on 19 March 1946. From 1954 to 1958, Chiarlo was made a nuncio at the disposition of the Secretariat of State in the Roman Curia.
Pope John XXIII created him Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico in the consistory of 15 December 1958. Cardinal Chiarlo lived long enough to attend only the first two sessions of the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1963, and serve as a cardinal elector in the 1963 papal conclave that selected Pope Paul VI.
He died in Lucca at age 82 and is buried in an urban cemetery there.
Notes
- The Acta Apostolicae Sedis identifies him as Nuncio to Bolivia on 12 October and describes his appointment to that office on 12 November.[1]
References
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XX. 1928. pp. 358, 402, 410.
- TIME Magazine. The New Cardinals 22 December 1958
External links
- Catholic-Hierarchy [self-published]
- Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
Catholic Church titles | ||
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Preceded by John Baptist Pitaval |
— TITULAR — Archbishop of Amida 1928–1958 |
Succeeded by Gastone Mojaisky Perrelli |
Preceded by Massimo Massimi |
Cardinal-priest of Santa Maria in Campitelli 1958–1964 |
Succeeded by Charles Journet |
Diplomatic posts | ||
Preceded by Tito Trocchi |
Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia 1928–1932 |
Succeeded by Luigi Centoz |
Preceded by Giovanni Battista Marenco |
Apostolic Delegate to Guatemala 1932–1933 |
Succeeded by Albert Levame |
Preceded by Giuseppe Fietta |
Apostolic Internuncio to Central America 1932–1940 |
Succeeded by Luigi Centoz |
Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica 1932–1941 | ||
Preceded by Mario Mocenni |
Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua 1932–1941 | |
Preceded by Vacant |
Apostolic Nuncio to Panama 1933–1941 | |
Preceded by Benedetto Aloisi Masella |
Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil 1946–1954 |
Succeeded by Armando Lombardi |