Gustavo Testa
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His Eminence Gustavo Testa |
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| Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati | |
| Appointed | 14 December 1959 |
| Term ended | 28 February 1969 |
| Predecessor | Santiago Luis Copello |
| Successor | Paolo Bertoli |
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| Ordination | 28 October 1910 |
| Consecration | 1 November 1934 by Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster |
| Created Cardinal | 14 December 1959 by Pope John XXIII |
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| Born |
28 July 1886 Boltiere, Bergamo, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 28 February 1969 (aged 82) Rome, Italy |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | Et patria et cor (The country and the heart) |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
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Gustavo Testa (28 July 1886 – 28 February 1969) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches from 1967 to 1968, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1959.
Born to a wealthy family in Boltiere, in the province of Bergamo, Testa attended the Pontifical Lateran University, Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare, and Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood on 28 October 1910, and finished his studies in 1912. After a period of pastoral work in Bergamo and teaching at its seminary, Testa entered the Roman Curia, in the Secretariat of State, in 1920. He then served as Secretary of the nunciature to Austria until 1923. Testa was raised to the rank of Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on 28 October 1921, and later Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on 18 May 1923. He was also named auditor for the Bavarian nuniciature in 1927 before becoming of the nunciature to Italy in 1929.
On 4 June 1934, Testa was appointed Titular Archbishop of Amasea and Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Abyssinia, and Palestine. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 1 November from Cardinal Ildefonso Schuster, OSB, with Bishops Adriano Bernareggi and Angelo Roncalli serving as co-consecrators. Testa was later named the first Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem, Palestine, Transjordania, and Cyprus on 11 February 1948, and Nuncio to Switzerland on 6 March 1953.
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