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Giuseppe Mori

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Giuseppe Mori
Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of the Council
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed8 December 1916
Term ended11 December 1922
PredecessorOreste Giorgi
SuccessorBernardo Colombo
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Nicola in Cacere pro hac vice (1933-1934)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination17 September 1874
Created cardinal11 December 1922
by Pope Pius XI
RankCardinal-deacon (1922-1933)
Cardinal-priest (1933-1934)
Personal details
Born
Giuseppe Mori

24 January 1850
Died30 September 1934(1934-09-30) (aged 84)
Loro Piceno, Fermo, Kingdom of Italy
Alma materPontifical Roman Seminary
MottoAve crux spes unica
Styles of
Giuseppe Mori
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
Seenone

Giuseppe Mori (24 January 1850 — 30 September 1934) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as secretary of the Sacred Congregation of the Council from 1916 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1922.

His motto was "Ave crux spes unica" ("Hail the cross, our only hope").[1]

Biography

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Born in Loro Piceno, Mori studied at the seminary in Fermo and the Pontifical Roman Seminary. He was ordained to the priesthood on 17 September 1874, and then did pastoral work in Rome until 1880. Mori was raised to the rank of honorary chamberlain of his holiness on 4 October 1880, and served as a staff member (1885–1903) and the auditor (1903–1908) of the Sacred Congregation of the Council in the Roman Curia.

He later became undersecretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments on 20 October 1908, auditor of the Roman Rota on 9 February 1909, and secretary of the Sacred Congregation of the Council on 8 December 1916. As secretary of the council, Mori served as the second-highest official of that dicastery successively under Cardinals Francesco di Paola Cassetta, Donato Sbarretti, and Giulio Serafini.

Pope Pius XI created him Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere in the consistory of 11 December 1922.[1] Mori chose to be elevated to a cardinal-priest (retaining the same titular church) after ten years' standing as a cardinal-deacon on 13 March 1933. He also served as a judge of the Apostolic Signatura and sat on the committee appointed to rule the Church during the sede vacante.[2]

Mori died from heart disease[2] in his native Loro Piceno, at age 84. He was buried in the chapel of the Loro Piceno cemetery, and his remains were later transferred to his family's tomb.[1]

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of the Council
1916–1934
Succeeded by