Carlo Nocella

Carlo Nocella (25 November 1826 – 22 July 1908) was an Italian cardinal. He was Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation (1892–1899), Latin Patriarch of Antioch (1899–1901), and Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (1901–1903).

His Eminence Carlo Nocella
Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	25 June 1903
Term ended	22 July 1908
Predecessor	Agostino Ciasca
Successor	Antonio Vico
Orders
Ordination	2 September 1849
Consecration	16 July 1899 by Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro
Created cardinal	22 June 1903 by Pope Leo XIII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name	Carlo Nocella
Born	25 November 1826 Rome, Papal States
Died	22 July 1908 (aged 81) Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Buried	Campo Verano
Parents	Vincenzo Nocella Maria Salvati
Previous post	Protonary Apostolic de numero of the Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1874-99) Secretary of the Consistorial Congregation (1892-1903) Latin Patriarch of Antioch (1899-1901) Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (1901-03)
Alma mater	Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare

Styles of Carlo Nocella
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Constantinople

Biography

Nocella was born in Rome and studied at the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare, from where he obtained a doctorate in canon and civil law.[1] Ordained a priest on 2 September 1849,[2] he joined the faculty of the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare and later became Secretary of Latin Letters, canon of the Liberian Basilica and of St. Peter's Basilica, and protonotary apostolic de numero participantium. He was named Secretary of Briefs to the Princes on 5 December 1884, and Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation on 21 March 1892.[1]

On 22 June 1899, Nocella was appointed Latin Patriarch of Antioch by Pope Leo XIII.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following 16 July from Cardinal Mariano Rampolla, with Archbishops Felice Maria de Neckere and Casimiro Gennari, at the altar of the Chair of Peter in St. Peter's Basilica. He was transferred to the Latin Patriarchate of Constantinople on 18 April 1901.[2]

Leo XIII created him Cardinal Priest of S. Callisto in the consistory of 22 June 1903. He participated in the 1903 papal conclave, which elected Pope Pius X. Nocella died in Rome, aged 81; he is buried in Campo Verano cemetery.[1]

References

1. Miranda, Salvador. "NOCELLA, Carlo". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church.
2. "Carlo Cardinal Nocella". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.