Giovanni Beltrami | |
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| Apostolic Internuncio Emeritus to the Netherlands | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 31 January 1959 |
| Term ended | 26 June 1967 |
| Predecessor | Paolo Giobbe |
| Successor | Angelo Felici |
| Other post | Cardinal-Priest ofSanta Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testacciopro hac vice (1967–73) |
| Previous posts |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 5 March 1916 by Giousè Signori |
| Consecration | 7 April 1940 by Luigi Maglione |
| Created cardinal | 26 June 1967 byPope Paul VI |
| Rank | Cardinal-priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Giuseppe Beltrami 17 January 1889 |
| Died | 13 December 1973(1973-12-13) (aged 84) |
| Buried | Fossano Cathedral |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare |
| Motto | Illuminato mea Dominus |
| Styles of Giuseppe Beltrami | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | none |
Giuseppe Beltrami (17 January 1889 – 13 December 1973) was an Italiancardinal of theRoman Catholic Church who served asinternuncio to theNetherlands from 1959 to 1967, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1967.
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Born inFossano, Giuseppe Beltrami attended theseminary in Fossano before beingordained to thepriesthood on 5 March 1916. He served as achaplain in theItalian Army duringWorld War I (1916–1919), and then studied until 1923 at thePontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare, from where he obtained hisdoctorates in theology andin canon law, and theRoyal University, earning adoctorate in letters.
From 1923 to 1926, Beltrami was a staff member of theVatican Library. He was raised to the rank of anhonorary chamberlain of his holiness on 14 July 1924 and became an official of theSecretariat of State in 1926. Monsignor Beltrami then served as alawyer for the causes ofcanonisation andbeatification in theSacred Congregation of Rites until 1940, also being named aprivy chamberlain of his holiness on 9 July 1926.
On 20 February 1940, Beltrami was appointedApostolic Nuncio toGuatemala andEl Salvador and titular archbishop ofDamascus.[1] He received hisepiscopal consecration on the following 7 April from CardinalLuigi Maglione, with ArchbishopGabriele Vettori and BishopAngelo Soracco serving asco-consecrators, in thechurch ofSan Carlo al Corso.
Beltrami was named Nuncio toColombia on 15 November 1945;[2] during his tenure there, he served as thepapal legate to theNational Eucharistic Congress inBogotá on 29 June 1946. During his tenure,Tulio Botero Salazar was appointed private secretary of the nunciature. The Archbishop worked as a nuncio at the disposition of the Secretariat of State from 1948 to 1950, when he was assigned as Nuncio toLebanon on 4 October. Beltrami was appointedinternuncio to theNetherlands on 31 January 1959 and faced muchtheologicaldissidence in the usuallyprogressive country.[3] TheDutch Catholic clergy once complained that Beltrami "kept the wires toRome hot with reports ofheresy in Holland".[4]
He attended theSecond Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965.Pope Paul VI created himCardinal Priest ofS. Maria Liberatrice al Monte Testaccio in theconsistory of 26 June 1967. The appointment of the successor to Beltrami's diplomatic post in the Netherlands was published on 22 July 1967. He lost the right to participate in apapal conclave upon reaching the age of 80 on 1 January 1971.
The Cardinal died in Rome, at age 84. He is buried in thecathedral of his native Fossano.
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| Preceded by unknown | Nuncio toGuatemala 1940–1945 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Nuncio toEl Salvador 1940–1945 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Nuncio toColombia 1945–1948 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Nuncio toLebanon 1950–1959 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Internuncio to theNetherlands 1959–1967 | Succeeded by |
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