Giuseppe Palica was an italian Archbishop.

Born on 8 October 1869 in Rome

Rome

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, he was ordained priest on 18 December 1892.

On 25 April 1917 he was appointed vice-gerent of Rome and titular archbishop of Philippi.
On 20 May 1917, he was ordained bishop by Cardinal Basilio Pompilj

Basilio Pompilj

Basilio Pompilj was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Vicar General of Rome from 1913 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1911.-Biography:...

, vicar general of Rome and its district,

He was present at the signing of the Reichskonkordat

Reichskonkordat

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 between the Holy See

Holy See

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 and the Nazi government of Germany

Germany

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on 20 July 1933.

On 16 December 1936, he died in Rome, aged 67.

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