- Umberto Mozzoni
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See=none |Umberto Mozzoni (
June 29 ,1904 —November 7 ,1983 ) was an Argentine Cardinal of theRoman Catholic Church . He served asNuncio toBrazil from 1969 to 1973, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1973.Biography
Umberto Mozzoni was born in
Buenos Aires , but his family later moved toMacerata ,Italy . He attended theseminary there before going toRome , where he studied at thePontifical Roman Seminary , Pontifical Roman Athenaeum "S. Apollinare", and the University of Rome. Ordained a priest onAugust 14 ,1927 , Mozzoni then did pastoral work in the Diocese of Macerata and taught at itsseminary until 1935. He successively served assecretary andaudit or of the apostolic delegations toCanada andGreat Britain , and to thenunciature toPortugal . He was raised to the rank of a Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness onOctober 7 ,1936 , and a Domestic Prelate of His Holiness onJanuary 2 ,1948 .On
November 13 ,1954 , Mozzoni was appointedNuncio toBolivia and Titular Archbishop of "Side". He received his episcopal consecration on the followingDecember 5 from CardinalJames Charles McGuigan , with ArchbishopAntonio Samoré and BishopSivio Cassulo serving as co-consecrators, in thechapel of the Pontifical Roman Seminary. During his tenure as the Bolivian nuncio, he worked for the protection of foreign missionaries [New York Times. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06E7DE1539F933A25752C1A965948260 Cardinal Mozzoni, 79, Long a Vatican Envoy]November 10 ,1983 ] . Mozzoni was later named Nuncio toArgentina onSeptember 20 ,1958 , dispatching 2,000 missionaries in October 1960 "to open the dialogue between the Church and Argentina on the everlasting efficacy of the Gospel for the advancement of the Argentine people" [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,938677,00.html Task Force for Catholicism]October 31 ,1960 ] . He attended theSecond Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965, and became Nuncio toBrazil onApril 19 ,1969 .Pope Paul VI created him Cardinal Deacon of "S. Eugenio" in theconsistory ofMarch 5 ,1973 . OnJune 19 ,1974 , Mozzoni was appointedPresident of the CardinalatialCommission for the Shrines ofPompei and Loreto. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectfully. Mozzoni was Cardinal Protodeacon fromJune 15 ,1980 until he chose to become a Cardinal Priest, with the same titular church, onFebruary 2 ,1983 .The Cardinal collapsed while celebrating Mass and later died in a Roman
clinic [New York Times. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06E7DE1539F933A25752C1A965948260 Cardinal Mozzoni, 79, Long a Vatican Envoy]November 10 ,1983 ] , at age 79. He is buried in theCathedral of Macerata.References
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* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-m.htm#Mozzoni Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmozzoni.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
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