Isidoro Verga

Isidoro Verga
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 posts	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
Birth name	Isidoro Verga
Born	29 April 1832; Bassano Taverina, Viterbo, Papal States
Died	10 August 1899 (aged 67); Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Buried	Campo Verano
Previous post	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

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

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]

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

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