Luigi Traglia

{{Short description|Italian cardinal (1895–1977)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Luigi Traglia | title = [[Dean of the College of Cardinals]] | church = [[Latin Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] | appointed = 7 January 1974 | term_end = 22 November 1977 | predecessor = [[Amleto Giovanni Cicognani]] | successor = [[Carlo Confalonieri]] | other_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Cardinal-Bishop of Albano]] (1972–77)|[[Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia]] (1974–77)}} | ordination = 10 August 1917 | ordained_by = [[Basilio Pompili]] | consecration = 6 January 1937 | consecrated_by = [[Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani]] | cardinal = 28 March 1960 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope John XXIII]] | rank = [[Cardinal-Priest]] (1960–72)<br>[[Cardinal-Bishop]] (1972–77) | birth_name = Luigi Traglia | birth_date = 3 April 1895 | birth_place = [[Albano Laziale]], [[Kingdom of Italy]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1977|11|22|1895|04|03}} | death_place = [[Rome]], [[Italy]] | buried = [[Campo Verano]] (1977–82)<br>[[San Lorenzo in Damaso]] | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Caesarea in Palaestina (diocese)|Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Palaestina]] (1936–60)|[[Diocese of Rome|Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome]] (1936–60)|[[Vicar-General of Rome|Pro-Vicar General of Rome]] (1960–65)|[[Sant'Andrea della Valle|Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Andrea della Valle]] (1960–69)|[[Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology|President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology]] (1965–67)|Vicar General of Rome (1965–68)|[[Pontifical Lateran University|Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Lateran University]] (1965–68)|[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Ostia|Apostolic Administrator of Ostia]] (1966–68)|[[Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery]] (1968–73)|[[San Lorenzo in Damaso|Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso]] (1969–72)|[[Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals]] (1972–74)}} | alma_mater = [[Almo Collegio Capranica]]<br>[[Pontifical Lateran University]]<br>[[Pontifical Gregorian University]] | motto = ''Primum regnum Dei'' | signature = Firma de Luigi Traglia.svg | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Luigi Traglia.svg | module2 = }}

{{Infobox cardinalstyles | cardinal name=Luigi Traglia | dipstyle=His Eminence | offstyle=Your Eminence | image=Coat of arms of Luigi Traglia.svg | See=[[Bishop of Albano|Albano]] ([[Suburbicarian diocese|suburbicarian]]), [[Bishop of Ostia|Ostia]] (suburbicarian) }}

'''Luigi Traglia''' (3 April 1895 – 22 November 1977) was an [[Catholic Church in Italy|Italian Catholic]] prelate who served as [[Cardinal Vicar|Vicar General of Rome]] from 1965 to 1968, and [[Dean of the College of Cardinals]] from 1974 until his death. Traglia was elevated to the [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinalate]] in 1960.

==Life and career in Church== Traglia was born in [[Albano Laziale]], and studied at the [[Pontifical Lateran University]] and [[Pontifical Gregorian University]] in Rome. He was [[Holy orders|ordained]] to the priesthood by Cardinal [[Basilio Pompili]] on 10 August 1917, and then finished his studies in 1919. While teaching at the [[Pontifical Urbaniana University]] from 1919 to 1936, Traglia was also an official of the [[Congregation for Catholic Education|Sacred Congregations of Seminaries and Universities]] and [[Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples|of the Propagation of the Faith]] from 1927 to 1930. On 18 August 1930, he became assessor and subpromoter-general of the faith in the latter [[Congregation (Roman Curia)|congregation]]. He was raised to the rank of [[Monsignor|Domestic Prelate of His Holiness]] on 22 February 1932, and later [[auditor (ecclesiastical)|Auditor]] of the [[Sacra Rota Romana|Roman Rota]] on 17 September 1936.

On 21 December 1936, Traglia was appointed Vicar General of The Diocese of Rome and [[Titular bishop|Titular Archbishop]] of ''[[Caesarea in Palaestina (diocese)|Caesarea in Palaestina]]''. He received his [[Bishop (Catholicism)|episcopal consecration]] on 6 January 1937, from Cardinal [[Francesco Marchetti-Selvaggiani]], with Archbishop Domenico Spolverini and Bishop Angelo Calabretta serving as [[Consecrator|co-consecrators]], in the [[Basilica of St. John Lateran|Lateran Basilica]]. Traglia was later named President of the Special Committee for the Marian Holy Year on 7 October 1953, and of the commission for the first Roman synod in 1959.

He was made [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal-Priest]] of [[Sant'Andrea della Valle|S. Andrea della Valle]] by [[Pope John XXIII]] in the [[Papal consistory|consistory]] of 28 March 1960. [[Pope Paul VI]] changed Traglia's titular church to that of [[San Lorenzo in Damaso]] on 28 April 1969. On 15 March 1972, he was elevated to [[Bishop of Albano|Cardinal Bishop of Albano]].

From 1962 to 1965, Traglia participated in the [[Second Vatican Council]], during the course of which he served as a [[Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 1963|cardinal elector]] in the [[Papal conclave, 1963|1963 papal conclave]] that selected [[Pope Paul VI]]. He was named [[Cardinal Vicar|Vicar General of Rome]] on 30 March 1965. In this position, he governed the [[diocese]] in the name of the Pope, who is the [[Bishop of Rome]]. After resigning as Cardinal Vicar on 9 January 1968, Traglia was appointed [[Chancery of Apostolic Briefs|Apostolic Chancellor]] on the following 13 January. He resigned that post on 7 February 1973, not long before the office was abolished on 27 February of that same year. Traglia was elected and confirmed as Vice-Dean of the [[College of Cardinals]] on 24 March 1972, later becoming [[Dean of the College of Cardinals]] and [[Bishop of Ostia|Cardinal Bishop of Ostia]], while retaining his previous [[Suburbicarian diocese|suburbicarian title]], on 7 January 1974. On 24 December of that year, he served as [[papal legate]] to the opening of the [[Holy door|Holy Door]] at the [[Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls]].

Traglia died in Rome in 1977.

==External links== *[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btraglia.html Catholic Hierarchy] *[https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios-t.htm Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]

{{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{succession box | before=[[Clemente Micara]] | title=[[Cardinal Vicar|Vicar General of Rome]] | years=30 March 1965 – 9 January 1968| after=[[Angelo Dell'Acqua]] }}

{{succession box | before=[[Santiago Copello]] | title=[[Chancery of Apostolic Briefs|Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church]]| after=None, office abolished | years=13 January 1968 – 7 February 1973}}

{{succession box | before=[[Amleto Giovanni Cicognani]] | title=[[Dean of the College of Cardinals]] | years=7 January 1974 – 22 November 1977| after=[[Carlo Confalonieri]] }} {{s-end}}

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