Giulio Bevilacqua [SEP] position held
Giulio Bevilacqua
Giulio Bevilacqua, Orat (November 14, 1881 – May 6, 1965) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of Brescia from 1965 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965.
Biography.
Giulio Bevilacqua was born in Isola della Scala to a family of merchants. He studied at the University of Louvain in Belgium and the seminary in Brescia, and later entered the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.
Bevilacqua was ordained to the priesthood
at the behest of Pope Paul VI. He resigned from his position in mid-1978 prior to turning 75 as canon law dictated. Carraro ordained Mario Zenari - future cardinal - to the priesthood in 1970 and Giuseppe Zenti in 1971. He also served as a co-consecrator for the consecration of Giulio Bevilacqua. On 25 June 1978 he was present in the diocesan cathedral for the installation of his successor.
Carraro died on 30 December 1980 and was buried in the diocesan cathedral. He had spent his retirement on the hill of