Sergio Sebastiani
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Caesarea in Mauretania (titular) |
Sergio Sebastiani (born 11 April 1931) is an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the President emeritus of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See.
Sebastiani was born in Montemonaco, Italy. He studied at the Episcopal Seminary of Ascoli Piceno and later at the Archiepiscopal Seminary of Fermo. He continued his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome where he earned his licentiate in theology and at the Pontifical Lateran University where he was awarded a doctorate in canon law. He was ordained in 1956. In 1976, he became Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania, as well as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Madagascar and Mauritius. Sebastiani became Apostolic Nuncio (ambassador of the Holy See), to Turkey in 1985. In 1994, he was appointed General Secretary of the Central Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000.
In 1997, Sebastiani was made President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, part of the Roman Curia, responsible for auditing the temporal possessions of the Holy See. He served in this position (with a legally required interruption during the 2005 sede vacante) until his resignation on 12 April 2008. Pope Benedict XVI named Velasio De Paolis as Sebastiani's successor.[1]
Sebastiani was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio on 21 February 2001, and was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI. On 21 February 2011, he opted for the order of Cardinal Priest, with his former diaconal church elevated to the level of cardinalitial title.[2] He turns 80 and lost voting rights in future papal conclave on 11 April 2011.
[edit] External links
- Profile of Sergio Sebastiani on Catholic Hierarchy
- Profile is Salvador Miranda's biografical dictionary
- Profile on GCatholic.com
[edit] Sources
- ^ "Rinuncia del Presidente della Prefettura degli Affari Economici della Santa Sede e nomina del successore" (in Italian) (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 2008-04-12. http://212.77.1.245/news_services/bulletin/news/21962.php?index=21962&po_date=12.04.2008&lang=en. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
- ^ Concistoro per il voto su alcune cause di canonizzazione 21.2.2011
| Preceded by Edmund Szoka |
President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See 1997–2008 |
Succeeded by Velasio De Paolis |
- 1931 births
- Living people
- People from the Province of Ascoli Piceno
- Italian cardinals
- Apostolic Nuncios to Madagascar
- Apostolic Nuncios to Mauritius
- Apostolic Nuncios to Turkey
- Diplomats of the Holy See
- Economic history of the Holy See
- Alumni of the Almo Collegio Capranica
- Alumni of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
- Members of the Apostolic Signatura
- Cardinals created by Pope John Paul II
- Alumni of the Pontifical Gregorian University
- Pontifical Lateran University alumni
