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Lucido Maria Parocchi (13 August 1833 – 15 January 1903) was an Italiancardinal of theCatholic Church who served asSecretary of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office from 5 August 1896 until his death.
Lucido Maria Parocchi was born inMantua as the son of Antonio Parocchi, a rich miller, and Genoveva Soresina. He was educated at theSeminary of Mantua, and later at theCollegio Romano, where he was awarded adoctorate intheology on 5 September 1856.
He was ordained to the priesthood on 17 May 1856, byCostantino Patrizi Naro, CardinalVicar General of Rome. He returned to thediocese of Mantua, where he worked as aprofessor ofecclesiastical history,moral theology, andcanon law at its seminary. He was createdDomestic prelate of His Holiness on 10 March 1871.
He becameBishop of Pavia in 1871, being consecrated on 5 November of that year in the church ofSantissima Trinità al Monte Pincio byCardinal Patrizi Naro. He was promoted to themetropolitan see ofBologna on 12 March 1877.
Parocchi was created Cardinal-Priest ofSan Sisto Vecchio by Pope Pius in the consistory of 22 June 1877. He participated in theconclave of 1878 that electedPope Leo XIII. He resigned pastoral government of the archdiocese on 28 June 1882. He opted for the title of Cardinal-Priest ofSanta Croce in Gerusalemme on 24 March 1884. He was appointed asCamerlengo of theSacred College of Cardinals by Pope Leo on 1 June 1888. He was elected to the order of bishops and thesuburbicarian see ofAlbano on 24 May 1889. Pope Leo appointed him asSecretary of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office on 5 August 1896, a post he held until his death. He opted for the suburbicarian see of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1896. He died in 1903.
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| Preceded by | Archbishop of Bologna 12 March 1877 – 28 June 1882 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals 1 June 1888 – 11 February 1889 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Cardinal-Bishop of Albano 24 May 1889 – 30 November 1896 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Secretary of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office 5 August 1896 – 15 January 1903 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Cardinal-Bishop of Porto-Santa-Rufina 30 November 1896 – 15 January 1903 | Succeeded by |
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