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Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti (17 September 1861 – 13 March 1938) was a
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of the
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who served as
Archbishop of Genoa The Archdiocese of Genoa ( la, Archidioecesis Ianuensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. Erected in the 3rd century, it was elevated to an archdiocese on 20 March 1133. The archdiocese of Gen ...
.


Early life and education

Carlo Minoretti was born in Cogliate,
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. He was educated at the
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of
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.
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priest in 1884, he served as a faculty member of Seminary of
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from 1890 until 1907, when he became a faculty member of the Seminary of Milan until 1909. He did pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Milan until 1915.


Episcopate

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appointed him Bishop of Crema on 6 December 1915. He was consecrated on 16 January 1916 by Andrea Ferrari, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan.
Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XI ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in February 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City fro ...
promoted him to the
metropolitan see of Genoa The Archdiocese of Genoa ( la, Archidioecesis Ianuensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. Erected in the 3rd century, it was elevated to an archdiocese on 20 March 1133. The archdiocese of Gen ...
on 16 January 1925.


Cardinalate

Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XI ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in February 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City fro ...
created him Cardinal-Priest of '' Sant'Eusebio'' in the consistory of 16 December 1929. He died in 1938 in Genoa in office.


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The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Minoretti, Carlo 1861 births 1938 deaths People from the Province of Milan 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops Roman Catholic archbishops of Genoa 20th-century Italian cardinals