Luigi Sincero (26 March 1870 – 7 February 1936) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and President of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law and Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, the title of Prefect held by the Popes from 1917 until 1967.


Luigi Sincero
Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed3 February 1927
Term ended7 February 1936
PredecessorGiovanni Tacci Porcelli
SuccessorEugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant
Other post(s)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination24 September 1892
Consecration13 January 1929
by Pope Pius XI
Created cardinal23 May 1923
by Pope Pius XI
RankCardinal-Deacon (1923–28)
Cardinal-Priest (1928–33)
Cardinal-Bishop (1933–36)
Personal details
Born
Luigi Sincero

26 March 1870
Died7 February 1936(1936-02-07) (aged 65)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Alma materPontifical Gregorian University
Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas
University of Turin
MottoSincero corde servire Deo
Coat of armsLuigi Sincero's coat of arms
Styles of
Luigi Sincero
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeePalestrina (Suburbicarian diocese)

Early life and priesthood

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He was born in Trino Vercellese, Piedmont, Italy. He was educated at the Seminary of Vercelli and the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. He was ordained in 1892. He was chosen as the Vice-rector of the Pontifical Lombard Seminary in 1894. He served as a faculty member of the Seminary of Vercelli and canon theologian of its cathedral from 1894 until 1908. He was appointed an auditor of the Roman Rota on 20 October 1908. He was secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law on 18 October 1917[1] and Secretary of the Sacred College of Cardinals in 1919. He served as secretary of the conclave of 1922.

Cardinalate

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He was made Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro in the consistory of 23 May 1923 by Pope Pius XI.[2] Pope Pius appointed Sincero Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches on 29 January 1927.[3] He opted for the order of cardinal priests and his deaconry was elevated pro hac vice on 17 December 1928.

Episcopate

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Pope Pius appointed him titular archbishop of Petra di Palestina on 11 January 1929. He was Consecrated two days later in the Sistine Chapel by Pope Pius XI. He was elected to the order of cardinal bishops, taking the suburbicarian see of Palestrina on 13 March 1933.

Pope Pius appointed him president of the Pontifical Commission for the Codification of the Oriental Canon Law on 23 November 1934,[4] and president of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law on 12 December 1934.[5]

He died just short of his 66th birthday on 7 February 1936.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. IX. 1917. p. 558. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Pope Gives Two Red Hats". New York Times. 26 May 1923. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XIX. 1927. p. 79. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  4. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXVI. 1934. p. 647. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  5. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXVII. 1935. p. 29. Retrieved 23 June 2020. Presidente della Commissione Pontificia per la Interpretazione autentica del Codice di Diritto Canonico
  6. ^ Lentz III, Harris M. (2015). Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 177. ISBN 9781476621555. Retrieved 23 June 2020.

Books and articles

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches
29 January 1927 – 7 February 1936
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
13 March 1933 – 7 February 1936
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law
12 December 1934 – 7 February 1936
Succeeded by