- Tommaso Pio Boggiani
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See=Porto e Santa Rufina (suburbicarian see )|Tommaso Pio Cardinal Boggiani
O.P. (19 January 1863 -26 February 1942 ) was a Cardinal of theRoman Catholic Church and was former Archbishop of Genoa.Pio Boggiani was born in
Boscomarengo ,Alessandria ,Italy . He joined the Dominicans on15 September 1879 . He changed his baptismal name from Pio to Tommaso. He wasordained and went to work as amissionary inConstantinople . He was electedPrior of the Dominican convent atRagusa in 1891. He served as Pastor of the parish of S. Maria di Castello,Genoa for 1900 but was transferred to be a faculty member of theSeminary of Genoa. In 1908 he was appointedApostolic administrator ofAdria .Episcopate
Pope Pius X appointed himbishop of Adria e Rovigo on31 October 1908 . He was consecrated on22 November 1908 byRafael Merry del Val , who was at that timeCardinal Secretary of State . He was transferred to be the titularArchbishop of "Edessa di Osröene" on9 January 1912 and was namedapostolic delegate toMexico the next day. He was appointed Apostolic administrator ofArchdiocese of Genoa onMarch 7 1914 . He served asSecretary of conclave of 1914 that electedPope Benedict XV .Cardinalate
Pope Bendict created him
Cardinal-Priest of "Santi Quirico e Giulitta " in theconsistory ofDecember 4 1916 . He was appointed as Archbishop of Genoa on10 March 1919 . He resigned pastoral government of the archdiocese in 1921. He participated in the conclave of 1922 that electedPope Pius XI . He was elected to the order ofCardinal Bishop s, taking thesuburbicarian see of Porto e Santa Rufina onJuly 15 1929 . He took part in the conclave of 1939 that electedPope Pius XII . He died in 1942.
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