Giuseppe Antonio Sala (27 October 1762 – 23 June 1839) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served in numerous high-profile positions in the Roman Curia.


Giuseppe Antonio Sala
Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed21 November 1834
Term ended23 June 1839
PredecessorCarlo Odescalchi
SuccessorCostantino Patrizi Naro
Other post(s)
Orders
Created cardinal30 September 1831
by Pope Gregory XVI
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Giuseppe Antonio Sala

27 October 1762
Died23 June 1839(1839-06-23) (aged 76)
Rome, Papal States
BuriedSanta Maria della Pace
ParentsGiuseppe Antonio Maria Sala
Ana Sacchetti
Alma materCollegio Romano

Early life

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Giuseppe Antonio Sala was born on 27 October 1762 in Rome to Giuseppe Antonio Maria Sala and Ana Sacchetti; he had six siblings. He was educated in philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University and in theology at the Dominican faculty at the Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, where he received a doctorate in theology in 1761.

Sala was the Secretary to the papal legation to France from 1801 to 1804, and was involved in the negotiations between the Holy See and the post-Revolutionary French Republic that resulted in the Concordat of 1801. He was also Secretary to the papal legation established by Pope Pius VII in 1809 during his exile from Rome. He was appointed the Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs and of the Reform in 1814, as the Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Rites and the Tridentine Council in December 1825.[1]

Cardinal

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Sala was created a cardinal by Pope Gregory XVI in the consistory on September 30, 1831, and was given the titular church of Santa Maria della Pace on February 24, 1832. On March 21, 1834, he was appointed Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Index, and on November 21, 1834, he was named Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Bishops and Regulars. He was named the archpriest of Santa Maria Maggiore on 11 December 1838. Sala died on 23 June 1839 in Rome, and was interred in the church of Santa Maria della Pace.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Miranda, Salvador. "Consistory of September 30, 1831". Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University Libraries. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs
1823—1825
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Rites
1825—1831
Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of the Council
1825—1831
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-priest of Santa Maria della Pace
1832—1839
Succeeded by
Preceded by Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Index
1834
Succeeded by
Preceded by Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Consultations about Regulars
1834—1839
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
1838—1839
Succeeded by