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Fernando Cento | |
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| Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary | |
.png) Fernando Cento in Lisbon, 1958 | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 12 February 1962 |
| Term ended | 7 April 1967 |
| Predecessor | Arcadio Larraona Saralegui |
| Successor | Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto |
| Other post | Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri (1965–73) |
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| Ordination | 23 December 1905 |
| Consecration | 3 September 1922 by Giovanni Tacci Porcelli |
| Created cardinal | 15 December 1958 byPope John XXIII |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest (1959–65) Cardinal-Bishop (1965–73) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fernando Cento (1883-08-10)10 August 1883 |
| Died | 13 January 1973(1973-01-13) (aged 89) |
| Alma mater | |
| Motto | Impendam et super impendar |
| Styles of Fernando Cento | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Velletri-Segni (suburbicarian see) |
Fernando Cento (10 August 1883 – 13 January 1973) was acardinal of the Catholic Church who served asMajor Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary.
Fernando Cento was born inPollenza, Italy. His parents were Evaristo Cento and his second wife, Ermelinda Andreani. He had a half-sister, Rosa, and a brother, Vincenzo.
He was educated at theSeminary ofMacerata from 1893 to 1905, where he was taught philosophy andtheology, and later at thePontifical Gregorian University, where he studiedcanon law. He continued his studies atLa Sapienza University, Rome where he obtained a doctorate in letters. He received thediaconate on 17 December 1905 in the basilica of the Madonna della Misericordia.
He was ordained on 23 December 1905 inMacerata; he had to obtain a dispensation for being not yet 23. He served as professor of literature at the Seminary of Macerata and of philosophy at the State Institute of Macerata from 1906 to 1916. He demonstrated excellent qualities as a preacher in several Italian dioceses. He was called to military service when Italy entered theFirst World War in 1915 and was attached to the military hospital ofAncona from 1915 to 1917. He was createdPrivy chamberlain of His Holiness on 15 November 1917.
He was appointedBishop of Acireale byPope Pius XI on 22 July 1922. He was consecrated on 3 September 1922, by CardinalGiovanni Tacci Porcelli, Secretary of theCongregation for the Oriental Church, assisted by Domenico Pasi,Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino, and by Placido Ferniani,Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto.
He was promoted toTitular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria on 24 June 1926 and was appointedApostolic Nuncio to Venezuela four days later. He was next namedApostolic Nuncio to Peru on 26 July 1936. In addition, he was responsible for the affairs of the church inEcuador, which did not have diplomatic relations with theHoly See for nearly forty years. He was named nuncio to Ecuador on 25 July 1937 once the Ecuadorian government and the Holy See established diplomatic relations.
He was appointednuncio to Belgium and Internuncio toLuxembourg on 9 March 1946.[1]
He became Nuncio to Portugal on 26 October 1953.
Pope John XXIII, on 15 December 1958, created him Cardinal-Priest ofSant'Eustachio as his titular church on 12 March 1959. He was appointed asMajor Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary on 12 February 1962. He attended theSecond Vatican Council for which he produced a report on the practice ofindulgences that was not favorably received by many at the council.[2] He participated in theconclave of 1963 that electedPope Paul VI. He was named a Cardinal bishop and given the title of thesuburbicarian see ofVelletri on 23 April 1965. He resigned his post of Major Penitentiary in 1967.
He died on 13 January 1973 in Rome. He was buried in the parish church of S. Antonio, Pollenza, where he had celebrated his first mass.
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| Preceded by | Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary 12 February 1962 – 7 April 1967 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri-Segni 23 April 1965 – 13 January 1973 | Succeeded by |
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