Alfredo Pacini (10 February 1888 – 23 December 1967) was an Italian Cardinal of the

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. He served as Nuncio to Switzerland from 1960 to 1967, and made a cardinal in 1967.

Biography

Alfredo Pacini was born in

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and studied at the

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before being

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to the priesthood on 25 July 1913. He then did pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Lucca and taught at its seminary until 1915, when he became a

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chaplain during

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. After resuming his work in Lucca, Pacini was raised to the rank of

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(1924-1928) and

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(1928-1933) of the nunciature to

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. From 1935 to 1944, he was auditor of the

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nunciature. He became

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in 1944. On 23 April 1946, Pacini was appointed Nuncio to Haiti and

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and

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of Germia by Pope Pius XII. He received his

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on the following 11 June from Archbishop Angelo Roncalli, with Archbishop Louis Le Hunsec, CSSP, and Bishop Stanislas Courbe serving as co-consecrators, in

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. Pacini was named Nuncio to

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on 23 April 1949, and Nuncio to Switzerland on 4 February 1960. From 1962 to 1965, he attended the Second Vatican Council. Pope Paul VI made him Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal-Priest of Santi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino in the Papal consistory, consistory of 26 June 1967. Pacini died in Rome at age 79 and was buried in his family's tomb in Capannori.

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Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pacini, Alfredo 1888 births 1967 deaths Apostolic Nuncios to Haiti Apostolic Nuncios to the Dominican Republic Apostolic Nuncios to Switzerland Apostolic Nuncios to Uruguay 20th-century Italian cardinals Participants in the Second Vatican Council Cardinals created by Pope Paul VI Italian military chaplains World War I chaplains