Agustín Pipia

Infobox Christian leader type = Cardinal name = Agostino Pipia title = Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva image = Agostino pipia-johann christoph kolb.jpg church = Catholic Church honorific_suffix = O.P. see = Santa Maria sopra Minerva term = 3 March 1729 – 1730 predecessor = Louis Antoine de Noailles successor = Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf previous_post = Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto (1725-1729)Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli (1725-1727)Bishop of Osimo (1724-1725)Master of the Order of Preachers (1721-1725) consecration = 31 December 1724 consecrated_by = Pope Benedict XIII cardinal = 20 December 1724 created_cardinal_by = Pope Benedict XIII was the Master of the Order of Preachers from 1721 to 1725.

Biography

A native of Sardinia and a member of the Dominican Order, Agostino Pipia was the Master of the Sacred Palace. In 1721, a Dominican General Chapter elected him to be Master of the Order of Preachers. In 1724, the Dominican Cardinal Orsini became Pope Benedict XIII. The pope often worshiped in Dominican churches and raised the privileges of the order. The pope made Pipia a cardinal in 1724. Pipia died the next year.