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Gennaro Portanova

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Gennaro Portanova
Archbishop of Reggio Calabria
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Reggio Calabria
See Reggio Calabria
Appointed 16 March 1888
Term ended 25 April 1908
Predecessor Francesco Converti
Successor Rinaldo Camillo Rousset
Other post Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente (1899–1908)
Previous posts Titular Bishop of Rhosus (1883–85)
Coadjutor Bishop of Ischia (1883–85)
Bishop of Ischia (1885–88)
Apostolic Administrator of Bova (1889–95)
Apostolic Administrator of Oppido Mamertina (1898–99)
Orders
Ordination 22 May 1869
by Sisto Riario Sforza
Consecration 12 August 1883
by Raffaele Monaco La Valletta
Created cardinal 19 June 1899
by Pope Leo XIII
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born Gennaro Portanova
11 October 1845
Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Died 25 April 1908 (aged 62)
Reggio Calabria, Kingdom of Italy
Buried Reggio Calabria Cathedral

Gennaro Portanova (born 11 October 1845 in Naples, Italy, died 25 April 1908 in Reggio Calabria) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church;[1] he was also a professor of theology at the Naples Seminary (1877-83), bishop of Ischia (1883-88), after the large earthquake there, and later archbishop of Reggio Calabria 1888-1908.

He was made a cardinal in 1899 by Pope Leo XIII.[2] During this time he was Protector of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate.[1] He took part in the 1903 conclave which elected Pope Pius X.[3]

Publications

Errors and delusions of Darwinism (1872)[4]

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