Giuseppe Gamba

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Styles of Giuseppe Cardinal Gamba
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Turin

His Most Reverend Eminence Giuseppe Cardinal Gamba (25 April 1857 - 26 December 1929) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was former Archbishop of Turin.

Giuseppe Gamba was born in Asti, Italy and was educated at the local Seminary of Asti. He was ordained on 18 September 1880 and did pastoral work and served as the vicar general of the diocese Asti from 1883 until 1901.

[edit] Episcopate

He was appointed as bishop of Biella on 16 December 1901 by Pope Leo XIII. He was transferred to the see of Novara on 13 August 1906 where he remained until he was promoted to the metropolitan see of Turin on 20 December 1923.

[edit] Cardinalate

He was created Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva by Pope Pius XI in the consistory of December 20, 1926. He died in 1929 after being a cardinal for only three years.