Carlo Oppizzoni Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Carlo Oppizzoni
Archbishop of Bologna
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Bologna
See:Bologna
Appointed:20 September 1802
Term End:13 April 1855
Predecessor:Andrea Gioannetti
Successor:Michele Viale-Prelà
Ordination:25 May 1793
Consecration:21 September 1802
Consecrated By:Giovanni Filippo Gallarati Scotti
Cardinal:26 March 1804
Created Cardinal By:Pope Pius VII
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Carlo Oppizzoni
Birth Date:15 April 1769
Birth Place:Milan, Duchy of Milan
Death Place:Bologna, Papal States
Buried:Bologna Cathedral
Parents:Francesco Oppizzoni
Paola Trivulzio
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Carlo Oppizzoni, spelled also Opizzoni or Oppizoni (15 April 1769  - 13 April 1855), was a Roman Catholic cardinal and archbishop.

Biography

Oppizoni was born in Milan to an aristocratic family; he was the son of Count Francesco Oppizoni and Marchesa Paola Trivulzio. In 1790, he earned a doctorate in theology and canon law at the University of Pavia. In 1793, he was ordained as priest, and in 1799 became a leader of the Chapter of Canons of the Cathedral of Milan.

In 1802, he was named archbishop of Bologna. In 1804 Pope Pius VII raised him to the rank of cardinal. Napoleon named him senator in his arranged Kingdom of Italy, and member of the Order of the Iron Crown. However, he attempted to resist some of the political maneuvers of Napoleon and in 1808 tried to restore the rights to the church, and refused to attend the wedding of Napoleon with Marie Louise Habsburg in 1810; this caused the Napoleonic authorities to jail him in the Castle of Vincennes. He returned to Bologna in 1815.

He would fulfill a number of roles in the subsequent papal administrations, mostly while residing in Bologna, including as Archchancellor of the Pontifical University of Bologna. He was a papal legate to various provinces. He participated in four conclaves:[1]

Notes and References

  1. Content in this edit is translated from the existing Italian Wikipedia article at ; see its history for attribution.