- Angelo Dell'Acqua
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See=Rome (vicariate)|Angelo Cardinal Dell'Acqua (
December 9 ,1903 —August 27 ,1972 ) was an Italianprelate of theRoman Catholic Church . He served as Vicar General of Rome from 1968 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1967.Biography
Angelo Dell'Acqua was born in
Milan to Giovanni Dell'Acqua and his wife Giuseppina Varalli. He studied at the seminaries inMonza and Milan (obtaining a doctorate in theology from the latter), and thePontifical Gregorian University inRome , from where he earned a doctorate in canon law. After receiving the diaconate onDecember 19 ,1925 , Dell'Aqua was ordained a priest by Eugenio Cardinal Tosi onMay 9 ,1926 . He undertook pastoral ministry in Milan and was private secretary to its Archbishop from 1928 to 1929. After finishing his studies in 1931, he was raised to the rank of Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness onDecember 19 of that same year. Dell'Acqua wassecretary of the apostolic delegation toTurkey andGreece from 1931 to 1935. He then worked asrector of the Pontifical Romanian College in Rome until 1938, during which time he was named a Domestic Prelate of His Holiness onJune 15 ,1936 .In 1938, Dell'Acqua entered the
Roman Curia , as a staff member of the Secretariat of State, whilst performing pastoral work in Rome until 1950. He was later madeUndersecretary adjunct of the Sacred Congregation of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs (August 28 ,1950 ), Substitute of the Secretary of State, for ordinary ecclesiastical affairs (February 17 ,1953 ), and Substitute of the Secretary of State (November 1 ,1954 ).On
December 14 ,1958 , Dell'Acqua was appointedtitular Archbishop of Chalcedon byPope John XXIII . He received his episcopal consecration on the followingDecember 27 from Pope John, with Bishops Girolamo Bortignon, OFM Cap, and Gioacchino Muccin serving as co-consecrators. From 1962 to 1965, Dell'Acqua attended theSecond Vatican Council .Pope Paul VI created him Cardinal Priest of "Ss. Ambrogio e Carlo" in theconsistory ofJune 26 ,1967 , in advance for Dell'Acqua's appointment as the firstPresident of thePrefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See onSeptember 23 of that same year. The Cardinal was named Vicar General of Rome and thus the unofficialBishop of Rome (acting as such in thePope 's stead), and represented Paul VI at thefuneral of Senator Robert Kennedy onJune 8 ,1968 . That same month, Dell'Acqua receivedhonorary doctorates fromLoyola University ,Chicago University andFordham University that same year. He was also a close friend ofGiacomo Cardinal Lercaro [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839662,00.html Who Fired the Cardinals?]December 13 ,1968 ] .Dell'Acqua died from a sudden heart attack at the entrance of the Rosary Basilica during a
pilgrimage toLourdes , at age 68. Initially buried in his family's tomb at theSesto Calende cemetery , his remains were transferred onAugust 31 ,1997 , to the veryparish church in Sesto Calende where he had been ordained to the priesthood.Trivia
*In 1954, then Monsignor Dell'Acqua received a phone call from an ill
Pope Pius XII , who was suffering from gastric problems, and quickly called for the latter's physician,Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,935438,00.html Ordeal in the Vatican]December 13 ,1954 ] .
*FromNovember 7 ,1970 until his death, the Cardinal wasArchpriest of the Lateran Basilica.References
External links
* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-d.htm#DellAcqua Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdeac.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
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