Tommaso Pio Boggiani O.P. (19 January 1863 – 26 February 1942) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who had a varied career that included a stint as the Apostolic Delegate to Mexico, service as bishop of Adria and

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, and senior assignments in the

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. He was a member of the

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and was made a

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in 1916.Florida International University website, ''The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Biographical Dictionary of Pope Benedict XV (1914-9122), Consistory of December 4, 1916 (II)''
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Biography

Pio Boggiani was born in

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, on 19 January 1863. He joined the

on 15 September 1879, changing his name from Pio to Tommaso. He was

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a priest and worked as a

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. He was elected

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of the Dominican convent in

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in 1891. He served as pastor of the parish of S. Maria di Castello in

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in 1900 but left to join the faculty of the seminary in Genoa. In 1908 he was appointed

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of the Diocese of Adria.

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appointed him bishop of Adria on 31 October 1908. He received his episcopal consecration on 22 November 1908 from Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val. He was named

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of Edessa di Osroene on 9 January 1912 and was named apostolic delegate to Mexico the next day. He was appointed apostolic administrator of Genoa on 7 March 1914. He served as secretary of the 1914 conclave that elected

Pope Benedict XV Pope Benedict XV (; ; born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, ; 21 November 1854 – 22 January 1922) was head of the Catholic Church from 1914 until his death in January 1922. His pontificate was largely overshadowed by World War I a ...

. Pope Benedict created him

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of Santi Quirico e Giulitta at the

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of 4 December 1916. He was appointed Archbishop of Genoa on 10 March 1919; he resigned that position in 1921. In 1920, he spoke out against the People's Party, as being anti-Catholic. He participated in the 1922 conclave that elected

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. He opted the rank of

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, taking the suburbicarian see of Porto e Santa Rufina on 15 July 1929. In 1935 he was appointed as Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church.Centro Studi Federici website, ''1942 -2022: the death of Card. Boggiani'', article dated February 26, 2022
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. He died on 26 February 1942 and was buried in the parish church of Boscomarengo.

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