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.