Carlo Chiarlo (4 November 1881 – 21 January 1964) was an Italian
cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as
nuncio
An apostolic nuncio (; also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or to an international organization. A nuncio is ...
to several countries, mostly Latin American, and was elevated to the
cardinalate in 1958.
Biography
Born in
Pontremoli, Chiarlo studied at the
seminary
A seminary, school of theology, theological college, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture and theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as cle ...
in
Lucca
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and the
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome before being
ordained
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to the priesthood on 28 May 1904. He then taught at the seminary and did
pastoral
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work in Lucca until 1917. Chiarlo was secretary and later
chargé d'affaires
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of the
nunciature to Peru from 1917 to 1922, when he was named
Auditor
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of the Polish nunciature.
He was raised to the rank of
Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on 26 May 1918 while secretary in Peru.
On 12 October 1928, Chiarlo was appointed
Titular Archbishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of Amida by
Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI (; born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, ; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939) was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 until his death in February 1939. He was also the first sovereign of the Vatican City State u ...
.
He received his
episcopal consecration on the following 12 November from Cardinal
Pietro Gasparri, with Archbishop Giovanni Volpi and Bishop Theodor Kubina serving as
co-consecrators
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The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churche ...
, in the chapel of the ''
Collegio Pio-Latinoamericano'' in Rome. He was named
Nuncio
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to Bolivia on 12 November.
On 28 January 1932, Chiarlo was made Apostolic Internuncio to Central America, with responsibility as Nuncio to
Costa Rica
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,
Honduras
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,
Nicaragua
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,
El Salvador
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, and
Panama
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, as well as
Apostolic Delegate to Guatemala.
His role was then modified on 30 September 1933 with the erection of nunciatures, leaving him Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama, with his role as Nuncio to El Salvador and Honduras and Delegate to Guatemala assigned to
Albert Levame later that year.
[
Returning to Rome, he was charged with the special mission of assisting prisoners of ]World War II
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on 3 December 1941. He was named head of the pontifical mission to Germany in 1945.
He was appointed Nuncio to Brazil, where he would be a beloved figure, on 19 March 1946. He was replaced in Brazil by Armando Lombardi on 22 September 1954 and remained a nuncio at the disposition of the Secretariat of State.
Pope John XXIII
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created him cardinal-priest
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of S. Maria in Portico in the consistory
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*A papal consistory, a formal meeting of the Sacred College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church
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of 15 December 1958. Cardinal Chiarlo lived long enough to attend only the first two sessions of the Second Vatican Council
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from 1962 to 1963, and serve as a cardinal elector in the 1963 papal conclave that selected Pope Paul VI
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.
He died in Lucca at age 82 and is buried in an urban cemetery there.
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1881 births
1964 deaths
Cardinals created by Pope John XXIII
People from the Province of Massa-Carrara
Bishops appointed by Pope Pius XI
Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)