Francesco Tiberi

His Eminence Francesco Tiberi
Cardinal
File:Francesco TIberi.jpg Francesco Tiberi, c. 1832
Church	Catholic Church
Appointed	2 July 1832
Term ended	28 October 1839
Other posts	Apostolic nuncio in Spain
Orders
Ordination	December 1826
Consecration	27 December 1826 by Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni
Created Cardinal	30 September 1831 by Pope Gregory XVI
Rank	Cardinal-priest
Personal details
Born	4 January 1773 Contigliano, Papal States
Died	28 October 1839 (aged 66) Rome, Papal States
Previous post	Archbishop of Jesi (1832–1836) Archbishop of Athens (1826–1832)
Coat of arms

Francesco Tiberi (4 January 1773 – 28 October 1839) was an Italian Catholic cardinal and archbishop.

Biography

Francesco Tiberi was born in Contigliano into a noble family (he was in fact the second-born son of Antonio Tiberi and Teresa Orsini), he first studied at the Nazarene College in Rome, and then went on to the Sapienza University, at which he received his degree in utroque iure on March 17, 1795, the day on which he also received the ecclesiastical tonsure. Meanwhile, he had the opportunity to practice as an aide to lawyers Bernardino Ridolfi (1791–1793) and Nicola Riganti (1793–1794).

He entered the Roman prelature as referendary of the tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura on May 21, 1795, later being appointed counselor of the Sacred Congregation for Indulgences from July 11 of that year. Relator of the Sacred Congregation for Good Government from November 30, 1800. Coadjutor to Paul Emilio Petrucci, voting at the tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura of Grace and Justice, from March 28, 1801, he became canon of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome. He received the subdiaconate on November 2, 1806.

During the French occupation of Rome, he was deported to Piacenza and later in 1812 to Bastia, Corsica, for refusing to swear allegiance to the Napoleonic forces. He returned to Rome in 1814 and resumed his duties at the Apostolic Signatura. On September 1, 1814 he solemnly took possession, in the name of Cardinal Alessandro Mattei and as auditor general, of the Diocese of Velletri after the end of the French occupation. A non-participating apostolic prothonotary from 1814, he became apostolic delegate for the province of Macerata and Camerino from July 1815.

An auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota and consultant to the Sacred Congregation of Rites from March 9, 1816, he became regent of the Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary on June 10, 1823. On December 9, 1823, he was appointed member of the commission of jurisconsults in charge of the revision of the motu proprio of July 6, 1816, and participated in the drafting of the new civil code promulgated on October 5, 1824, becoming shortly afterward vice dean of the auditors of the Apostolic Palace.

On October 2, 1826, he was elected Titular Archbishop of Athens. He was ordained a priest in December of that year and was consecrated bishop on December 27 at the hands of Cardinal Francesco Saverio Castiglioni. On January 9, 1827, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Spain and assistant to the papal throne.

Pope Gregory XVI elevated him to the rank of cardinal in pectore in the consistory of September 30, 1831. He was published on July 2, 1832, the day he was also appointed bishop of Jesi, with the personal title of archbishop. On August 1, 1834, he received the title of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio.

On May 18, 1836 he gave up the regency of the Diocese of Iesi. On February 22, 1837 he became prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura.

He died in Rome on October 28, 1839, and his body was displayed in the church of San Lorenzo in Damaso and then buried in the church of his title.

Episcopal lineage

Tiberi's episcopal lineage, or apostolic succession was:

• Cardinal Scipione Rebiba
• Cardinal Giulio Antonio Santorio
• Cardinal Girolamo Bernerio
• Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale
• Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi
• Cardinal Luigi Caetani
• Cardinal Ulderico Carpegna
• Cardinal Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni
• Pope Benedict XIII
• Pope Benedict XIV
• Cardinal Enrico Enríquez
• Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz
• Cardinal Buenaventura Fernández de Córdoba Spínola
• Cardinal Giuseppe Doria Pamphili
• Pope Pius VIII
• Cardinal Francesco Saverio Castiglioni

References

• Boutry, Philippe (2002). Souverain et Pontife: Recherches Prosopographiques sur la Curie Romaine à l'Âge de la Restauration, 1814-1846. Rome: Ecole Française de Rome.
• Cárcel Ortí, Vicente (1976). Correspondencia Diplomática del Nuncio Tiberi (1827-1834). Pamplona: Universidad de Navarra.
• Fabi Montani, Francesco (1840). Vita del Card. Francesco Tiberi. Roma: A. Monaldi.
• Jemolo, A. C. (1941–1942). "Il Conte Solaro della Margarita ed il Nunzio Tiberi," Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Vol. LXXVII, pp. 119–43.
• LeBlanc, Jean (2007). Dictionnaire Biographique des Cardinaux du XIXe Siècle: Contribution à l'Histoire du Sacré Collège sous les Pontificats de Pie VII, Léon XII, Pie VIII, Grégoire XVI, Pie IX et Léon XIII, 1800-1903. Montréal: Wilson & Lafleur.
• Ritzler, Remigium; Pirminum Sefrin (1968). Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volumen VII (1800-1846). Patavii: Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii.

External links

• Cardinal Francesco Tiberi

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Luigi Bottiglia Savoulx	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura 1837–1839	Succeeded by Antonio Domenico Gamberini
Preceded by Étienne-Hubert de Cambacérès	Cardinal of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio 1834–1839	Succeeded by Fabio Maria Asquini
Preceded by Francesco Cesarei Leoni	Bishop of Iesi (personal title of Archbishop) 1832–1836	Succeeded by Pietro Ostini
Preceded by Giacomo Giustiniani	Apostolic Nuncio in Spain 1827–1832	Succeeded by Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso
Preceded by Filippo Filonardi	Titular Archbishop of Athens 1826–1832	Succeeded by Ludovico Tevoli
Preceded by Giovanni Battista Bussi	Regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary 1821–1832	Succeeded by Costantino Patrizi Naro