Alberto di Jorio
Alberto di Jorio Cardinal ( born July 18, 1884 in Rome, Italy, † 5 September 1979 ) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Life
Alberto di Jorio studied in Rome, the subjects Catholic theology and philosophy and received in 1908 the sacrament of Holy Orders. From 1908 to 1910 he taught at the seminary of Perugia. From 1910 he was in the service of the Vatican, where until 1918 he worked as an ex officio proceedings of the Vicariate of Rome, before he joined in 1918 as a secretary in the Department of Religious work, which he headed in 1922 and perceived to 1958. In addition, he was from 1940 to 1947 secretary of the Commission of Cardinals for special administrative affairs of the Holy See. From 1947 to 1958 he was secretary of the College of Cardinals.
From 1910, he worked alongside his commitments at the Vatican as parish priest in various parishes of Rome. He took the job of secretary of the conclave of 1958. Pope John XXIII. took him immediately after he took office as a cardinal deacon with the title Diakonia Santa Pudenziana in the College of Cardinals to. In addition, Alberto di Jorio was from 1958 director of the administrative secretariat for the preparation of the Second Vatican Council from 1961 Pro- President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State. 1962 appointed him John XXIII. Titular Archbishop of Castra Nova and gave him a bishop; Co-consecrators were the Curia Giuseppe Benedetto Aloisi Masella and Pizzardo. A year later, he took part in the conclave of 1963, where he probably contributed in the last ballot to an agreement. 1967 di Jorio was raised while retaining its title Diakonia cardinal priest per hac vice.
Alberto di Jorio died on September 5, 1979 in Rome and was buried in the Basilica of Santa Pudenziana. The 95 -year-old was at his time of death the oldest member of the College of Cardinals.