Luigi Sincero - Episcopate

Episcopate

Pope Pius appointed him titular archbishop of Petra di Palestina on 11 January 1929. He was Consecrated two days later in the Sistine chapel by Pope Pius XI. He was elected to the order of cardinal bishops, taking the suburbicarian see of Palestrina on 13 March 1933. Pope Pius appointed him President of the Pontifical Commission for the Codification of the Oriental Canon Law on November 23, 1934 and President of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law. He died just short of his 66th birthday on February 7, 1936.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Giovanni Tacci Porcelli
Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches
6 February 1927 – 7 February 1936
Succeeded by
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant
Preceded by
Vincenzo Vannutelli
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
13 March 1933 – 7 February 1936
Succeeded by
Angelo Dolci
Preceded by
Giulio Serafini
President of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law
12 December 1934 – 7 February 1936
Succeeded by
Massimo Massimi
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Name Sincero, Luigi
Alternative names
Short description Catholic cardinal
Date of birth 26 March 1870
Place of birth
Date of death 7 February 1936
Place of death

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