Lorenzo Cardinal Lauri

Styles of Lorenzo Cardinal Lauri

Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Ephesus (titular

Lorenzo Cardinal Lauri (15 October 1864-8 October 1941) was Camerlengo from 1939-1941 and an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal Priest.

He was born in Rome and was ordained a priest on 4 June 1887. On 5 Janurary 1917 52.2 he was Appointed Titular Archbishop of the see of Ephesus by Pope Benedict XV. On 25 May 1921 he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Poland. On 20 December 1926 he was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio and that same day resigned as Nunico to Poland. On 31 July 1927 he was appointed Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary by Pope Pius XI. On 11 December 1939 he was apponted to fill the gap left after the election of Pope Pius XII as Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Holy Roman Church.

Preceded by: Eugenio Pacelli	Camerlengo 1935–1939	Succeeded by: Benedetto Aloisi Masella
Preceded by: Andreas Franz Cardinal Frühwirth	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary 1927–1941	Succeeded by: Nicola Cardinal Canali

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