Enrico Cardinal Gasparri
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Velletri (suburbicarian see) |
His Eminence Enrico Cardinal Gasparri (25 July 1871-20 May 1946) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop. Pietro Cardinal Gasparri was his uncle, who in 1929 signed the Lateran Pacts.
Enrico was ordained on 10 August 1894 at the age of 23. He studied in Rome recieving degrees in theology and worked in Rome within the Roman Curia. Pope Benedict XV appointed him Titular Archbishop of Sebastea on 9 December 1915, that same day he was sent to Colombia as Apostolic Delegate. On 20 July 1917 he was chosen to become the Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia with full dipolmatic rights. On 1 September 1920 Pope Benedict chose him as Nuncio to Brazil.
He returned to Rome where on 14 December 1925 he was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all'Isola at the age of 54. On the 18 May 1933 Pope Pius XI appointed him as Prefect of Apostolic Signatura. On the 16 October 1933 Cardinal Gasparri was eleveted to Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri. He took part in the Papal conlave of 1939 that elected Pope Pius XII.
He died on 20 May 1946 at the age of 74.
Two brothers who where cardinals were Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli, and his brother, Vincenzo
