Benedetto Cardinal Aloisi Masella †

Deceased

Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jun 1879		Born
1 Jun 1902	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
20 Nov 1919	40.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile
15 Dec 1919	40.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania
21 Dec 1919	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania
26 Apr 1927	47.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
18 Feb 1946	66.6	Elevated to Cardinal
18 Feb 1946	66.6	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
22 Feb 1946	66.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella
21 Jun 1948	68.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
27 Oct 1954	75.3	Appointed	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}
27 Oct 1954	75.3	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
9 Oct 1958	79.2	Appointed	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
11 Jan 1968	88.5	Retired	Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
30 Sep 1970	91.2	Died	Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments

MicroData Summary
Benedetto Aloisi Masella
Benedetto Cardinal Aloisi Masella
(born 29 Jun 1879, died 30 Sep 1970)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of Apostolic Chamber

Consistory - 1946: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1958: Participated; Camerlengo (Chamberlain)
Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Conclave - 1963: Participated; Camerlengo (Chamberlain)
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Pontecorvo, Italy

a priest for 68.3 years
a bishop for 50.7 years
a cardinal for 24.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Gaetano Cardinal Aloisi Masella †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Principal Consecrator:
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri †
Secretary of State
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Sebastião Leite de Vasconcellos †
Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis
Bishop Antonio Maria Jannotta †
Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Secretary of State
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Prudencio Contardo Ibarra, C.Ss.R. † (1920)
Bishop Melquisedec del Canto Terán † (1925)
Bishop Miguel León Prado † (1925)
Bishop Rafael Lira Infante † (1926)
Bishop Arturo Jara Márquez, S.D.B. † (1926)
Bishop Carlos Labbé Márquez † (1926)
Bishop Ramón Harrison Abello, O. de M. † (1927)
Archbishop Ettore Felici † (1927)
Bishop Alain Marie Hubert Antoine Jean Roland du Noday, O.P. † (1936)
Archbishop Federico Lunardi † (1936)
Bishop José de Haas, O.F.M. † (1937)
Bishop Eliseu Maria Coroli, B. † (1940)
Bishop Eliseu Van de Weijer, O. Carm. † (1940)
Bishop Pedro Massa, S.D.B. † (1941)
Bishop Germán Vega Campón, O.S.A. † (1941)
Bishop Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco † (1941)
Bishop Francisco Xavier Elias Pedro Paulo Rey, T.O.R. † (1945)
Archbishop Antonio Taffi † (1947)
Archbishop Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. † (1961)
Archbishop Sante Portalupi † (1961)
Bishop Pio Paschini † (1962)
Bishop Giuseppe Rossi † (1963)
Bishop Federico Sargolini † (1963)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani † (1962)
Alberto Cardinal di Jorio † (1962)
Francesco Cardinal Bracci † (1962)
Francesco Cardinal Roberti † (1962)
André-Damien-Ferdinand Cardinal Jullien † (1962)
Arcadio María Cardinal Larraona Saralegui, C.M.F. † (1962)
Francesco Cardinal Morano † (1962)
William Theodore Cardinal Heard † (1962)
Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J. † (1962)
Antonio Cardinal Bacci † (1962)
Michael David Cardinal Browne, O.P. † (1962)
Joaquín Anselmo María Cardinal Albareda y Ramoneda, O.S.B. † (1962)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Pontecorvo, Italy

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/46624
VIAF: 79016866
WikiData: Q816835

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1919, Number 72
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 99
nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 81, and Page 89

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