Luigi Sincero
Luigi Sincero (26 March 1870 – 7 February 1936) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and President of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law and Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, the title of Prefect held by the Popes from 1917 until 1967.
Luigi Sincero | |
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| Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 3 February 1927 |
| Term ended | 7 February 1936 |
| Predecessor | Giovanni Tacci Porcelli |
| Successor | Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant |
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| Ordination | 24 September 1892 |
| Consecration | 13 January 1929 by Pope Pius XI |
| Created cardinal | 23 May 1923 by Pope Pius XI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon (1923–28) Cardinal-Priest (1928–33) Cardinal-Bishop (1933–36) |
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| Born | Luigi Sincero 26 March 1870 |
| Died | 7 February 1936 (aged 65) Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
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| Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas University of Turin |
| Motto | Sincero corde servire Deo |
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| Styles of Luigi Sincero | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Palestrina (Suburbicarian diocese) |
Early life and priesthood
He was born in Trino Vercellese, Piedmont, Italy. He was educated at the Seminary of Vercelli and the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. He was ordained in 1892. He was chosen as the Vice-rector of the Pontifical Lombard Seminary in 1894. He served as a faculty member of the Seminary of Vercelli and canon theologian of its cathedral from 1894 until 1908. He was appointed an auditor of the Roman Rota on 20 October 1908. He was secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law on 18 October 1917[1] and Secretary of the Sacred College of Cardinals in 1919. He served as secretary of the conclave of 1922.
Cardinalate
He was made Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro in the consistory of 23 May 1923 by Pope Pius XI.[2] Pope Pius appointed Sincero Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches on 29 January 1927.[3] He opted for the order of cardinal priests and his deaconry was elevated pro hac vice on 17 December 1928.
Episcopate
Pope Pius appointed him titular archbishop of Petra di Palestina on 11 January 1929. He was Consecrated two days later in the Sistine chapel by Pope Pius XI. He was elected to the order of cardinal bishops, taking the suburbicarian see of Palestrina on 13 March 1933.
Pope Pius appointed him president of the Pontifical Commission for the Codification of the Oriental Canon Law on 23 November 1934,[4] and president of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law on 12 December 1934.[5]
He died just short of his 66th birthday on 7 February 1936.[6]
References
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. IX. 1917. p. 558. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- "Pope Gives Two Red Hats". New York Times. 26 May 1923. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XIX. 1927. p. 79. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXVI. 1934. p. 647. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXVII. 1935. p. 29. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
Presidente della Commissione Pontificia per la Interpretazione autentica del Codice di Diritto Canonico
- Lentz III, Harris M. (2015). Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 177. ISBN 9781476621555. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
Books and articles
- Bräuer, Martin (2014). Handbuch der Kardinäle: 1846–2012 (in German). Berlin: De Gruyter. pp. 1909–1910. ISBN 978-3-11-026947-5.