11 Facts About Luigi Traglia

Luigi Traglia was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as Vicar General of Rome from 1965 to 1968, and Dean of the College of Cardinals from 1974 until his death.

Luigi Traglia was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Basilio Pompili on 10 August 1917, and then finished his studies in 1919.

Luigi Traglia was raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on 22 February 1932, and later Auditor of the Roman Rota on 17 September 1936.

On 21 December 1936, Luigi Traglia was appointed Vicar General of The Diocese of Rome and Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina.

Luigi Traglia received his episcopal consecration on 6 January 1937, from Cardinal Francesco Marchetti-Selvaggiani, with Archbishop Domenico Spolverini and Bishop Angelo Calabretta serving as co-consecrators, in the Lateran Basilica.

Luigi 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.

Luigi Traglia was made Cardinal-Priest of S Andrea della Valle by Pope John XXIII in the consistory of 28 March 1960.

From 1962 to 1965, Luigi Traglia participated in the Second Vatican Council, during the course of which he served as a cardinal elector in the 1963 papal conclave that selected Pope Paul VI.

Luigi Traglia was named Vicar General of Rome on 30 March 1965.

Luigi Traglia resigned that post on 7 February 1973, not long before the office was abolished on 27 February of that same year.

Luigi Traglia was elected and confirmed as Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals on 24 March 1972, later becoming Dean of the College of Cardinals and Cardinal Bishop of Ostia, while retaining his previous suburbicarian title, on 7 January 1974.