Benedetto Aloisi Masella

Styles of
**Benedetto Aloisi Masella**
Styles of; Benedetto Aloisi Masella
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Religious style	Monsignor
Informal style	Cardinal

His Eminence

Benedetto Aloisi Masella
His Eminence; Benedetto Aloisi Masella
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Installed	21 June 1948
Term ended	30 September 1970
Predecessor	Carlo Salotti
Successor	Carlo Confalonieri
Other posts	Archpriest of the Basilica of St. John Lateran (1954–1970; Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera (1958–1970);
Previous posts	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile (1919–1927); Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Maurentania (1919–1946); Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil (1927–1946); Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella (1946–1948); Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments (1954–1968); Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (1962–1968);
Orders
Ordination	1 June 1902; by Gaetano Aloisi Masella
Consecration	21 December 1919; by Pietro Gasparri
Created cardinal	18 February 1946; by Pope Pius XII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest (1946–1948); Cardinal-Bishop (1948–1970);
Personal details
Born	Benedetto Aloisi Masella; 29 June 1879; Pontecorvo, Kingdom of Italy
Died	30 September 1970 (aged 91); Rome, Italy
Buried	Pontecorvo
Nationality	Italian
Denomination	Catholicism
Coat of arms

Benedetto Aloisi Masella (29 June 1879 – 30 September 1970) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as prefect of the Discipline of the Sacraments from 1954 to 1968, and as chamberlain of the Roman Church (or camerlengo) from 1958 until his death. Aloisi Masella was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII, whom he designated to canonically crown Our Lady of Fatima.