His Eminence Benedetto Cardinal Aloisi Masella (June 29, 1879—September 30, 1970) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Discipline of the Sacraments from 1954 to 1968, and Chamberlain of the Roman Church (or Camerlengo) from 1958 until his death. Aloisi Masella was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946. His Eminence is a historical style of address for high nobility. ... A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually a bishop, of the Roman Catholic Church, a member of the College of Cardinals which as a body elects a new pope. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Look up prelate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church (see terminology below) is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus Christ and led by the Twelve Apostles, in particular Saint Peter. ... The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (Congregatio de Cultu Divino et Disciplina Sacramentorum) is the congregation of the Roman Curia that handles most affairs relating to liturgical practices of the Latin Catholic Church as distinct from the Eastern Catholic Churches and also some technical matters... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... The title Camerlengo (Italian for Chamberlain) refers to an official of the Papal court, referring either to the Chamberlain of the Roman Catholic Church, to the Chamberlain of the Sacred College of Cardinals, or to various lesser dignitaries. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually a bishop, of the Roman Catholic Church, a member of the College of Cardinals which as a body elects a new pope. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Styles of Benedetto Aloisi Masella
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Palestrina (suburbicarian)

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Biography

Born in Pontecorvo, Benedetto Aloisi Masella attended the Seminary of Ferentino before going to Rome, where he studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare, and Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 1, 1902, and initially served as secretary to his uncle, Gaetano Cardinal Aloisi Masella, the pro-datary of the pope. Pontecorvo may refer to: Flavio Lucio Pontecorvo, a Mexican engineer Bruno Pontecorvo, an Italian physicist; Pontecorvo, a town in Italy. ... A seminary or theological college is a specialized and often live-in higher education institution for the purpose of instructing students (seminarians) in philosophy, theology, spirituality and the religious life, usually in order to prepare them to become members of the clergy. ... Ferentino (Latin: Ferentinum) is a town and episcopal see in Italy, in the province of Frosinone, 65 km southeast of Rome. ... Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban... The Pontifical Gregorian University The Pontifical Gregorian University is a Roman Catholic university in Rome. ... The Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy is one of the Pontifical Academies inside the Vatican City State. ... Catholic deacon candidates prostrate before the altar of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles during a 2004 diaconate ordination liturgy Holy Orders in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Assyrian, Old Catholic, and Independent Catholic churches includes three orders: bishop, priest, and deacon. ... Priesthood in the Catholic Church is the second of the three orders of ordained ministry, Bishop, Priest and Deacon. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... A secretary is an administrative support position. ... The Apostolic dataria was one of the five Ufficii di Curia which were part of the Roman Curia until its abolition in the 20th century. ... The current Pope is Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger), who was elected at the age of 78 on 19 April 2005. ...

Entering the Roman Curia, in the Secretariat of State, in 1906, Aloisi Masella then began work for the Nunciature to Portugal (Secretary, 1908-1910; chargé d'affaires, 1910-1919). He was first raised to the rank of Monsignor on December 25, 1914, and was named Nuncio to Chile on November 20, 1919. The Roman Curia — usually called the Vatican — is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See, coordinating and providing the necessary organisation for the correct functioning of the Catholic Church and the achievement of its goals. ... The Secretariat of State is the oldest dicastery in the Roman Curia, the government of the Roman Catholic Church. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... An Apostolic Nunciature is a top level diplomatic mission of the Holy See, equivalent to an embassy or to a High Commission between members of the Commonwealth. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Chargé daffaires (Fr. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Monsignor is an ecclesiastical honorific title for clergy of the Roman Catholic Church. ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 6 days remaining in the year. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Nuncio is an ecclesiastical diplomatic title, derived from the ancient Latin Nuntius, meaning any envoy. ... November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

On December 15, 1919, he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina by Pope Benedict XV. Aloisi Masella received his episcopal consecration on the following December 21 from Pietro Cardinal Gasparri, with Archbishop Sebastião Leite de Vasconcellos and Bishop Antonio Maria Iannotta serving as co-consecrators. He later became Nuncio to Brazil on April 26, 1927. December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Bishop Richard Pates, current auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and the Titular Bishop of Suacia. ... Pope Benedict XV (Latin: ), (Italian: Benedetto XV), (November 21, 1854 – January 22, 1922), born Giacomo della Chiesa, reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from September 3, 1914 to January 22, 1922; he succeeded Pope Pius X (1903–14). ... A bishop in the Catholic Church is a member of the College of Bishops, is an ordained minister, and holds the fullness of the priesthood. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Pietro Gasparri Pietro Cardinal Gasparri (Capovallazza di Ussita, Macerata province, May 5, 1852-November 18, 1934) was Roman Catholic archbishop, diplomat and politician in the Roman Curia. ... Principal Consecrator is a term used in the Roman Catholic Church to designate a bishop who ordains a priest to the episocal state. ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (117th in leap years). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar). ...

Aloisi Masella was created Cardinal Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella by Pope Pius XII in the consistory of February 18, 1946. He was promoted to Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina on June 21, 1948. On October 27, 1954, Pius XII appointed him Archpriest of the Basilica of St. John Lateran and Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments. He was chosen Chamberlain of the Roman Church (or Camerlengo) on October 9, 1958 by the Curial cardinals, as the late Pius XII had yet to appoint anyone to that post, for the conclave of that same year^[1]. A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually a bishop, of the Roman Catholic Church, a member of the College of Cardinals which as a body elects a new pope. ... Chiesa Nuova after restoration (2006). ... Pope Pius XII (Latin: ), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (March 2, 1876 – October 9, 1958), reigned as the 260th pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State, from March 2, 1939 until his death. ... // Antiquity Originally, the Latin word consistorium meant simply sitting together, just as the Greek syn(h)edrion (from which the Biblical sanhedrin was a corruption). ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An archpriest is the title of a priest which has supervisory duties over a number of parishes. ... The late Baroque façade of the Basilica of St. ... The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (Congregatio de Cultu Divino et Disciplina Sacramentorum) is the congregation of the Roman Curia that handles most affairs relating to liturgical practices of the Latin Catholic Church as distinct from the Eastern Catholic Churches and also some technical matters... The title Camerlengo (Italian for Chamberlain) refers to an official of the Papal court, referring either to the Chamberlain of the Roman Catholic Church, to the Chamberlain of the Sacred College of Cardinals, or to various lesser dignitaries. ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Roman Curia — usually called the Vatican — is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See, coordinating and providing the necessary organisation for the correct functioning of the Catholic Church and the achievement of its goals. ... A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually a bishop, of the Roman Catholic Church, a member of the College of Cardinals which as a body elects a new pope. ... The Papal conclave of 1958 occurred following the death of Pope Pius XII on October 9, 1958 in Castel Gandolfo, the papal summer residence in Italy, after a 19-year papacy. ...

From 1962 to 1965, he attended the Second Vatican Council, and during its course, voted in the 1963 conclave that selected Pope Paul VI. Aloisi Masella resigned as Prefect of the Discipline of the Sacraments on January 11, 1968. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, or Vatican II, was an Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church opened under Pope John XXIII in 1962 and closed under Pope Paul VI in 1965. ... Pope John XXIII (1958-1963) Pope John XXIII died of cancer on June 3 in the Apostolic Palace in the middle of the Vatican Council II. He was commonly regarded as having been the most popular pope in the 20th century to that point. ... His Holiness Pope Paul VI (Latin: ), (Italian: Paolo VI), born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (September 26, 1897 – August 6, 1978), reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 1963 to 1978. ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ...

He died from kidney disease in Rome at age 91, as the oldest member of the College of Cardinals^[2]. Aloisi Masella was buried in the cathedral of his native Pontecorvo. The Sacred College of Cardinals is the body of all Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. ... A cathedral is a religious building for worship, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Roman Catholic, Anglican and some Lutheran churches, which serves as a bishops seat, and thus as the central church of a diocese. ...

References

1. ^ Time Magazine. The Succession October 20, 1958
2. ^ Time Magazine. Recent Events October 12, 1970

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External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy
• Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church