Giovanni Tacci Porcelli

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Giovanni Cardinal Tacci Porcelli (November 12, 1863—June 30, 1928) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Secretary of the Congregation for Oriental Churches from 1922 to 1927, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1921.

Biography

Giovanni Tacci Porcelli was born in Mogliano to Professor Luigi Tacci and his wife Maria Monti Guarnieri. He received Confirmation on December 22, 1871, and studied at the seminary in Tolentino, the Pontifical Roman Seminary (from where he obtained his doctorates in theology and canon law), and the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Ordained to the priesthood on September 19, 1886, Tacci then did pastoral work in Fermo and Rome until 1895, and was later raised to the rank of Domestic Chamberlain of His Holiness. He also served as Dean of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, a member of the Commission of Pontifical Schools, and an "ecclesiasticus" of several monasteries.

On March 18, 1895, Tacci was appointed Bishop of Città della Pieve by Pope Leo XIII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following May 5 from Amilcare Cardinal Malagola, with Bishops Luigi Bonetti and Roberto Papiri serving as co-consecrators. Tacci was later named Apostolic Delegate to Constantinople, for Eastern-rite Catholics, and Patriarch Vicar for Latin-rite Catholics on December 19, 1904. After becoming Titular Archbishop of "Nicaea" on March 10, 1905, he was also made Nuncio to Belgium (December 31, 1907) and Internuncio to the Netherlands (March 18, 1911). Archbishop Tacci was appointed Prefect of the Pontifical Household on October 30, 1918.

Pope Benedict XV created him Cardinal Priest of "S. Maria in Trastevere" in the consistory of June 13, 1921. Tacci was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1922 papal conclave, which selected Pope Pius XI; erroneous reports from Rome claimed that Tacci himself had been elected by the Sacred College [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,723480-2,00.html Milestones] July 9, 1928] . He was named Secretary of the Congregation for Oriental Churches on August 8, 1922. In this position, Tacci was essentially the prefect of that dicastery, for the Pope served as the nominal head until 1967. He resigned his post in January 1927.

The Cardinal died in Rome at age 64, and is buried in the Campo di Verano cemetery.

References

External links

* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-t.htm#Tacci Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btacci.html Catholic-Hierarchy]