Show SHOP OF BOLOGNA ELECTED TO SUCCEED PIUS new pope assumes title of benedict XV I 1 hu arf kt i rf 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 giacomo della delia calesa archbishop of bologna italy on thursday was elected supreme pontiff of the tha catholic heir arch archy Y in succession to pope plus X who died august 20 0 lie he will reign under the name al 0 benedict XV the conclave of tho the sacred college whose duty it is to elect the he pope went into session the evening of monday august 31 the announcement ot of the outcome of its deliberations was wad made thursday morning shortly after eleven nine ballots were taken tho the pontiff pronounced the apostolic benediction to the kneeling crowd prelates Pr elates who name the pope the tha full membership of the sacred college of cardinals which elected tho the pope was more international in its representation than at any time lu in the history of the church with the creation of thirteen new cardinals in may alay pope plus pius X brought ane college up to 60 66 only four fewer than the maximum number allowed under the laws of the church and three more than participated in his own election in 1903 when thero there was 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 chef countries were represented south america the united states canada england ireland holland belgium portugal germany austria Ilung hungary ary 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 tha warring nations or of europe austria hungary having six and germany two as against a total of twelve which night might be caid bald to represent tua the allies in the Eul european war facts about the new pr pe cardinal glacomo giacomo della delia calesa who succeeds pope plus X who died august 20 was created a card cardinal ihal may alay 25 1914 ile ho to is the archbishop of bologna italy cardinal calesa was born jn in in tho th diocese of genes november 21 1854 and was ordained a priest december 21 1878 ile ho served as secretary of the in spain from to 1887 in which year he was appointed secretary to the late cardinal nam polla ile he was appointees appoint eed substitute secretary of state in 1901 and in 1907 he was elected to the post of adviser to the bioly office officially condemns tango in 1907 he was appointed papal nuncio of madrid succeeding mgr but this appointment was canceled three days dayn later this incident had occurred just before he was made archbishop of bologna when MET delta delia calesa was given this post it was declared in rome home that it was waa mainly with the object of combating modern religious ideas bologna being the headquarters of the national democratic league whose members advocated what is known as modernism in religion in january 1914 while still at bologna the present pope issued a pastoral letter strongly etron gly condemning the tango takei title of benedict it has been years since tho the time of the last pope benedict on his election ti to the papacy in 1740 cardinal prospero assume dr that title it Is an interesting fact that tho the new pope was archbishop of bologna while pope benedict XIV wayborn wa was oborn born in bologna it was at the BRO age of twenty four that the now pope was ordained in the prie priesthood lie ile soon attracted the attention of cardinal Ilam Itam polla polls later secretary of state for pope loo leo XIII when cardinal was made nuncio to madrid lie he took dign della delia with him as secretary of on cardinal Ram pollas a return to rome to become secretary of state tor for the vatican egr mgr della delia calesa entered the secretariat of state as aa one of the or minor officials until 1901 when ho he was appointed substitute of the secretariat and also secretary of the cypher made bologna archbishop As secretary to the secretary 0 state cardinal della delia chiesa was brought into notable prominence throughout the catholic hierarchy but his position was not at that time of 0 cardinales cardl cardi nalla nalls rank on the accession of pope plus X mgr della delia calesa con linued in the secretariat until decem her ber 16 1907 when plus X gave him a noted promotion to the position of archbishop of the important see of bologna for seven years lie he administered the see of bologna with notable success until on last abet may alay pope plus X named him as one of the 13 members of the hierarchy to receive the red hat archbishop 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 now new pope in addition to benedict XV will be pope bishop of home end and successor of st teter supreme pontiff of the universal church patriarch of the west pit mate of italy archbishop and metropolitan of the roman province sov creige of the temporal dominion of the holy roman church the pope held his first consistory 0 on n tuesday when he conferred the red hat on cardinal anthony mendes bello patriarch of lisbon and cardinal Guisa archbishop of toledo spain both were created cardin cardinala alg by pope plus X at the consistory last may the pope delivered on tuesday hla his first allocution which gives to tile the world the program of his pontificate one of the brothers of the pontiff it 11 an admiral in the italian navy and an a other Is a captain in the italian navy the first appointment made by tb the 0 pope was that of monsignor Parol ln nephew of plus plug X to be canon of st peters it has been years since the time of 0 the last pope benedict on hla hie election ile to the papacy papacy in 1740 cardinal carlana prospero Lamber lambertini tiri assumed that title it la is an interesting fact that the new pope was archbishop of bologna while pope benedict XIV wu van bora bom id bologna |