Codice albumGBB-F-000565

Codice inventarioGBB-F-000565-0000

1929, 3 july, WASHINGTON, USA: The italian Marchese Arcivescovo PIETRO FUMASONI BIONDI (1872 - 1960) with Rep. Joseph J. Burke (or Burne). Secretary of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith on June 14, 1921, and Apostolic Delegate to the United States on December 14, 1922. Pope Pius XI created him Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in the consistory of March 13, 1933, in advance for his appointment as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith three days later, on March 16. The Cardinal served as papal legate to the National Eucharistic Congress in Teramo on August 20, 1935. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1939 papal conclave, and again in the conclave of 1958.

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