Carlo Minoretti Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti
Archbishop of Genoa
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Genoa
See:Genoa
Appointed:16 January 1925
Enthroned:22 April 1925
Term End:13 March 1938
Predecessor:Francesco Sidoli
Successor:Pietro Boetto
Other Post:Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio (1929-38)
Ordination:22 December 1883
Ordained By:Luigi Nazari di Calabiana
Consecration:16 January 1916
Consecrated By:Andrea Carlo Ferrari
Cardinal:16 December 1929
Created Cardinal By:Pope Pius XI
Birth Name:Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti
Birth Date:17 September 1861
Birth Place:Cogliate, Kingdom of Italy
Death Place:Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Motto:Per Jesum ad Mariam

Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti (17 September 1861  - 13 March 1938) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Genoa.

Early life and education

Carlo Minoretti was born in Cogliate, Lombardy. He was educated at the Seminary of Milan. Ordained priest in 1884, he served as a faculty member of Seminary of Monza from 1890 until 1907, when he became a faculty member of the Seminary of Milan until 1909. He did pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Milan until 1915.

Episcopate

Pope Benedict XV appointed him Bishop of Crema on 6 December 1915. He was consecrated on 16 January 1916 by Andrea Ferrari, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan. Pope Pius XI promoted him to the metropolitan see of Genoa on 16 January 1925.

Cardinalate

Pope Pius XI created him Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio in the consistory of 16 December 1929. He died in 1938 in Genoa in office.

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