Vittorio Ranuzzi de' Bianchi

Vittorio Ranuzzi de' Bianchi
Styles of; Vittorio Ranuzzi de' Bianchi
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	none

Vittorio Amadeo Ranuzzi de' Bianchi
His Eminence; Vittorio Amadeo Ranuzzi de' Bianchi
	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	7 December 1916
Term ended	16 February 1927
Predecessor	Domenico Ferrata
Successor	Charles-Henri-Joseph Binet
Orders
Ordination	14 May 1880; by Lucido Maria Parocchi
Consecration	12 July 1903; by Pietro Respighi
Created cardinal	4 December 1916; by Pope Benedict XV
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name	Vittorio Amadeo Ranuzzi de' Bianchi
Born	14 July 1857; Bologna, Papal States
Died	16 February 1927 (aged 69); Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Parents	Gian Carlo Ranuzzi; Cesarina de' Bianchi dei Conti di Piano
Previous post	Bishop of Loreto (1903-11); Bishop of Recanati (1903-11); Titular Archbishop of Tyrus (1911-16);

Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de' Bianchi (14 July 1857 – 16 February 1927) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as papal majordomo from 1914 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1916.

Biography

Vittorio Ranuzzi de' Bianchi was born in Bologna to a family of nobility. He received the Sacrament of Confirmation in 1865, and studied at the Seminary of Bologna and the Theological College of Bologna, from where he received his doctorate in theology in July 1882. In April 1886, he earned his doctorate in canon and civil law.

Ranuzzi was ordained to the priesthood on 14 May 1880, and then did pastoral work in the archdiocese of Bologna and taught at its seminary, where he also served as spiritual director from 1894 to 1899. He was later made an honorary canon (1885) and primicerius (1892) of the cathedral chapter, counselor of the nunciature to France on 13 September 1899, and a Domestic Prelate of His Holiness in 1899.

On 22 June 1903, Ranuzzi was appointed Bishop of Recanati-Loreto by Pope Leo XIII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 12 July from Cardinal Pietro Respighi, with Archbishops Giuseppe Constantini and Rafael Merry del Val serving as co-consecrators, at the chapel of the Nobili Oblate in Tor de' Specchi in Rome. After being promoted to Titular Archbishop of Tyrus on 27 November 1911, Ranuzzi was later named Master of the Papal Chamber on 30 November of that same year, and papal majordomo on 7 September 1914.

Pope Benedict XV created him Cardinal Priest of Santa Prisca in the consistory of 4 December 1916. Ranuzzi was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1922 papal conclave, which selected Pope Pius XI.

The Cardinal died in Rome, at the age of 69. He is buried in his family's tomb at the Carthusian cemetery in Bologna.

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Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Guglielmo Giustini	Bishop of Recanati-Loreto 1903–1911	Succeeded by Alfonso Andreoli
Preceded by Gaetano Bisleti	Papal majordomo 1914–1927	Succeeded by Ricardo Sanz de Samper y Campuzano

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