Carlo Minoretti

• Type — Cardinal • Honorific Prefix — His Eminence • Name — Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti • Title — Archbishop of Genoa • Church — Roman Catholic Church • Archdiocese — Genoa • See — Genoa • Appointed — 16 January 1925 • Term Start — 22 April 1925 • Term End — 13 March 1938 • Predecessor — Francesco Sidoli • Successor — Pietro Boetto • Other Post — Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio (1929-38) • Ordination — 22 December 1883 • Ordained By — Luigi Nazari di Calabiana • Consecration — 16 January 1916 • Consecrated By — Andrea Carlo Ferrari • Cardinal — 16 December 1929 • Created Cardinal By — Pope Pius XI • Birth Name — Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti • Born — 17 September 1861 • Birthplace — Cogliate, Kingdom of Italy • Died — 13 March 1938 • Place of death — Genoa, Kingdom of Italy • Previous Post — * Bishop of Crema (1915-25) • Apostolic Administrator of Crema (1925-26) • Motto — Per Jesum ad Mariam

Carlo Minoretti was born in Cogliate, Lombardy. He was educated at the Seminary of Milan. Ordained priest in 1884, he served as a faculty member of Seminary of Monza from 1890 until 1907, when he became a faculty member of the Seminary of Milan until 1909. He did pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Milan until 1915.

Pope Benedict XV appointed him Bishop of Crema on 6 December 1915. He was consecrated on 16 January 1916 by Andrea Ferrari, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan. Pope Pius XI promoted him to the metropolitan see of Genoa on 16 January 1925.

Pope Pius XI created him Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio in the consistory of 16 December 1929. He died in 1938 in Genoa in office.