Gustavo Testa

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Gustavo Testa
Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Abyssinia and Palestine (1934–1948)
  • Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem, Palestine, Transjordania, and Cyprus (1948–1953)
  • Nuncio to Switzerland (1953–1959)
  • Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1962–1968)
    • MottoEt patria et cor (The country and the heart)
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    Gustavo Testa (28 July 1886 – 28 February 1969) was an Italian prelate of the

    Congregation for the Oriental Churches
    from 1962 to 1968.

    Biography

    Born to a wealthy family in

    domestic prelate of his holiness on 18 May 1923. He was also named auditor for the Bavarian nuniciature in 1927 before becoming counselor
    of the nunciature to Italy in 1929.

    On 4 June 1934, Testa was appointed

    OSB, with Bishops Adriano Bernareggi and Angelo Roncalli serving as co-consecrators. Testa was later named the first Apostolic Delegate to Palestine, Transjordania and Cyprus when it was established on 11 February 1948,[2] and Nuncio to Switzerland on 6 March 1953.[3]

    1963 papal conclave that elected Cardinal Montini as Pope Paul VI; during the conclave, Testa lost his temper and demanded that the opponents of continuing the Second Vatican Council stop blocking Montini's election.[6][7] As Secretary of that Congregation, he accompanied Pope Paul on his journey to the Holy Land in 1964.[8]

    He became Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in 1965 when Pope Paul VI decided to no longer reserve the title of Prefect to himself.[a] From 1962 to 1965, he attended the Second Vatican Council.

    Pope Paul accepted his resignation as Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches on 13 January 1968,[10] and then as Pro-President of the Special Administration of Holy See on 7 May 1968.

    Testa died in Rome at age 82, and is buried in Bergamo.

    Pope John XXIII

    Testa had been a close friend of Pope John XXIII, also from Bergamo, since they were schoolmates in Rome.[11]

    Notes

    1. Regimini Ecclesiae Universae
      , which provided for the Congregation to be headed by a Cardinal Prefect.

    References

    1. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXVI. 1934. p. 436. Retrieved 21 May 2020. Delegatum Apostolicum in Aegypto, Arabia, Erythraea, Aethiopia, Palaestina, TransJordania et insula Cypro
    2. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXXXI. 1949. pp. 298, 322–23. Retrieved 30 August 2019. Delegatio Apostolica Palaestinae, Transjordaniae et Cypri Insulae Constituter
    3. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXXXV. 1953. p. 202. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
    4. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LIII. 1961. p. 700. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
    5. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LIV. 1962. p. 602. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
    6. ^ Pham, John-Peter. "Heirs of the Fisherman: Behind the Scenes of Papal Death and Succession". Oxford University Press, 2007
    7. ^ Weigel, George (21 April 2005). "Conclaves: Surprises abound in the Sistine Chapel". The Madison Catholic Herald Online. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
    8. ^ "Pope Fatigued". The New York Times. 5 January 1964. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
    9. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LIX. 1967. pp. 489–91. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
    10. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LX. 1968. pp. 86–7. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
    11. ^ "Eight New Hats". Time. 30 November 1959.

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    Catholic Church titles
    Preceded by
    Arabia
    , Crete, Abyssinia, Palestine, Transjordan, and Cyprus
    1934–1948     		Succeeded by
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    		 Apostolic Delegate to Palestine, Transjordania and Cyprus
    1948–1953     		Succeeded by
    Preceded by Nuncio to Switzerland
    1953–1959     		Succeeded by
    Preceded by
    Gabriel Coussa
    Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

    1962–1968     		Succeeded by
    Maximilien de Fürstenberg
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