Giuseppe Gamba (25 April 1857 – 26 December 1929) was an
Italian
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Roman Catholic Church
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and an
archbishop of Turin
The Archdiocese of Turin ( la, Archidioecesis Taurinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Italy.Asti,
Italy
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and was educated at the local
Seminary
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of Asti. He was ordained on 18 September 1880 and did pastoral work and served as the
vicar general
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of the
diocese
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History
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Pope Leo XIII
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. He was transferred to the see of Novara on 13 August 1906, where he remained until he was promoted to the metropolitan see of Turin on 20 December 1923.
Cardinalate
He was created Cardinal-Priest of '' Santa Maria sopra Minerva'' by Pope Pius XI in the consistory of 20 December 1926. He died in 1929 after being a cardinal for only three years.