Luigi Trombetta Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Luigi Trombetta
Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Appointed:24 December 1896
Term End:17 January 1900
Predecessor:Luigi Sepiacci
Other Post:Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Eustachio (1899-1900)
Ordination:March 1844
Cardinal:19 June 1899
Created Cardinal By:Pope Leo XIII
Rank:Cardinal-Deacon
Birth Name:Luigi Trombetta
Birth Date:3 February 1820
Birth Place:Città Lavinia, Papal States
Death Place:Palazzo Morosini, Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Buried:Campo Verano
Parents:Giovanni Trombetta
Dorotea di Pietro

Luigi Trombetta (3 February 1820 – 17 January 1900) was an Italian cardinal.[1]

He was ordained as a priest in March 1844. He received his doctorate in utroque iure (both canon and civil law). He was made a canon of the chapter of the Patriarchal Basilica of Liberia, and in May 1877 he was appointed Apostolic Protonotary. In February 1863 he became undersecretary of the Congregation for Bishops and Regulars; by December 1896 he was secretary of this congregation.

In June 1899 he was created Cardinal of Sant'Eustachio by Pope Leo XIII; he died six months later and was buried in the Campo Verano cemetery in Rome.

Notes and References

  1. https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1899.htm Florida International University website, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church section, ‘’Biographical Dictionary, Pope Leo XIII, Consistory of June 19, 1899’’