Giuseppe Caprio

Styles of Giuseppe Caprio
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Apollonia (titular see)

Giuseppe Caprio (15 November 1914 — 15 October 2005), was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He held the post of President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See before he retired in 1990. He had been the internuncio, then pro-nuncio, to China from 1959—1967, and the pro-nuncio to India from 1967—1969.

He then transferred to the Roman Curia, serving as secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, then in the Secretariat of State, where he worked for Pope John Paul I before being appointed President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See in 1979, then President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See in 1981. He was elevated to cardinal in 1979, becoming cardinal deacon of S. Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana. He was Cardinal protodeacon from 22 June 1987.

Cardinal Caprio opted for the order of cardinal priests on Nov. 26, 1990, and became the Cardinal-Priest of the Titulus S. Mariae de Victoria. He was also a Knight of St. Januarius.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Giovanni Benelli	Substitute for General Affairs 14 June 1977–28 April 1979	Succeeded by Eduardo Martínez Somalo
Preceded by Agostino Casaroli	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See 1979–1981	Succeeded by Emanuele Clarizio
Preceded by Egidio Vagnozzi	President for the Prefecture of the Economic Affairs of the Holy See 1981–1990	Succeeded by Edmund Szoka
Preceded by Opilio Rossi	Cardinal Protodeacon 22 June 1987 – 26 November 1990	Succeeded by Aurelio Sabattani
Preceded by Maximilien de Furstenberg	Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem 1988–1995	Succeeded by Carlo Furno