Raffaele Fornari Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Raffaele Fornari
Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Appointed:7 June 1851
Term End:15 June 1854
Predecessor:Carlo Vizzardelli
Successor:Giovanni Brunelli
Other Post:Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva (1851-54)
Consecration:3 April 1842
Consecrated By:Engelbert Sterckx
Cardinal:21 December 1846
30 September 1850
Created Cardinal By:Pope Pius IX
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Raffaele Fornari
Birth Date:23 January 1787
Birth Place:Rome, Papal States
Death Place:Rome, Papal States
Buried:Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Parents:Francesco Fornari
Teresa Galli

Raffaele Fornari (23 January 1787, in Rome, Italy – 15 June 1854, in Rome) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was a member of the Papal diplomacy and was nuntius to Belgium in 1842, to France 1842 - 1851, and prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education 1851 - 1854.

He was named as a cardinal in pectore in 1846 by Pope Pius IX and the nomination was formally published later in 1850.

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