Agostino Richelmy
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His Eminence Agostino Richelmy |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Turin | |
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| See | Archdiocese of Turin |
| Installed | 18 September 1897 — 10 August 1923 |
| Predecessor | Davide Riccardi |
| Successor | Giuseppe Gamba |
| Other posts | Previously Bishop of Ivrea |
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| Created Cardinal | 18 June 1899 |
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| Born |
29 November 1850 Turin, Italy |
| Died | 10 August 1923 (aged 72) Turin, Italy |
Agostino Richelmy (29 November 1850 – 10 August 1923) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Turin from 1897 until his death, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1899.
Born in Turin, Agostino Richelmy received his Confirmation on 13 August 1857 and later joined the Garibaldian Volunteers in the War of 1866, wearing his red shirt under his cassock for years afterwards. He attended Liceo classico Cavour and studied at the seminary in Turin, from where he obtained his doctorate in theology on 18 May 1876. He was ordained to the priesthood on 25 April 1873 and finished his studies three years later. Within the Archdiocese of Turin, Richelmy taught at its seminary, served as a prosynodal examiner, and was a canon of the cathedral chapter.
On 7 June 1886 he was appointed Bishop of Ivrea by Pope Leo XIII. Richelmy received his episcopal consecration on the following 28 October from Cardinal Gaetano Alimonda, with Bishops Davide Riccardi and Giovanni Bertagna serving as co-consecrators. He was later named Archbishop of Turin on 18 September 1897.
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