- Giovanni Bonzano
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cardinal name=Giovanni Cardinal Bonzano
dipstyle=His Eminence
offstyle=Your Eminence
See=none |Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano,
PIME (September 27 ,1867 —November 26 ,1927 ) was an Italianprelate of theRoman Catholic Church . He served as Apostolic Delegate to United States from 1912 to 1922, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1922.Biography
Giovanni Bonzano was born in
Castelletto Monferrato to Giuseppe and Agostina (née Vescovo) Bonzano. He attended theseminary inVigevano before going toRome to study at theMastai College for Chinese Missions and Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum "De Propaganda Fide". He was ordained as a priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions by Lucido Cardinal Parocchi onMay 21 ,1890 , and then didmissionary work inChina until 1897. Upon returning toItaly , Bonzano was madevicar general (August 26 ,1899 ) and chancellor (February 10 ,1900 ) of Vigevano. He then taught at the Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum "De Propaganda Fide" from 1901 to 1904, whence he became itsrector onMay 16 .On
February 2 ,1912 , Bonzano was appointed Apostolic Delegate to United States and Titular Archbishop of "Melitene" byPope Pius X . He received his episcopal consecration on the followingMarch 3 from Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta, with BishopsPietro Barruti and Thomas Kennedy serving as co-consecrators, in Rome. Bonzano, in addition to his duties inWashington, D.C. , was temporarily placed in charge of the Apostolic Delegation toMexico onJune 22 ,1915 .Pope Pius XI created him Cardinal Priest of "S. Pancrazio" in theconsistory ofDecember 11 ,1922 , ceasing to serve as Apostolic Delegate that same year. Bonzano opted to assume the titular church of "S. Susanna" onDecember 18 ,1924 , and later presided over the initial renovation of Our Lady of Angels Basilica inAssisi onApril 19 ,1925 . He also served aspapal legate to the twenty-eighthInternational Eucharistic Congress in Chicago onMay 18 ,1926 .The Cardinal died in Rome, at age 60. He is buried in the church of the
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary inGrottaferrata .External links
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbonzano.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-b.htm#Bonzano Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
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