Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti (17 September 1861 – 13 March 1938) was a Cardinal of the

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who served as

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Early life and education

Carlo Minoretti was born in Cogliate, Lombardy. He was educated at the

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Milan Milan ( , , Lombard language, Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the List of cities in Italy, second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 ...

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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

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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 The Archdiocese of Milan ( it, Arcidiocesi di Milano; la, Archidioecesis Mediolanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy which covers the areas of Milan, Monza, Lecco and Varese. It ha ...

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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

created him

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of '' Sant'Eusebio'' in the

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of 16 December 1929. He died in 1938 in Genoa in office.

References

External links

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