Sebastiano Baggio
Sebastiano Baggio | |
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5th President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State | |
In office 1984–1990 | |
Monarch | John Paul II |
Preceded by | Agostino Casaroli |
Succeeded by | Rosalio José Castillo Lara |
Personal details | |
Born | 16 May 1913 |
Died | 22 March 1993 | (aged 79)
Styles of Sebastiano Cardinal Baggio | |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
See | Velletri-Segni |
Sebastiano Baggio (16 May 1913 – 22 March 1993)[1] was an Italian cardinal, a candidate for pope and the President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State in 1984 and the prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Bishops in 1978.
When he died at the age of 79 he was the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, and a sub dean of the College of Cardinals.
Born in Rosà, Veneto, Sebastiano was ordained a priest on 21 December 1935, at the age of 22, in Vicenza. He was a priest for 57 years, a bishop for 39 years and a cardinal for 23 years. Described as affable and smiling, he helped many charitable works.
After a diplomatic career that included assignments in Chile, Canada and Brazil, he was elevated to cardinal in 1969 by Pope Paul VI and named Archbishop of Cagliari, Sardinia. Cardinal Baggio died in 1993 at Rome.
References
- ^ "Baggio, Sebastiano Cardinal". Who was who in America : with world notables, v. XI (1993–1996). New Providence, N.J.: Marquis Who's Who. 1996. pp. 11–12. ISBN 0837902258.
- 1913 births
- 1993 deaths
- Presidents of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
- Participants in the Second Vatican Council
- Italian cardinals
- Apostolic Nuncios to Brazil
- Apostolic Nuncios to Canada
- Apostolic Nuncios to Chile
- People from the Province of Vicenza
- Italian Roman Catholics
- Pontifical Gregorian University alumni
- Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy alumni
- Members of the Congregation for Bishops
- Pontifical Commission for Latin America
- Camerlengos of the Holy Roman Church
- Cardinals created by Pope Paul VI
- Patrons of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta