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Achille Locatelli
Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme
Church Roman Catholic Church
Appointed 25 May 1923
Reign ended 5 April 1935
Predecessor Giovanni Cagliero
Successor Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart
Other posts Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1933–35)
Orders
Ordination 20 December 1879
Consecration 27 December 1906
by Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta
Created Cardinal 11 December 1922
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name Achille Locatelli
Born 15 March 1856
Serengo, Milan, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Died 5 April 1935(1935-04-05) (aged 79)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Previous post
  • Apostolic Internuncio to Argentina (1906–16)
  • Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica (1906–23)
  • Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium (1916–18)
  • Apostolic Internuncio to Luxembourg (1916–18)
  • Apostolic Internuncio to the Netherlands (1916–18)
  • Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal (1918–22)
  • Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Portugal (1922–23)
  • Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1929–30)
Alma mater Pontifical Roman Seminary
Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles

Achille Locatelli (15 March 1856 in Seregno, Milan, Italy – 5 April 1935 in Rome) was a Roman Catholic cardinal. He worked in papal diplomacy, and among other positions, he was nuntius in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

He was named Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium on 8 July 1916.

He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal on 18 July 1918.

He was made cardinal in 1922 by Pope Pius XI.

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