Adeodato Giovanni Piazza

His Eminence

Adeodato Giovanni Piazza

OCD
His Eminence; Adeodato Giovanni Piazza; OCD
Secretary of the Consistorial Congregation
	Cardinal Piazza in September 1953.
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	1 October 1948
Term ended	30 November 1957
Predecessor	Raffaele Carlo Rossi
Successor	Marcello Mimmi
Other post(s)	President of the Commission of Cardinals for the Shrine of Pompeii (1948–57); Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (1949–57);
Orders
Ordination	19 December 1908; by Aristide Cavallari
Consecration	24 February 1930; by Basilio Pompili
Created cardinal	13 December 1937; by Pope Pius XI
Rank	Cardinal-Priest (1937–49); Cardinal-Bishop (1949–57)
Personal details
Born	Giovanni Piazza; 30 September 1884; Vigo de Cadore, Belluno, Kingdom of Italy
Died	30 November 1957 (aged 73); Rome, Italy
Buried	Santa Teresa al Corso d'Italia
Parents	Giuseppe Piazza; Elisabetta Nicolò
Previous post(s)	Archbishop of Benevento (1930–35); Patriarch of Venice (1935–48); Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca (1937–49); Superior-General of the Scalabrinians (1948–51); President of the Italian Episcopal Conference (1953–54);
Motto	Ut sint unum

Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, OCD (30 September 1884 – 30 November 1957) was an Italian friar of the Discalced Carmelite Order, who became a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and Patriarch of Venice, as well as a member of the Roman Curia in Vatican City.

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