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Paolo Marella | |
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| Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals | |
 Marella circa 1942. | |
| Church | RomanCatholic Church |
| Appointed | 12 December 1977 |
| Term ended | 15 October 1984 |
| Predecessor | Carlo Confalonieri |
| Successor | Sebastiano Baggio |
| Other post | Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1972–84) |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 23 February 1918 by Basilio Pompili |
| Consecration | 29 October 1933 by Pietro Fumasoni Biondi |
| Created cardinal | 14 December 1959 byPope John XXIII |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest (1960–72) Cardinal-Bishop (1972–84) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paolo Marella (1895-01-25)25 January 1895 |
| Died | 15 October 1984(1984-10-15) (aged 89) Rome,Italy |
| Buried | Campo Verano |
| Parents | Luigi Marella Vincenza Baldoni |
| Alma mater | |
| Motto | Ipsam sequens non devias |
| Styles of Paolo Marella | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Porto e Santa Rufina (suburbicarian) |
Paolo Marella (25 January 1895 – 15 October 1984) was anItaliancardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served in theRoman Curia following a career as adelegate of theHoly See, and was elevated to the cardinalate byPope John XXIII in 1959.
Marella was born in Rome to Luigi and Vincenza (née Baldoni) Marella, and studied at thePontifical Roman Seminary and theLa Sapienza University. He wasordained to the priesthood by CardinalBasilio Pompili on 23 February 1918, and then furthered his studies whilst doingpastoral work in Rome until 1922.
From 1922 to 1924, Marella was an official of theSacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith in the Roman Curia. He was raised to the rank ofPrivy Chamberlain of His Holiness on 9 January 1923, and laterDomestic Prelate of His Holiness on 5 April 1933. He then served asauditor (1924–1933) andchargé d'affaires (February to September 1933) of theApostolic Delegation to the United States.
On 15 September 1933, Marella was appointedTitular Archbishop of Doclea byPope Pius XI. He received hisepiscopal consecration on the following 29 October from CardinalPietro Fumasoni Biondi, with ArchbishopsCarlo Salotti andDomenico Spolverini serving asco-consecrators, at the chapel of the Collegio de Propaganda Fide in Rome. Marella was namedApostolic Delegate to Japan the next day, on 30 October. In 1942, when the Vatican acceptedde facto diplomatic relations with Japan, Marella was given "full diplomatic privileges".[1] He was madeApostolic Delegate to Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania on 27 October 1948.[2]
Also in the 1940s, Marella was sent to France as an agent ofPope Pius XII when he was aiming to stamp out theWorker-Priest movement that the Pope believed CardinalEmmanuel Célestin Suhard had been supporting despite his protests otherwise.[citation needed] Marella succeeded Archbishop Angelo Roncalli (the futurePope John XXIII) asNuncio to France on 15 April 1953.[3]
Pope John XXIII created him a cardinal at the consistory held on 14 December 1959 and he received his red biretta in Paris from PresidentCharles de Gaulle.[4] He announced him as Cardinal-Priest ofSant'Andrea delle Fratte in the consistory of 28 March 1960.[5] AppointedArchpriest ofSt. Peter's Basilica and Prefect of theSacred Congregation of the Fabric of St. Peter's Basilica on 14 August 1961, Marella attended theSecond Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965, and was one of thecardinal electors who participated in the1963 papal conclave, which electedPope Paul VI.[6]
He acted aspapal legate to the inauguration of the Vatican pavilion at theNew York World's Fair presiding over the unveiling of thePietà on 20 April 1964[7] Marella received fourhonorary doctorates on this visit to the United States, including one from theCatholic University of America, which had prohibited four liberal theologians from delivering lectures there the previous year, for which Marella commended the university.
He becamePresident of the Secretariat for Non-Christians on 19 May 1964, and again served as a papal legate, to the eighth centennial celebration of the erection ofNotre-Dame Cathedral in Paris (27 May 1964), to the centennial celebration for the arrival of the first Catholicmissionaries in Japan in Tokyo (12 January 1965), and to the National Congress of the Confederation of the Christian Doctrine inPittsburgh (28 August 1966).
In 1970, Marella served as the papal representative toExpo '70 inOsaka. He resigned his presidency of the Secretariat at the end of February 1973. From 12 December 1977 until his death Marella was vice-dean of theCollege of Cardinals.
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| Preceded by none | President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue 19 May 1964 – 26 February 1973 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals 12 December 1977 – 15 October 1984 | Succeeded by |
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