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Francesco Salesio Della Volpe

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Francesco Salesio Della Volpe
Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
Della Volpe as an archbishop in 1899
Della Volpe as an archbishop in 1899
Church Roman Catholic Church
Appointed 26 January 1911
Term ended 5 November 1916
Predecessor Francesco Segna
Successor None - office suppressed
Other posts Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro (1901-16)
Protodeacon (1911-16)
Camerlengo of the Apostolic Camera (1914-16)
Previous post Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives (1908-11)
Orders
Ordination 21 December 1867
Created cardinal 19 June 1899 (in pectore)
15 April 1901 (revealed)
by Pope Leo XIII
Rank Cardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Born Francesco Salesio Della Volpe
24 December 1844
Ravenna, Papal States
Died 5 November 1916 (aged 71)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Buried Campo Verano
Parents Ignazio Della Volpe
Ortensia Mazzolani
Alma mater Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare
Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles

Francesco Salesio Della Volpe (24 December 1844 in Ravenna, Italy - 5 November 1916 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal.[1]

He held the position of secretary of the Congregation of Indulgences and Relics and prefect of the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household. Created cardinal in pectore in 1899,[2] he was named published in consistory of 1901. He was prefect of the Vatican Archives from 1908 and prefect of the Congregation of the Index from January 1911.[3] As protodeacon, he announced the election of cardinal Giacomo Della Chiesa to the papacy at the end of the conclave of 1914; he crowned the new pope on September 6, 1914.[3]

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