Pietro Ciriaci

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His Eminence Pietro Ciriaci
Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	20 March 1954
Term ended	30 December 1966
Predecessor	Giuseppe Bruno
Successor	Jean-Marie Villot
Other post(s)	President of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law (1955–66) Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1964–66)
Previous post(s)	Undersecretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs (1921–28) Apostolic Nuncio to Czechoslovakia (1928–34) Titular Archbishop of Tarsus (1928–53) Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal (1934–53) Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Portugal (1953) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede (1953–64)
Orders
Ordination	18 December 1909
Consecration	18 March 1928 by Pietro Gasparri
Created cardinal	12 January 1953 by Pope Pius XII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Pietro Ciriaci 2 December 1885 Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died	30 December 1966(1966-12-30) (aged 81) Rome, Italy
Buried	San Lorenzo in Lucina
Parents	Giuseppe Ciriaci Maria Giuggiolini Magnaterra
Alma mater	Pontifical Roman Seminary Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare
Motto	Dominus regit me
Coat of arms

Styles of Pietro Ciriaci
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	none

Pietro Ciriaci (2 December 1885 – 30 December 1966) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Council in the Roman Curia from 1954 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.