Luigi Traglia
Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals (1972–74) | |
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| Alma mater | Almo Collegio Capranica Pontifical Lateran University Pontifical Gregorian University |
| Motto | Primum regnum Dei |
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Ostia (suburbicarian) |
Luigi Traglia (3 April 1895 – 22 November 1977) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Vicar General of Rome from 1965 to 1968, and Dean of the College of Cardinals from 1974 until his death. Traglia was elevated to the cardinalate in 1960.
Life and career in Church
Traglia was born in
Roman Rota
on 17 September 1936.
On 21 December 1936, Traglia was appointed Vicar General of The Diocese of Rome and
Lateran Basilica
. Traglia was later named President of the Special Committee for the Marian Holy Year on 7 October 1953, and of the commission for the first Roman synod in 1959.
He was made
Cardinal Bishop of Albano
.
From 1962 to 1965, Traglia participated in the
Cardinal Bishop of Ostia, while retaining his previous suburbicarian title, on 7 January 1974. On 24 December of that year, he served as papal legate to the opening of the Holy Door at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
.
Traglia died in Rome in 1977.
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