Rodolfo Caroli (16 December 1869 – 25 January 1921) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the Diocese of Rome, was Bishop of Ceneda for four years, and then an archbishop and papal nuncio for four years before dying at the age of 51.

Biography

Rodolfo Caroli was born on 16 December 1869 in Rome. He was ordained a priest of the

Diocese of Rome The Diocese of Rome ( la, Dioecesis Urbis seu Romana; it, Diocesi di Roma) is the ecclesiastical district under the direct jurisdiction of the Pope, who is Bishop of Rome and hence the supreme pontiff and head of the worldwide Catholic Church. ...

on 1 April 1893. He was on the staff of the

Congregation for Religious The Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, formerly called Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (CICLSAL; la, Congregatio pro Institutis Vitae Consecratae et Soci ...

and rector of the

Pontifical Lombard Seminary The Pontifical Lombard Seminary of Saints Ambrose and Charles in Urbe (Italian: ) is an ecclesiastical institution that serves as a residence for and trains diocesan priests who have been sent to Rome by their bishop to pursue an advanced degree or ...

when, on 28 July 1913,

Pope Pius X Pope Pius X ( it, Pio X; born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto; 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914) was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 to his death in August 1914. Pius X is known for vigorously opposing modernist interpretations of C ...

named him

Bishop of Ceneda The Diocese of Vittorio Veneto ( la, Dioecesis Victoriensis Venetorum) is a Roman Catholic diocese in northern Italy, with capital in Vittorio Veneto. It was historically known as Diocese of Ceneda, the name being changed in 1939.

. He received his episcopal consecration on 19 October 1913 from Cardinal

Gaetano de Lai Gaetano de Lai (26 July 1853 – 24 October 1928) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was part of the Roman Curia. He was an outspoken defender of the French monarchist Action française. Biography De Lai was born in Malo, ...

. On 28 April 1917,

Pope Benedict XV Pope Benedict XV (Latin: ''Benedictus XV''; it, Benedetto XV), born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, name=, group= (; 21 November 185422 January 1922), was head of the Catholic Church from 1914 until his death in January 1922. His ...

named him Apostolic Internuncio to Bolivia and titular archbishop of Tyre. There he founded a society to promote vocations, won government funding for four places at the Collegio Pio Latino Americano in Rome, and toured the country "largely using primitive means and often putting himself in certain dangers". He critiqued the seminaries and urged greater reforms than those recommended by an external review. Caroli died in La Paz of an undiagnosed illness on 25 January 1921 at the age of 51.

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* Photographs. {{DEFAULTSORT:Caroli, Rodolfo 1869 births 1921 deaths Clergy from Rome Apostolic Nuncios to Bolivia