Enrico Gasparri S.T.D.

Doctor of Sacred Theology

The Doctor of Sacred Theology is the final theological degree in the pontifical university system of the Catholic Church....

 JUD

JUD

A Doctor of Canon and Civil Law, from the Latin doctor utriusque juris, or juris utriusque doctor, or doctor juris utriusque is a scholar who has acquired a doctorate in both civil law and church law...

 (25 July 1871-20 May 1946) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal

Cardinal (Catholicism)

A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...

 and Archbishop

Archbishop

An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...

. Pietro Gasparri

Pietro Gasparri

Pietro Gasparri was a Roman Catholic archbishop, diplomat and politician in the Roman Curia and signatory of the Lateran Pacts.- Biography :...

, who in 1929 signed the Lateran Pacts, was his uncle.

Enrico was ordained on 10 August 1894 at the age of 23. He studied in Rome receiving degrees in theology

Theology

Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...

 and philosophy

Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...

 and worked in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

 in a pastoral role from 1894 until 1898. Pope Benedict XV

Pope Benedict XV

Pope Benedict XV , born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, reigned as Pope from 3 September 1914 to 22 January 1922...

 appointed him Titular Archbishop of Sebastea on 9 December 1915, and sent as Apostolic Delegate to Colombia

Colombia

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. On 20 July 1917 he was chosen as Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia with full dipolmatic rights. On 1 September 1920 Pope Benedict appointed him Nuncio to Brazil

Brazil

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The appointed ended when on 14 December 1925 he was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola

San Bartolomeo all'Isola

The Basilica of St. Bartholomew on the Island is a titular minor basilica, located in Rome, Italy. It was founded at the end of the 10th century by Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor. It contains the relics of St...

at the age of 54. His creation was an exception made to the Code of Canon Law that forbade anyone having a relative in the Sacred College of Cardinals.

On the 18 May 1933 Pope Pius XI

Pope Pius XI

Pope Pius XI , born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was Pope from 6 February 1922, and sovereign of Vatican City from its creation as an independent state on 11 February 1929 until his death on 10 February 1939...

 appointed him Prefect of Apostolic Signatura

Apostolic Signatura

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. On the 16 October 1933 he was elevated to Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri. He was one of the cardinal electors

Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 1939

The following were the cardinal electors in the 1939 papal conclave. Arranged by region , and within each alphabetically...

 in the 1939 papal conclave

Papal conclave, 1939

The Papal conclave of 1939 was convoked on the brink of World War II with the death of Pope Pius XI on 10 February that year in the Apostolic Palace. With all 62 living cardinals in attendance, the conclave to elect Pius' successor began on 1 March and ended a day later, on 2 March, after three...

, which selected Pope Pius XII

Pope Pius XII

The Venerable Pope Pius XII , born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli , reigned as Pope, head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State, from 2 March 1939 until his death in 1958....

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He died on 20 May 1946 at the age of 74.