Raffaele Fornari

Catholic cardinal

Apostolic Internuncio to Belgium (1838-42)
Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium (1842)
Apostolic Nuncio to France (1842-50)
Titular Archbishop of Nicaea (1842-50)

OrdersConsecration3 April 1842
by Engelbert SterckxCreated cardinal21 December 1846 (in pectore)
30 September 1850 (revealed)
by Pope Pius IXRankCardinal-PriestPersonal detailsBorn

Raffaele Fornari

23 January 1787

Rome, Papal States

Died15 June 1854(1854-06-15) (aged 67)
Rome, Papal StatesBuriedSanta Maria sopra MinervaParentsFrancesco Fornari
Teresa GalliAlma materCollegio Romano

Raffaele Fornari (23 January 1787, in Rome, Italy – 15 June 1854, in Rome) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was a member of the Papal diplomacy and was nuntius to Belgium in 1842, to France 1842–1851, and prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education 1851–1854.

He was named as a cardinal in pectore in 1846 by Pope Pius IX and the nomination was formally published later in 1850.