Giovanni Bonzano

Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano (born 27 September 1867 in Castelleto Scazzoso, Province of Alessandria, Italy, † November 26, 1927 in Rome ) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

Giovanni Bonzano studied in Rome, the subjects Catholic theology and philosophy and received on 21 May 1890, the sacrament of Holy Orders. From 1891 to 1897 he worked as a missionary in China. In 1899 he became Vicar General of the Diocese of Vigevano. From 1901 to 1912 he taught at the Pontifical Urban University, he served as rector from 1904.

1912 appointed him Titular Archbishop Pius X of Melitene and apostolic delegate in the United States. He received his episcopal consecration Cardinal Merry del Val, Pope Pius XI. took Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano December 11, 1922 as a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Pancrazio, from 1924 Santa Susanna, in the College of Cardinals, and placed him in 1926 as papal legate to the International Eucharistic Congress in Chicago. Giovanni Bonzano died on 26 November 1927 in Rome and was buried in the church of the Franciscan missionaries in Grottaferrata.