Alfredo Ottaviani
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| Biography | |
| Birth | 29 October 1890 in Rome ( Italy ) |
| Deaths | 3 August 1979 the Vatican |
| Priestly Ordination | 18 March 1916 |
| Bishop of the Catholic Church | |
| Episcopal | 19 April 1962 by Pope John XXIII |
| Episcopal functions | Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
| Cardinal of the Catholic Church | |
| Created cardinal | 12 January 1953 by Pope Pius XII |
| Title | Cardinal-priest of Santa Maria in Domnica |
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| (In) Record at catholic-hierarchy.org | |
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Alfredo Ottaviani, born 29 October 1890 at Rome and died on 3 August 1979 at the Vatican , was a cardinal and archbishop who was secretary .
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Biography
Youth and early functions in the Curia
Deriving the neighborhood of Trastevere , his father is a baker. He goes to school with the Brothers of Christian schools in this district. Then he joined the Roman pontifical seminary and earned doctorates in theology, philosophy and canon law. He was ordained priest on 18 March 1916 and became professor of philosophy and canon law in the Roman universities Urbaniana and the Apollinaire. It fills a pastoral ministry to the Oratory of St. Peter.
From 1922, he was asked to complete an expense within the Roman curia , and in 1926 he became member performing various secretarial functions within the Secretariat of State. He became prothonotary Apostolic in 1931. In 1935 he moved to the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office and became assessor.
Cardinal of the Holy Office
It was during the consistory of 12 January 1953 he was created cardinal with the title of cardinal-deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica. He then occupies the position of pro-secretary of the Holy Office. He participated in the conclave of 1958 for the election of John XXIII. In November 1959 he was appointed secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office. He participated in the preparation of the Council Vatican II. He became Cardinal Protodeacon in 1961. He was appointed to the Archdiocese of Berrhoea 5 April 1962 and was consecrated bishop on April 19 by Pope John XXIII.
It participates in council Vatican II. As a cardinal proto-deacon, 30 June 1963, he crowned Pope Paul VI after the papal election. After the reform of the Holy Office, which became the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , he became the pro-prefect. He resigned that office in 1968.
He loses his ability to participate in the conclave in 1971, having reached the age limit of 80 years. He died at the Vatican in 1979 and is buried there.
His work and to the Holy Office during the Second Vatican Council
On 12 January 1953, he was appointed Cardinal and appointed pro-secretary of the Holy Office , then he became the Secretary 7 November 1959 (at that time, the Secretary was the de facto boss, the Pope being the official patron). At the head of the Congregation from 1959 to 1968 he worked with great zeal to fight against the doctrinal errors and new theological dangerous. It was considered the main spokesman for the conservative movement during the Second Vatican Council.
It was the last great defender of the "School of Public Ecclesiastical Law," school of thought on the right of the Church.
The "short critical review" (or OCI) regarding the new Mass of Paul VI. On 25 September 1969, Cardinal Ottaviani and Antonio Bacci wrote a letter to Paul VI to issue a number of critically about the "Novus Ordo Missae" of Paul VI and the new "Institutio generalis" Novus Ordo that has this.
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References
- as Secretary indicates that he leads the congregation
- Alfredo Ottaviani on catholic-Hierarchy
- the senior cardinal deacon in charge of proclaiming the " Habemus papam "
Bibliography
- Cardinal Ottaviani, Yves Congar op expert at Vatican II in "The crisis in the Church and Archbishop Lefebvre"
- Cavaterra Emilio del Sant'Offizio It prefetto: opere ei giorni del the cardinal Ottaviani, Milan, Mursia edition, 1990.
- Damizia Giuseppe La Pontificia Universit lateranense: profilo della sua storia, dei suoi maestri, e dei suoi Discepola. Roma, Libreria editrice della Pontificia edition Universit lateranense, 1963, p. 230-231.
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