Giacomo Testa (3 April 1909 – 29 September 1962) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the

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and then headed its training program, the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, from 1959 until his death at age 53 in 1962. Early in his diplomatic career, he worked closely with Archbishop Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, who later as Pope John XXIII gave him his final appointment as President of the Academy.

Biography

Giacomo Testa was born on 3 April 1909 in

Cenate Sotto Cenate Sotto (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about east of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,947 and an ...

, Italy. He was ordained a priest on 6 December 1931. As a junior member of the diplomatic service of the Holy See, some of his assignments tracked those of Archbishop Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (the future Pope John XXIII), during his tenure as papal representative to Bulgaria (1931–1934), Turkey (1934–1944), and France (1944–1952). On 19 June 1953, Pope Pius XII named him titular archbishop of Heraclea in Europa and Apostolic Delegate to Turkey. He received his episcopal consecration on 26 August 1953 from Cardinal Angelo Roncalli. On 22 June 1959,

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...

named him President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. On 16 July he was appointed a consultor to the

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and on 31 August a consultor to the Congregation for Religious. He died on 29 September 1962 at the age of 53 in his home town of Cenate Sotto.

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Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Giacomo Testa
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