Carlo Alberto Guidoboni CavalchiniOr Guidobono. (26 July 1683 – 7 March 1774) was an Italian

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. Considered ''

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'' in the Papal conclave, 1758, he was vetoed by

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under the ''

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''. A lawyer by education, he became titular archbishop of Filippi in 1728, and was created Cardinal in 1743. He became

bishop of Albano The Diocese of Albano ( la, Albanensis) is a suburbicarian see of the Roman Catholic Church in a diocese in Italy, comprising seven towns in the Province of Rome. Albano Laziale is situated some 15 kilometers from Rome, on the Appian Way. Und ...

in 1759 and

bishop of Ostia The Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia is an ecclesiastical territory located within the Metropolitan City of Rome in Italy. It is one of the seven suburbicarian dioceses. The incumbent Bishop is cardinal Giovanni Battista Re. Since ...

in 1763.

Dean of the College of Cardinals The dean of the College of Cardinals ( la, Decanus Collegii Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalium) presides over the College of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church, serving as ''primus inter pares'' (first among equals). The position was establi ...

1763–74.

References

External links

''Catholic Hierarchy'' page

Biography
1683 births 1774 deaths 18th-century Italian cardinals Cardinal-bishops of Albano Cardinal-bishops of Ostia Deans of the College of Cardinals 18th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops {{italy-RC-cardinal-stub