Adeodato Giovanni Piazza

Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, OCD (30 September 1884 – 30 November 1957) was an Italian friar of the Discalced Carmelite Order, who became a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and Patriarch of Venice, as well as a member of the Roman Curia in Vatican City.

His Eminence

Adeodato Giovanni Piazza

OCD
Secretary of the Consistorial Congregation
Cardinal Piazza in September 1953.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed1 October 1948
Term ended30 November 1957
PredecessorRaffaele Carlo Rossi
SuccessorMarcello Mimmi
Other post(s)
Orders
Ordination19 December 1908
by Aristide Cavallari
Consecration24 February 1930
by Basilio Pompili
Created cardinal13 December 1937
by Pope Pius XI
RankCardinal-Priest (1937–49)
Cardinal-Bishop (1949–57)
Personal details
Born
Giovanni Piazza

30 September 1884
Vigo de Cadore, Belluno, Kingdom of Italy
Died30 November 1957(1957-11-30) (aged 73)
Rome, Italy
BuriedSanta Teresa al Corso d'Italia
ParentsGiuseppe Piazza
Elisabetta Nicolò
Previous post(s)
MottoUt sint unum

Life

He was born in Vigo di Cadore, a small village in the mountains of the Veneto region of Italy, the son of Giuseppe Piazza and Elisabetta Nicolò. In 1897 he began to study at a school run by the friars, being admitted to the Order on 6 August 1902. He professed his religious vows on 7 August 1903, after which he was drafted to fulfill his military obligations by serving in the medical corps in Treviso from 1904 to 1906. He returned to the Carmelite monastery and was sent to complete his seminary studies, professing his solemn vows on 7 August 1907. He was ordained a Catholic priest on 19 December 1908 by the Patriarch of Venice. He then served as the prior in several monasteries of the Order, until the outbreak of World War I, at which time he served as a military chaplain.

After the war Piazza was again sent to serve as the prior of several local monasteries over the subsequent years. In 1922 he was called to Rome to serve as the Secretary to the Prior General of the Order, serving in that position until 1925, when he was elected as the Procurator General of the Order. On 29 January 1930, Piazza was appointed as the Archbishop of Benevento, for which office he was consecrated as a bishop the following 24 February in the Discalced Carmelite Church of Santa Teresa, Rome.

Piazza was appointed as Patriarch of Venice in December 1935 and formally installed early the next year. He was elevated to cardinal by Pope Pius XI in the consistory of 13 December 1937, with the title of Cardinal Priest of Santa Prisca. As cardinal, Piazza participated in the Papal conclave of 1939 that elected Pope Pius XII.

Piazza remained Patriarch of Venice until 1948 at which time he was named by Pope Pius XII as the Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation (now called the Congregation for Bishops). He remained in this capacity until his death. In 1949 his title was changed by the pope to Cardinal Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto. On 11 June 1951 he consecrated the Venerable Fulton John Sheen a bishop at the Roman basilica of Sts. John and Paul.

Piazza died in Rome on 30 November 1957, and was buried in the Church of Santa Teresa.

Episcopal lineage

Piazza's episcopal lineage, or apostolic succession was:[1]

References
  1. David M. Cheney, "Bishop Oscar Cantoni", Catholic Hierarchy, retrieved 2019-08-09

Sources


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