Show BENEDICT XV Q Z k I 1 V 0 T lel Z 4 i OF BOLOGNA ELECTED TO SUCCEED PIUS new pope assumes title of benedict XV CHOSEN ON NINTH BALLOT cardinal glacomo giacomo della delia calesa only recently given red hat Is chosen supreme head of roman church rome italy cardinal glacomo della delia calesa archbishop of bologna italy on oil thursday was elected supreme pontiff of the catholic heir archy in succession to pope popa plus pius X who died august 20 he will reiga under the name of benedict XV the conclave of the sacred collego whose duty it la is to elect the pope went into session tho the evening of monday august 31 the announcement ot of the outcome of its deliberations waa made thursday morning shortly after eleven nine ballots were taken the pontiff pronounced the apostolic benediction to the kneeling crowd prelates Pr elates who name the pope the full membership of bf the sacred college of cardinals which elected the pope was more international in its representation than at any time in the history of the church with the creation of thirteen new cardinals in may alay pope plus X brought tle the college up to 66 only four fewer than the maximum number allowed under the tha laws of the church and three moro more than participated in his own election in 1903 when there was waa a record attendance of 63 cardinals nearly all nations represented while the sacred college is not a representative body in a strict sense of the word this year nearly all the countries were represented south america the united states canada england ireland holland belgium portugal germany austria hungary italy france and spain 14 nations in all the orient has no cardinal neither has russia africa australasian alasia or switzerland twenty of the present cardinals are from five of the warring nations of europe austria hungary having six and germany two as against a total of twelve which might be said to represent the allies in the etly european war facts about the new arpe cardinal glacomo giacomo della delia calesa who succeeds pope plus pius X who died august 20 was created a cardinal may 25 1914 lie he is the archbishop of bologna italy cardinal calesa was born in in the diocese of genes november 21 1854 and was ordained a priest december c 21 1878 lie ho served as secretary of the in spain from 1683 to 1887 in which year he was appointed secretary to the late cardinal nam polla lie he was appointees appoint eed substitute secretary of state in 1901 1901 and in 1907 he was elected to the post of adviser to the holy office officially condemns tango iti in 1907 he be was appointed papal nuncio of madrid succeeding alar mgr taut but this atals appointment was waa canceled three days later this incident had occurred just before he was made archbishop of bologna when mgr della delia chiesa was given this post it was declared in rome that it was waa mainly with the object of combating modern religious ideas bologna being the headquarters ol of the national Nall otil democratic league whose members advocated what Is known as modernism in religion in january 1914 walle still at bologna the present pope issued a pastoral letter strongly condemning the tango takes title of benedict it has been years since the time of 0 the last pope benedict on hla his election to the papacy in 1740 cardinal prospero pero lambertini assumed that title it Is an interesting tact fact that the new pope was archbishop of bologna Do logna while pope benedict XIV was born in bologna it was at the age of twenty tour four that the new pope was ordained in the pries bood lie he soon attracted the attention of cardinal Ram polls later secretary of state tor for pope le leo XIII when cardinal was made nuncio to madrid lie ha took figr mgr della delia chiesa with him as secretary of on cardinal Ram pollas return to rome to become secretary of state for the vatican alar mgr della delia calesa entered the secretariat ol of state as one of the or minor officials until 1901 when he was appointed substitute tute of the secretariat and also secretary of the cypher made bologna archbishop As secretary to the secretary of 0 state cardinal della delia chiesa calesa was brought into notable prominence throughout the catholic hierarchy but his position was waa not at that time of 0 cardinales cardl cardi nalls rank on the accession of pope plus pius X alar mgr della delia chiesa continued in the secretariat until december 16 1907 when plus X gave him a noted promotion to the position of archbishop of the important see of bologna for seven years he administered th the i see of bologna with notable success until on last laet may pope plus X named named him as one of the 13 members of the hierarchy to receive the red hat bat arch bishop begin of quebec was among the other cardinals named at that time the others being prelates pr elates of spain france austria germany and italy the full title of the new pope in addition to benedict XV will be pope bishop of rome and successor of st peter supreme pontiff of the universal church patriarch of tile the west primate of italy archbishop and metropolitan C of the roman province sovereign of the temporal dominion of the holy roman church the pope held his first consistory on an tuesday when he conferred the red hat bat on cardinal anthony mendes dello bello patriarch of lisbon and cardinal Guisa archbishop of toledo spain both were created cardinals by pope plus X at the consistory s is tory last may the pope delivered on tuesday his first allocution which gives to tile tho world the program of his pontificate e one of the brothers of tho the pontiff tf la is an admiral in ill the italian navy and an other la Is a captain in the italian navy the first appointment made by the pope was that of monsignor Parol ln nephew of plus X to be canon of st petera it has been years yeara since tile the time of 0 tho the last pope benedict on oil hie election to the papacy in 1740 cardinal prospero Pr aspero Lamber tint assumed that title it is an interesting fact that the new pope was archbishop of bologna 1 while pope benedict XI XIV V was trae born to bologna |