Pietro Gasparri

His Eminence

Pietro Gasparri

GCTE
His Eminence; Pietro Gasparri; GCTE
Cardinal Secretary of State
	Pietro Gasparri
Installed	13 October 1914
Term ended	7 February 1930
Predecessor	Domenico Ferrata
Successor	Eugenio Pacelli
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1915–1934)
Orders
Ordination	31 March 1877
Consecration	6 March 1898; by François-Marie-Benjamin Richard
Created cardinal	16 December 1907; by Pope Pius X
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Pietro Gasparri; 5 May 1852; Ussita, Papal States
Died	18 November 1934 (aged 82); Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Buried	Ussita
Nationality	Italian
Denomination	Catholicism
Parents	Bernardino Gasparri and Giovanna Sili
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Delegate to Peru (1898–1901); Titular Archbishop of Caesarea (1898–1907); Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs (1901–1904); Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme (1907–1915); Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1914–1915); Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (1916–1934); Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs (1925–1930);
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Pietro Gasparri GCTE (5 May 1852 – 18 November 1934) was a Roman Catholic cardinal, diplomat and politician in the Roman Curia and the signatory of the Lateran Pacts. He served also as Cardinal Secretary of State under Popes Benedict XV and Pope Pius XI.

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