Gennaro Portanova


Gennaro Portanova
Archbishop of Reggio Calabria
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseReggio Calabria
SeeReggio Calabria
Appointed16 March 1888
Term ended25 April 1908
PredecessorFrancesco Converti
SuccessorRinaldo Camillo Rousset
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente (1899–1908)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination22 May 1869
by Sisto Riario Sforza
Consecration12 August 1883
by Raffaele Monaco La Valletta
Created cardinal19 June 1899
by Pope Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Gennaro Portanova

11 October 1845
Died25 April 1908(1908-04-25) (aged 62)
Reggio Calabria, Kingdom of Italy
BuriedReggio Calabria Cathedral

Gennaro Portanova (born 11 October 1845 in Naples, Italy, died 25 April 1908 in Reggio Calabria) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church;[1] he was also a professor of theology at the Naples Seminary (1877-83), bishop of Ischia (1883-88), after the large earthquake there, and later archbishop of Reggio Calabria 1888-1908.

He was made a cardinal in 1899 by Pope Leo XIII.[2] During this time he was Protector of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate.[1] He took part in the 1903 conclave which elected Pope Pius X.[3]

Publications

Errors and delusions of Darwinism (1872)[4]

References

Sources

  • Bräuer, Martin (2014). Handbuch der Kardinäle: 1846-2012 (in German). Berlin: De Gruyter. p. 1901. ISBN 978-3-11-026947-5.