Oreste Giorgi

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Styles of Oreste Cardinal Giorgi
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Ancira (titular see)

His Most Reverend Eminence Oreste Cardinal Giorgi (19 May 1856 - 30 December 1924) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was former Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary.

Oreste Giorgi in Valmontone, Italy. He was educated at the Pontifical Roman Seminary, Rome.

[edit] Priesthood

He was ordained to the priesthood on 21 December 1878. He served as a faculty member of the Roman College, from 1879-1891. He also served as an official at the Apostolic Penitentiary from December 1891. He was created Privy chamberlain supra numerum on February 9, 1897. He was raised to the level of Domestic prelate of His Holiness on 8 October 1903 and finally to the level of Protonotary apostolic on November 5, 1903. He was the undersecretary of the Congregation for Bishops from June 3, 1907 as well as his duties at the congregation he was an Auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota. He was appointed as the Secretary of the Congregation of the Council on December 7, 1911.

[edit] Cardinalate

He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin by Pope Benedict XV in the consistory of 4 December 1916. He was appointed as Major Penitentiary on 12 March 1918. He participated in the conclave of 1922 that elected Pope Pius XI. He opted for the order of cardinal priests and his deaconry was elevated pro hac vice to title on May 25, 1923.

[edit] Episcopate

He was appointed titular archbishop of Ancira on April 26, 1924 and was consecrated the next day in the Sistine chapel by Pope Pius. He died in 1924 and is buried in the tomb of his family in the collegiate church, Valmontone.

[edit] References

• Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church