Giuseppe Garampi

[1] Garampi turned to an ecclesiastical career, taking minor Holy Orders in Rimini in 1746.

[6] On 16 January 1772, Garampi was granted the degree Doctor in utroque iure by Pope Clement XIV by means of an apostolic rescript.

On 27 January 1772, Garampi was appointed titular Archbishop of Berytus (Beirut, Lebanon); he was consecrated on 9 February by Cardinal Lazzaro Pallavicini.

On 20 March 1772, he was appointed papal Nuncio to the King of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski.

[8] Pope Pius VI named him a Cardinal in the consistory of 14 February 1785, and on 3 April 1786 appointed him to the Titular church of Ss.