1. Angelo Dell'Acqua studied at the seminaries in Monza and Milan, and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, from where he earned a doctorate in canon law.
12 Facts About Angelo Dell'Acqua
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Angelo Dell'Acqua undertook pastoral ministry in Milan and was private secretary to its archbishop from 1928 to 1929.
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Angelo Dell'Acqua was secretary of the apostolic delegation to Turkey and Greece from 1931 to 1935.
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Angelo Dell'Acqua then worked as rector of the Romanian Pontifical College until 1938, during which time he was named a domestic prelate of his holiness on 15 June 1936.
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In 1938, Angelo Dell'Acqua entered the Roman Curia, as a staff member of the Secretariat of State, whilst performing pastoral work in Rome until 1950.
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Angelo Dell'Acqua was later made adjunct undersecretary of the Sacred Congregation of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs.
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On 14 December 1958, Angelo Dell'Acqua was appointed Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon by Pope John XXIII.
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From 1962 to 1965, Angelo Dell'Acqua attended the Second Vatican Council.
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Cardinal Angelo Dell'Acqua was named vicar general of Rome and thus the person in charge of the pastoral care of the diocese on behalf of the Bishop of Rome, and represented Paul VI at the funeral of Senator Robert Kennedy on 8 June 1968.
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Cardinal Angelo Dell'Acqua received honorary doctorates from Loyola University, University of Chicago and Fordham University that same year.
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Angelo Dell'Acqua was a close friend of Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro.
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Angelo Dell'Acqua died from a sudden heart attack at the entrance of the Rosary Basilica during a pilgrimage to Lourdes, at age 68.