15 Facts About Angelo Dolci

Angelo Maria Dolci was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was made a cardinal in 1933.

Angelo Dolci was Bishop of Gubbio from 1900 to 1906, Archbishop of Amalfi from 1911 to 1914, and Apostolic Vicar of Constantinople from 1914 to 1922.

Angelo Dolci served in the diplomatic corps of the Holy See as an Apostolic Delegate or Apostolic Nuncio from 1906 to 1910 and from 1914 to 1933.

Angelo Dolci was named apostolic delegate in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru on 7 December 1906.

Angelo Dolci was promoted to titular archbishop of Nazianzo on 9 December 1906.

Angelo Dolci was appointed Archbishop of Amalfi on 27 January 1911.

Angelo Dolci was appointed Apostolic Delegate and vicar apostolic of Constantinople on 10 June 1914.

Angelo Dolci was created Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome by Pope Pius XI in the consistory of 13 March 1933.

Angelo Dolci was appointed Archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major on 22 May 1933.

Angelo Dolci was elected to the order of cardinal bishops, taking the suburbicarian see of Palestrina 15 June 1936.

Angelo Dolci participated in the conclave of 1939 that elected Pope Pius XII.

In 1915, as Apostolic Delegate to Constantinople, Archbishop Angelo Dolci wrote to Mehmed V and Talaat Pasha to ask for mercy on behalf of the Armenians, who were then being deported and massacred.

Angelo Dolci reported back to the Vatican to Pope Benedict XV and his secretary of foreign affairs Eugenio Pacelli, the future Pope Pius XII.

Angelo Dolci admitted he had been deceived by the Turks, because despite giving contrary assurances to the Holy See delegate, they continued to massacre the Armenians.

Angelo Dolci died at his home in Civitella d'Agliano on 13 September 1939.