Special Administration of the Holy See

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The Special Administration of the Holy See (Italian: Amminstrazióne Speciàle della Santa Sede, abbreviated ASSS) was an office of the Curia of the Roman Catholic Church from 1929 to 1967, charged with the financial investments of the Vatican. It was established by Pope Pius XI on June 7, 1929, following the Lateran treaties to manage the ₤ 750 million in cash and ₤1,000 million in Italian government bonds transferred to the Vatican.

In 1967, Pope Paul VI combined the Special Administration of the Holy See and the Administration of the Assets of the Holy See into one office, the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, under the control of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, erected August 15, 1957.^[1]

1 Directors
2 Secretaries of the Cardinalitial Commission
3 References
4 Notes

[edit] Directors

Bernardino Nogara (1929—1954)
Henri de Maillardoz (1954—1967)

[edit] Secretaries of the Cardinalitial Commission

Alberto di Jorio (1940 — 1947)
Nicola Canali (1952 — )

[edit] References

Lo Bella, N. (1973). The Vatican empire. New York. trans. from L'Oro del Vaticano. (1971). Milan.
Pollard, John F. (1999). "The Vatican and the Wall Street Crash: Bernardino Nogara and the Papal Finances in the early 1930s." The Historical Journal, 42: 1077-1091.
Pollard, John F. (2005). Money and the Rise of the Modern Papacy: Financing the Vatican, 1850–1950. Cambridge University Press.
(Italian) Saba, Andrea Filippo. (2004). "LA SOCIETÀ COMMERCIALE D'ORIENTE ENTRE LA DIVERSIFICACIÓN Y LA SITUACIÓN ESTRATÉGICA INTERNACIONAL (1902-1935)". Historia Empresarial.