Alfredo Pacini was born in
Capannori and studied at the
seminary in
Lucca before being
ordained to the
priesthood on 25 July 1913. He then did
pastoral work in the
Archdiocese of Lucca and taught at its seminary until 1915, when he became a
military chaplain during
World War I. After resuming his work in Lucca, Pacini was raised to the rank of
Honorary Chamberlain of His Holiness on 8 October 1924. He served as
secretary (1924-1928) and
auditor (1928-1933) of the
nunciature to
Yugoslavia. From 1935 to 1944, he was auditor of the
Polish nunciature. He became
Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on 3 September 1935 and counselor of the
nunciature to France in 1944. On 23 April 1946, Pacini was appointed
Nuncio to
Haiti and
Santo Domingo and
Titular Archbishop of Germia by
Pope Pius XII. He received his
episcopal consecration on the following 11 June from
Archbishop Angelo Roncalli, with Archbishop
Louis Le Hunsec,
CSSP, and Bishop
Stanislas Courbe serving as
co-consecrators, in
Paris. Pacini was named Nuncio to
Uruguay on 23 April 1949, and Nuncio to
Switzerland on 4 February 1960. From 1962 to 1965, he attended the
Second Vatican Council.
Pope Paul VI made him
Cardinal-Priest of
Santi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino in the
consistory of 26 June 1967. Pacini died in Rome at age 79 and was buried in his family's
tomb in Capannori. ==References==