Achille Locatelli

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.

For the Italian painter, see Achille Locatelli (painter).
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Achille Locatelli
Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme
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(1935-04-05) (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

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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