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Achille Locatelli


Achille Locatelli
Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme
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ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed25 May 1923
Term ended5 April 1935
PredecessorGiovanni Cagliero
SuccessorAlfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart
Other postsCamerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1933–35)
Orders
Ordination20 December 1879
Consecration27 December 1906
by Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta
Created cardinal11 December 1922
by Pope Pius XI
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth nameAchille Locatelli
Born15 March 1856
Serengo, Milan, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia
Died5 April 1935 (aged 79)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Previous post
  • Apostolic Internuncio to Argentina (1906–16)
  • Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica (1906–23)
  • Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium (1916–18)
  • Apostolic Internuncio to Luxembourg (1916–18)
  • Apostolic Internuncio to the Netherlands (1916–18)
  • Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal (1918–22)
  • Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Portugal (1922–23)
  • Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1929–30)
Alma materPontifical Roman Seminary
Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles

Achille Locatelli (15 March 1856 in Seregno, Milan, Italy – 5 April 1935 in Rome) was a Roman Catholic cardinal. He worked in papal diplomacy, and among other positions, he was nuntius in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

He was named Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium on 8 July 1916.[1]

He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal on 18 July 1918.[2]

He was made cardinal in 1922 by Pope Pius XI.

References

  1. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). VIII. 1916. p. 301. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  2. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). X. 1918. p. 349. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

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