Angelo Di Pietro

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Styles of Angelo Cardinal Di Pietro
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Nisa in Lycia (titular see)

His Most Reverend Eminence Angelo Cardinal Di Pietro J.U.D. (22 May 1828 - 5 December 1914) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was former Prefect of the Congregation of the Council.

Angelo Di Pietro was born in Vivaro Romano, Tivoli. He was educated at the Seminary of Tivoli, and La Sapienza University in Rome where he earned a doctorate utroque iuris in 1858.

[edit] Priesthood

He was ordained on 20 December 1851 in Tivoli. He served as secretary and pro-vicar general of the bishop of Tivoli; vicar general of the diocese of Ostia and Velletri.

[edit] Episcopate

He was appointed as titular bishop of Nisa in Lycia and appointed suffragan bishop of Velletri on 25 June 1866. He was promoted to the titular see of Nazianzo on 28 December 1877. He was appointed as Apostolic delegate and extraordinary legate in Paraguay and Uruguay on 18 January 1878. He served as Nuncio to the Brazilian Empire from 1879 until he was posted to be the Nuncio in Bavaria on 21 March 1882 where he served until 1887 when he served as Nuncio in Spain.

[edit] Cardinalate

He was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio in the consistory of January 16, 1893 by Pope Leo XIII. Pope Leo appointed him as Prefect of the Congregation of the Council on 20 June 1893. He opted for the title of San Lorenzo in Lucina on 22 June 1903. He participated in the conclave of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X and 1914 that elected Pope Benedict XV. He died in 1914.