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Roncalli was consecrated a bishop by Giovanni Tacci Porcelli in the church of San Carlo al Corso in Rome, on 25 March 1925.
The consecration date is incorrect. Official Vatican biographies state that Roncalli was ordained/consecrated bishop in Rome on 19 March 1925, not 25 March 1925.
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This sentence conflicts with official Vatican biographical material on John XXIII.
The Holy See’s biography for John XXIII states plainly: "Ordained bishop in Rome on 19 March 1925". The Vatican’s canonization biography likewise says he was "Ordained bishop in Rome on 19 March 1925". So the article’s statement that his episcopal consecration occurred on 25 March 1925 is not correct.
(Elsewhere on the same page, the infobox and ordination-history box also give 19 March 1925, which matches the Vatican sources.)
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- Biography of John XXIII
The Holy See biography says: 'Ordained bishop in Rome on 19 March 1925, he arrived in Sophia on 25 April.'
- Pope John XXIII - Holy See liturgical biography
The Holy See liturgical biography states: 'On 19 March 1925 he was ordained Bishop and left for Bulgaria.'
Petrus Canisius van Lierde as Cardinal Secretary of State and Papal Sacristan was at the bedside of the dying pope
This identifies van Lierde with the wrong office. Petrus Canisius van Lierde was a bishop and papal sacristan/vicar general for Vatican City, not the Cardinal Secretary of State.
Full reasoning
The post assigns Petrus Canisius van Lierde the office of Cardinal Secretary of State, but Vatican sources show that this was not his role.
A Holy See Secretariat of State page listing the Cardinals Secretary of State includes Domenico Tardini and Amleto Giovanni Cicognani for that era; it does not list van Lierde among the Secretaries of State.
Separately, an official Vatican Press Office biography refers to "Bishop Petrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, Vicar General of His Holiness for Vatican City". So van Lierde was a bishop and senior Vatican cleric, but not the Cardinal Secretary of State. The quoted sentence conflates his role with a different office.
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- List of Secretaries of State
The Holy See’s list of Cardinals Secretaries of State for the period includes Domenico Tardini and Amleto Giovanni Cicognani; van Lierde does not appear on the list.
- GRECH Card. Prosper, O.S.A. - Vatican Press Office biography
This official Vatican biography says Prosper Grech became secretary to 'vescovo Petrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, vicario generale di Sua Santità per la Città del Vaticano' — i.e. Bishop Petrus Canisius van Lierde, Vicar General of His Holiness for Vatican City.