(73) 1. HENRIQUES DE CARVALHO, Guilherme (1793-1857)
Birth. February 1, 1793, Coimbra, Portugal. Son of José Ribeiro dos Santos e de Ana Joaquina da Soledade.
Education. Preparatory studies at Colégio das Artes daquel, Coimbra; then in 1808, he went to study law at the University of Coimbra; joined the academic batallion to fight the French invasion until its defeat in 1814; returned to the university and obtained a doctorate in canon law, on July 23, 1815; he was waraded a scholarship in Real Colégio de São Paulo, Coimbra, in 1817.
Priesthood. Ordained, June 5, 1819. Elected to the Chamber of Deputies, for Beira, to the Cortes of 1821; member of the commission for the commercial code until 1823; member of the commission for the reform of the economics of the university, 1823; procurator-supervisor of the economy and state of the university, 1824; judge superintendent of the plumbing works of Mondego, 1824. Substitute lector of natural public and international law, University of Coimbra, August 26, 1825; occupied the chair of direito pátrio, July 31, 1830. Administrative official in Real Colégio de São Paulo until its suppression because of the extinction of the religious orders, 1834. Elected to the Chamber of Deputies, 1838; president, 1840 until the dissolution of the Cortes.
Episcopate. Nominated bishop of Leiria by the Portuguese government in 1840 (diplomatic relations with the Holy See were broken); preconized, April 3, 1843. Consecrated, July 2, 1843, Lisbon, by Cardinal Francisco de São Luiz Saraiva, O.S.B., patriarch of Lisbon. In March 1845, because of the illness affecting the patriarch, he solemnly baptized Infanta D. Antónia. Promoted to the patriarchal see of Lisbon, November 24, 1845. Administrator of the prelature of Tomar, the priorate of Crato, and the dioceses of Castelo Branco and Portalegre. Chaplain of the Royal House. President of the Chamber of Peers. Member of the Council of State. President of the General Council of Beneficence.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of January 19, 1846; received the red hat and the title of S. Maria sopra Minerva, November 30, 1854. Did not participate in the conclave of 1846, which elected Pope Pius IX.
Death. November 15, 1857, Lisbon, of yellow fever. For sanitary reasons because of the epidemic, his body was taken to the cemetery of Alto de San João; transferred to the tomb of the patriarchs that he had built in the church of San Vicente de Fora, next to the patriarchal cathedral of Lisbon, October 29, 1859.
Bibliography. Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen VII (1800-1846). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1968, pp. 35, 43, 234 and 242.
Links. Biography, in Portuguese, Portugal - Dicionário Histórico, Corográfico, Heráldico, Biográfico, Bibliográfico, Numismático e Artístico; and brief biography, in Os Cardeais Portugueses, in Portuguese, patriarcado de Lisboa.
(74) 2. RIARIO SFORZA, Sisto (1810-1877)
Birth. December (1) 5, 1810, Naples. Of a noble family. Son of Giovanni Antonio Riario Sforza and Maria Gaetana Cattaneo della Volta. Nephew of Cardinal Tommaso Riario Sforza (1823). Other cardinals of the family were Pietro Riario, O.F.M.Conv. (1471); Raffaele Sansoni Riario (1477); and Alessandro Riario (1578).
Education. Roman Seminary, Rome; Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Noble, Rome; La Sapienza University, Rome; received the ecclesiastical habit, January 1, 1825; and the clerical tonsure, February 13, 1825; minor orders, December 25, 1826; subdiaconate, April 21, 1832. Granted the doctorate in theology by apostolic brief, April 23, 1845 (2).
Priesthood. Ordained, September 1, 1833, Naples, by Archbishop Filippo Giudice Caracciolo of Naples. Privy chamberlain of His Holiness for many years. Abbot commendatario of S. Paolo in Albano. Vicar of the cardinal camerlengo in the School of S. Maria in Via Lata. Abletgato to Paris to present the red biretta to neo-cardinal Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus, archbishop of Bordeaux, in 1836. Canon of the patriarchal Vatican basilica, September 30, 1838. Private secretary of His Holiness, 1841. Accompanied Pope Gregory XVI, as secretary of memorials, in his trip to Umbria and Rieti in 1842. He contributed to the conversion to Roman Catholicism of the Count Otto-Magnus von Stackelberg and of Prince Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin. King Ferdinando II of the Two Sicilies proposed him to the pope to occupy the see of Aversa.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Aversa, April 24, 1845. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, May 17, 1845. Consecrated, May 25, 1845, patriarchal Vatican basilica, Rome, by Cardinal Mario Mattei, bishop of Frascati. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Naples, November 24, 1845.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of January 19, 1846; with dispensation for having an uncle who was a cardinal; received the red hat and the title of S. Sabina, April 16, 1846. Participated in the conclave of 1846, which elected Pope Pius IX. Forcibly exiled after the collapse of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, September 1860 to July 1861 and 1862 to 1866; during his exile, he lived in Genoa, Marseilles, Hyères and ultimately Rome. He projected the "Ospizio di Maria", a central seminary for clerics and priests coming from the provinces of the kingdom of Naples, which was officially inaugurated in 1876; and a home for elderly priests. Camerlego of the Sacred College of Cardinals, March 27, 1865 until January 8, 1866. Participated in the First Vatican Council, 1869-1870.
Death. September 29, 1877, after an illness which lasted a month, Naples. Exposed in the metropolitan cathedral of Naples and buried at the Cemetery Church of S. Mario del Pianto; his remains were transferred to the metropolitan cathedral of Naples and reinterred in the chapel of the SS. Crocifisso in 1927.
Beatification. The informative process for his beatification started in 1927 in Naples; and the canonical process in Rome in 1947.
Bibliography. Di Domenico, Francesco. La vita del Cardinale Sisto Riari Sforza, Arcivescovo di Napoli. Naples : Quellen, 1904; Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen VII (1800-1846). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1968, pp. 35, 44, 100 and 278; Zigarelli, Daniello Maria. Biografie dei vescovi e arcivescovi della chiesa di Napoli con una descrizione del clero, della cattedrale, della basilica di s. Restituta e della cappella del tesoro di s. Gennaro. Napoli: Tipografico di G. Gioja, 1861, 289-320.
Links. Biography by Herman H. Schwedt, in German, Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon; his portrait and biography, in Italian, Santi e Beati; his genealogy, A2 B2, Libro d'Oro della Nobilità Mediterranea; and his funeral monument, metropolitan cathedral, Naples, flickr.
(1) This is according to Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, VII, 100; and Zigarelli, Biografie dei vescovi e arcivescovi della chiesa di Napoli, p. 289; his genealogy, linked above, indicates that he was born on October 5, 1810.
(2) This is according to Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, VII, 100; his genealogy, linked above, indicates that he received the doctorate on April 23, 1825.
(75) 3. BERNET, Joseph (1770-1846)
Birth. September 4, 1770, Saint-Flour, France.
Education. Collège de Saint-Flour, Saint-Flour; Seminary of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, 1790.
Priesthood. Ordained, November 4, 1795. Vicar in the parish church of Saint-Paterne, Orléans for five years. Pastor of Saint-Vincent de Paul. First almoner of the Royal House, Paris.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of La Rochelle, June 25, 1827. Consecrated, August 12, 1827, church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, by Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen, archbishop of Paris, assisted by Charles de Ramond-Lalande, bishop of Rodez, and by François Feutrier, bishop of Beauvais. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Aix, February 1, 1836. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, July 14, 1840.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of January 19, 1846; died before receiving the red hat and the title. Did not participate in the conclave of 1846, which elected Pope Pius IX.
Death. July 5, 1846, Aix-en-Provence. Exposed and buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Aix.
Bibliography. Chapeau, O.S.B. André and Fernand Combaluzier, C.M. Épiscopologe français des temps modernes, 1592-1973. Paris : Letouzey et Ané, 1974, p. 191-192; Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen VII (1800-1846). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1968, pp. 35, 83 and 327.
Link. Portrait, arms and biographical entry, in French, diocese of La Rochelle.
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