Lucido Maria Parocchi (13 August 1833 – 15 January 1903) was an Italian

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of the

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who served as Secretary of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office from 5 August 1896 until his death.

Biography

Lucido Maria Parocchi was born in

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as the son of Antonio Parocchi, a rich miller, and Genoveva Soresina. He was educated at the

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of Mantua, and later at the Collegio Romano, where he was awarded a

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on 5 September 1856. He was ordained to the priesthood on 17 May 1856, by Costantino Patrizi Naro, Cardinal Vicar General of Rome. He returned to the diocese of Mantua, where he worked as a

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of ecclesiastical history, moral theology, and

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at its seminary. He was created Domestic prelate of His Holiness on 10 March 1871. He became Bishop of Pavia in 1871, being consecrated on 5 November of that year in the church of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio by Cardinal Patrizi Naro. He was promoted to the

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on 12 March 1877. Parocchi was created Cardinal-Priest of '' San Sisto Vecchio'' by Pope Pius in the consistory of 22 June 1877. He participated in the conclave of 1878 that elected Pope Leo XIII. He resigned pastoral government of the archdiocese on 28 June 1882. He opted for the title of Cardinal-Priest of '' Santa Croce in Gerusalemme'' on 24 March 1884. He was appointed as Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals by Pope Leo on 1 June 1888. He was elected to the order of bishops and the suburbicarian see of Albano on 24 May 1889. Pope Leo appointed him as Secretary of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office on 5 August 1896, a post he held until his death. He opted for the suburbicarian see of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1896. He died in 1903. {{DEFAULTSORT:Parocchi, Lucido 1833 births 1903 deaths Clergy from Mantua 20th-century Italian cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Pius IX Cardinal-bishops of Albano Cardinal-bishops of Porto Roman Catholic archbishops of Bologna Bishops of Pavia 19th-century Italian cardinals 19th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops Cardinal Vicars Members of the Holy Office Bishops appointed by Pope Pius IX