Cardinals created by pope pius xii biography
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Birth. November 3, 1879, Mossul, Ottoman Empire (now Iraq). From an old Syrian Christian family, which in the late 18th century had entered the Syrian union with Rome. His baptismal name was Abdalahad Leo.
Education. Studied at the Dominican Syro-Chaldean Seminary, Mossul, from 1892 until 1902.
Priesthood. Ordained, November 3 (or 9), 1902, Mossul. Took the name Dominique. Faculty member of the Syro-Chaldean Dominican Seminary, 1902-1908. Secretary of the apostolic delegation in Mesopotamia, 1908-1912.
Episcopate. Elected titular bishop of Danaba and appointed patriarchal vicar in Mardin, September 14, 1912. Consecrated, January 19, 1913, Beirut, Lebanon, by Ignace-Denis Rahmani, patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians. Took the name Théophile-Gabriel. Transferred to the titular see of Batne, January 19, 1913, because "Danaba" has an undignified quality in Arabic ears. In 1918, because of the difficulties of the Christians in parts of the Ottoman Empire, Bishop Tappouni was
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388. Editorial Note
Pope Pius XII died at Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on October 9. Cardinal Benedetto Aliosi Masella was appointed Camerlengo of the Holy See to serve as caretaker administrator of the Roman Catholic Church until the election of a new Pope. All appointments made by Pope Pius XII lapsed and all decisions of the interim ledning were subject to the approval of the next Pope. During the interregnum, Vatican diplomatic activities were circumscribed. A Department of State background paper noted: “As head of the papal ‘caretaker government,’ Cardinal Aliosi Masella may administer, but he may not innovate.” (Biographic Paper on huvudregel Aliosi Masella prepared by the Division of Biographic Information, October 1958; Department of State, huvud Files, 110.11–DU/10–1758)
The U.S. delegation to the funeral ceremonies for Pope Pius XII was headed bygd Secretary of State Dulles and included former Ambassador to Italy Clare Boothe Luce and Chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy C
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In his Christmas Message 1945, His Holiness Pope Pius XII announced his intention, to make the College of Cardinals a living picture of the universality of the Church. Included here are cardinals created by Pope Pius XII in the consistory January 12, 1953
Twenty-four cardinals were created by Pope Pius XII in the consistory of January 12, 1953:
Benjamín de Arriba y Castro, Gaetano Cicognani, Pietro Ciriaci, Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini, John D'Alton, Francesco Borgongini Duca, Maurice Feltin, Valerian Gracias, Georges-François-Xavier-Marie GrentePaul-Émile Léger, Giacomo Lercaro, Crisanto Luque Sánchez, Marcello Mimmi, James McIntyreManuel Arce y OchotorenaAlfredo Ottaviani, Fernando Quiroga y Palacios, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Augusto da Silva, Giuseppe Siri, Aloysius Stepinac, Carlos María Cardinal de la Torre, Valerio Valeri, Stefan Wyszyński
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