Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Biography  





2 References  





3 External links  














Pietro Sigismondi






Deutsch
Italiano
مصرى
Norsk bokmål
Polski
 

Edit links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


Pietro Sigismondi (23 February 1908 – 25 May 1967) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1934 to 1954 and then held a senior position in the Roman Curia for thirteen years.

Biography[edit]

Pietro Sigismondi was born on 23 February 1908 in Villa d'Almè, Italy. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Bergamo on 15 August 1930.

To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1933.[1]

His first posting was as secretary of nunciature in Paris in 1934. In 1939 he returned to Rome and worked at the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs in the Secretariat of State to 1949. He then spent six months in Belgrade.[citation needed]

On 16 December 1949, Pope Pius XII appointed him titular archbishop of Neapolis in Pisidia and Apostolic Delegate to both the Belgian Congo and Rwanda.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on 8 January 1950 from Cardinal Pietro Fumasoni Biondi.[citation needed]

In 1954, Pope Pius appointed him Secretary of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith.[citation needed] He was named a consultor to Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on 9 December 1954.[3]

He died on 25 May 1967 at the age of 59.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1900 – 1949" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  • ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XLII. 1950. pp. 213, 274. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  • ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XLVI. 1954. p. 749. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  • ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LIX. 1967. p. 528. Retrieved 13 May 2020. Segretario della S. Congregazione «de Propaganda Fide»
  • External links[edit]


    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pietro_Sigismondi&oldid=1177726557"

    Categories: 
    1908 births
    1967 deaths
    Clergy from the Province of Bergamo
    Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy alumni
    Officials of the Roman Curia
    Apostolic Nuncios to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Apostolic Nuncios to Rwanda
    Hidden categories: 
    CS1 Italian-language sources (it)
    Articles with short description
    Short description is different from Wikidata
    All articles with unsourced statements
    Articles with unsourced statements from May 2020
     



    This page was last edited on 29 September 2023, at 06:18 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki