Filippo Bernardini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Filippo Bernardini

Italian priest and diplomat

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1884

Place of Birth: Ussita, Marche, Italy

Date of Death: 26-Aug-1954

Profession: diplomat, Catholic priest

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Filippo Bernardini (11 November 1884 – 26 August 1954) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church.
He spent almost his entire career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and was given the rank of archbishop in 1933.
He was Apostolic Delegate to Australia for two years before taking up the position of Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland where he served from 1935 to 1953.
During World War Two, he was active in the Catholic resistance to Nazism and provided assistance to Jews during the Nazi Holocaust.
He served briefly as Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith just before his death.
Before entering the diplomatic service he spent 19 years as a teacher and administrator at the Catholic University of America. He was the nephew of Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Gasparri (1852-1934), one of the leading Church figures of his era.