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Carlo Minoretti

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Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti
Archbishop of Genoa
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseGenoa
SeeGenoa
Appointed16 January 1925
Installed22 April 1925
Term ended13 March 1938
PredecessorFrancesco Sidoli
SuccessorPietro Boetto
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio (1929-38)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination22 December 1883
by Luigi Nazari di Calabiana
Consecration16 January 1916
by Andrea Carlo Ferrari
Created cardinal16 December 1929
by Pope Pius XI
Personal details
Born
Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti

(1861-09-17)17 September 1861
Died13 March 1938(1938-03-13) (aged 76)
Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
MottoPer Jesum ad Mariam

Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti (17 September 1861 – 13 March 1938) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Genoa.

Early life and education

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Carlo Minoretti was born in Cogliate, Lombardy. He was educated at the Seminary of Milan. Ordained priest in 1884, he served as a faculty member of Seminary of Monza 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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Pope Benedict XV 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 promoted him to the metropolitan see of Genoa on 16 January 1925.

Cardinalate

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Pope Pius XI created him Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio in the consistory of 16 December 1929. He died in 1938 in Genoa in office.

References

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Crema
6 December 1915 – 16 January 1925
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Genoa
16 January 1925 – 13 March 1938
Succeeded by