Paolo Giobbe

Paolo Giobbe
Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church
Paolo Giobbe in 1958
ChurchCatholic Church
SeeSanta Maria in Vallicella
In office18 December 1958 – 14 August 1972
PredecessorFrancesco Borgongini Duca
SuccessorJames Knox
Other postPatron of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (1961-1972)
Previous postsDatary of the Apostolic Dataria (1959-1968)
Apostolic Internuncio to the Netherlands (1935-1958)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide (1925-1958)
Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia (1925-1935)
Orders
Ordination4 December 1904[1]
Consecration26 April 1925[1]
by Pietro Gasparri
Created cardinal15 December 1958[1]
by Pope John XXIII
Personal details
Born(1880-01-10)10 January 1880
Died14 August 1972(1972-08-14) (aged 92)
Rome, Italy

Paolo Giobbe (10 January 1880 – 14 August 1972) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Papal Datary in the Roman Curia from 1959 to 1968, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958 as Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella.

He participated in the conclave of 1963, which elected Pope Paul VI. Lost his right to participate in the conclave by being older than eighty years, January 1, 1971.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Paolo Cardinal Giobbe". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 24 February 2026.