| Styles of Angelo Di Pietro | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Nisa in Lycia (titular see) |
Angelo Di Pietro (22 May 1828 – 5 December 1914) was acardinal of theCatholic Church and prefect of theCongregation of the Council.[1]
Angelo Di Pietro was born inVivaro Romano,Tivoli. He was educated at theSeminary of Tivoli, andLa Sapienza University inRome where he earned adoctorate utroque iuris in 1858.
He was ordained on 20 December 1851 in Tivoli. He served as secretary and pro-vicar general of theBishop of Tivoli; vicar general of thediocese of Ostia and Velletri. He was appointed astitular bishop of Nisa in Lycia andauxiliary bishop of Velletri on 25 June 1866. He was promoted to the titular see of Nazianzo on 28 December 1877. He was appointed asApostolic delegate and extraordinary legate inParaguay andUruguay on 18 January 1878.[1] He served asNuncio to theBrazilian Empire from 1879 until he was posted asNuncio to Bavaria on 21 March 1882, where he served until 1887, when he became Nuncio to Spain.
He was created Cardinal-Priest ofSanti Bonifacio ed Alessio in theconsistory of 16 January 1893 byPope Leo XIII.[1]
Pope Leo appointed himPrefect of the Congregation of the Council on 20 June 1893. He opted for the title ofSan Lorenzo in Lucina on 22 June 1903. He participated in theconclave of 1903 that electedPope Pius X and the conclave of1914 that elected Pope Benedict XV.[2] He died in 1914.
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| Preceded by | Prefect of the Congregation of the Council 20 June 1893 – 18 March 1895 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Eldest Member of the Sacred College 14 November 1912 – 5 December 1914 | Succeeded by |
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