Isidoro Verga

Isidoro Verga (29 April 1832 – 10 August 1899) was an Italian canon lawyer and cardinal.

His Eminence Isidoro Verga
Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	1 October 1896
Term ended	10 August 1899
Predecessor	Raffaele Monaco La Valletta
Successor	Serafino Vannutelli
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1896–99)
Orders
Ordination	1859
Consecration	13 December 1896 by Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano
Created cardinal	10 November 1884 by Pope Leo XIII
Rank	Cardinal-Deacon (1884–96) Cardinal-Priest (1896) Cardinal-Bishop (1896–99)
Personal details
Born	Isidoro Verga 29 April 1832 Bassano Taverina, Viterbo, Papal States
Died	10 August 1899(1899-08-10) (aged 67) Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Buried	Campo Verano
Previous post(s)	Secretary for Seminaries of the Congregation of the Council (1877–78) Secretary of the Congregation of the Council (1878–84) Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria (1884–91) Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura (1885–88) Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars (1888–96) Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (1891–96) Protodeacon (1891–96) Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto (1896)
Alma mater	Collegio Romano La Sapienza University

He was created cardinal in 1884,^[1] and became bishop of Albano and Apostolic Penitentiary in 1896,^[2] and given the titular church of San Callisto.^[3]

Notes

1. The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church – Consistories of the 19th Century
2. [1], [2]
3. Cardinal Title S. Callisto GCatholic.org

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy page ^{[self-published]}
• Biography

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Tommaso Maria Zigliara, O.P.	Cardinal Protodeacon 1 June 1891 – 22 June 1896	Succeeded by Luigi Macchi