Carlo Furno
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| Informal style | Cardinal | |
Carlo Furno (2 December 1921 – 9 December 2015) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church.
Early life and career
Furno was born in
doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law, (1953). Furno was summoned to the elite Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Rome from 1951 to 1953 where he took practical courses in diplomacy. After his priestly ordination on 25 June 1944[1] and six years of pastoral work in his home diocese, he began a career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See
.
He worked in a subordinate role in Colombia, Ecuador and
Cardinal
He was created
Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem on 16 December 1995. The aforementioned Order, like the Knights of Malta
, is a member of many international bodies and has observer status at others (such as the United Nations).
Cardinal Furno resigned this office in June 2007 and was succeeded by American Archbishop John Patrick Foley, who had been serving as the President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, an important department of the Roman Curia.[4]
Cardinal Furno died on 9 December 2015 at the age of 94.[5]
References
- ^ a b Vicariatus Urbis Archived 4 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ College of Cardinals Collection
- ^ Holy See Press Office Archived 21 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ "Morto il cardinale Carlo Furno, già Nunzio apostolico in Italia". La Stampa (in Italian). 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
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