{{Short description|Catholic cardinal (1882–1961)}} {{Refimprove|date=July 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox Christian leader |type = Cardinal |honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] |name = Marcello Mimmi |title = [[Congregation for Bishops|Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation]] |church = [[Roman Catholic Church]] |appointed = 15 December 1957 |term_end = 6 March 1961 |predecessor = [[Adeodato Giovanni Piazza]] |successor = [[Carlo Confalonieri]] |other_post = [[Pontifical Commission for Latin America|President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America]] (1958-61)<br>[[Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Pompei|President of the Commission of Cardinals for the Shrine of Pompeii]] (1958-1961)<br>[[Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto|Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto]] (1958-61) |ordination = 23 December 1905 |ordained_by = [[Domenico Svampa]] |consecration = 25 July 1930 |consecrated_by = [[Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano|Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano]] |cardinal = 12 January 1953 |created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Pius XII]] |rank = [[Cardinal-Priest]] |birth_name = Marcello Mimmi |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1882|07|18}} |birth_place = [[San Pietro in Casale]], [[Bologna]], [[Kingdom of Italy]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1961|03|06|1882|07|18}} |death_place = [[Rome]], [[Italy]] |previous_post = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Crema|Bishop of Crema]] (1930-33)<br>[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto|Archbishop of Bari e Canosa]] (1933-52)<br>[[List of bishops and archbishops of Naples|Archbishop of Naples]] (1952-57)<br>[[San Callisto|Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto]] (1953-58) |motto = ''Per visibilia et invisibilia''<br>("Through the visible and invisible") |coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Marcello Mimmi.svg }} {{infobox cardinalstyles |cardinal name=Marcello Mimmi |dipstyle=[[His Eminence]] |offstyle=Your Eminence |See=[[Bishop of Sabina|Sabina e Poggio Mirteto]] ([[Suburbicarian diocese|suburbicarian]]) |image = Coat of arms of Marcello Mimmi.svg |image_size=200px| }}
'''Marcello Mimmi''' (18 July 1882 – 6 March 1961) was an Italian [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He served as [[Archdiocese of Naples|Archbishop of Naples]] from 1952 to 1957, and [[Secretary]] of the [[Congregation for Bishops|Sacred Consistorial Congregation]] from 1957 until his death. Mimmi was elevated to the [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinalate]] in 1953 by [[Pope Pius XII]].
==Life and church== Marcello Mimi was born in [[San Pietro in Casale]] and studied at the [[seminary]] in [[Bologna]] before being [[Holy Orders|ordained]] to the [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priesthood]] on 23 December 1905. He then did [[Parish (Catholic Church)|pastoral]] work and taught at the [[Bologna]] seminary until 1930. He was elevated to a [[Monsignor|Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness]] on 19 November 1919, and later named [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] of the Regional Seminary of [[Romagna]].
On 30 June 1930, Mimmi was appointed [[Bishop of Crema]] by [[Pope Pius XI]]. He received his [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|episcopal consecration]] on the following 25 July from Cardinal [[Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano]], with Bishops Ettore Lodi and [[Giovanni Franzoni|Giovanni Franzini]] serving as [[Consecrator|co-consecrators]]. Mimmi was later named [[Archbishop of Bari]] on 31 July 1933, and [[Archdiocese of Naples|Archbishop of Naples]] on 30 August 1952.
[[Pope Pius XII]] created him [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal-Priest]] of [[San Callisto|S. Callisto]] in the [[Papal consistory|consistory]] of 12 January 1953. Mimmi served as [[papal legate]] to several ecclesiastical gatherings from 1955 to 1960.
On 15 December 1957, the Cardinal was made [[Secretary]] of the [[Congregation for Bishops|Sacred Consistorial Congregation]] in the [[Roman Curia]].<ref>{{cite book | access-date = 3 July 2020 | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-50-1958-ocr.pdf | date= 1958 | volume = L | page =123}}</ref> Mimmi later chose to be advanced to the rank of [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal Bishop]], receiving the [[Suburbicarian diocese|suburbicarian see]] of [[Bishop of Sabina|Sabina e Poggio Mirteto]] on 9 June 1958. He was also one of the [[Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 1958|cardinal electors]] who participated in the [[Papal conclave, 1958|1958 papal conclave]] that selected [[Pope John XXIII]].
Mimmi died in Rome, at age 78. He is buried in the Cathedral of [[Magliano Sabina]].
Mimmi also served as [[President (corporate title)|President]] of the [[Pontifical Commission for Latin America]] and of the [[Cardinalatial Commission for the Shrine of Pompeii]] from 1958 until his death.
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==External links== *[https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1953.htm#Mimmi Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church] *[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmimmi.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
{{S-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{Succession box |title=[[Crema, Italy|Bishop of Crema]] |before=[[Giacomo Montanelli]] |after=[[Francesco Franco (Bishop)|Francesco Franco]] |years=1930–1933 }} {{Succession box |title=[[Bari|Archbishop of Bari]] |before=[[Augusto Curi]] |after=[[Enrico Nicodemo]] |years=1933–1952 }} {{Succession box |title=[[Archdiocese of Naples|Archbishop of Naples]] |before=[[Alessio Ascalesi]], [[Missionaries of the Precious Blood|CPPS]] |after=[[Alfonso Castaldo]] |years=1952–1957 }} {{Succession box |title=[[Congregation for Bishops|Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation]] |before=[[Adeodato Giovanni Piazza]], [[Discalced Carmelites|OCD]] |after=[[Carlo Confalonieri]] |years=1957–1961 }} {{S-end}}
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