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'''Giovanni Battista della Pietra''', [[Society of Jesus|SJ]] (17 October 1871 – 26 August 1940) was an Italian Jesuit of the Catholic Church who became an archbishop and worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and then returned to his normal religious life.
==Biography==
Giovanni Battista della Pietra was born on 17 October 1871 in [[Cornegliano Laudense|Cornegliano]], Italy. He was ordained a priest of the [[Society of Jesus]] on 18 September 1904.
On 9 March 1927, [[Pope Pius XI]] named him titular archbishop of [[Chalcedon]] and [[Apostolic Nunciature to Albania|Apostolic Delegate to Albania]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He received his episcopal consecration on 19 March 1927 from Cardinal [[Willem van Rossum]].<ref name=jes>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In Albania he sought to promote conversions among the Orthodox and develop missions for Latin rite Catholics, while contending with the government's promotion of a national Orthodox church.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He also served as Apostolic Administrator of some dioceses.<ref name=jes/>
After he made repeated requests to the [[Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith]], the Jesuit superior general, and the pope, della Pietra was allowed to return to his earlier religious life in 1936, without any of the honors associated with the rank of bishop. He became head of the postulates house in [[Lonigo]] and then rector of the diocesan seminary in [[Fiume]]. His gravestone in the Fiume cemetery identifies him as a priest, not a bishop.<ref name=jes/>
Della Pietra died on 26 August 1940 at the age of 68.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==References==
[[Category:1871 births]]
[[Category:1940 deaths]]
[[Category:People from the Province of Lodi]]
[[Category:Apostolic Nuncios to Albania]]
[[Category:Jesuit bishops]]
==Biography==
Giovanni Battista della Pietra was born on 17 October 1871 in [[Cornegliano Laudense|Cornegliano]], Italy. He was ordained a priest of the [[Society of Jesus]] on 18 September 1904.
On 9 March 1927, [[Pope Pius XI]] named him titular archbishop of [[Chalcedon]] and [[Apostolic Nunciature to Albania|Apostolic Delegate to Albania]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He received his episcopal consecration on 19 March 1927 from Cardinal [[Willem van Rossum]].<ref name=jes>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In Albania he sought to promote conversions among the Orthodox and develop missions for Latin rite Catholics, while contending with the government's promotion of a national Orthodox church.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He also served as Apostolic Administrator of some dioceses.<ref name=jes/>
After he made repeated requests to the [[Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith]], the Jesuit superior general, and the pope, della Pietra was allowed to return to his earlier religious life in 1936, without any of the honors associated with the rank of bishop. He became head of the postulates house in [[Lonigo]] and then rector of the diocesan seminary in [[Fiume]]. His gravestone in the Fiume cemetery identifies him as a priest, not a bishop.<ref name=jes/>
Della Pietra died on 26 August 1940 at the age of 68.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==References==
[[Category:1871 births]]
[[Category:1940 deaths]]
[[Category:People from the Province of Lodi]]
[[Category:Apostolic Nuncios to Albania]]
[[Category:Jesuit bishops]]
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