Francesco Carpino
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Francesco Carpino S.T.D. (18 May 1905 – 5 October 1993) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Palermo (and later Cardinal Bishop of the title of suburbicarian see of Albano).[1]
Biography
He was born in
diaconate
on 29 June 1927, and was ordained on 14 August 1927.
Priesthood
After his ordination he worked in pastoral ministry in the
diocese of Noto and as a faculty member of its seminary from 1927 until 1929. He was appointed that same year professor of sacramental theology at the Pontifical Lateran Athenaeum, where he remained until 1951. During his time in Rome he worked in pastoral ministry as well as with several congregations of the Roman Curia. He was created Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness
on 27 April 1939.
Episcopate
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
on 7 April 1967.
Cardinalate
He was created
October
. He lost the right to participate any future conclaves when turned 80 years of age in 1985.
He died on 5 October 1993 in Rome. His funeral mass, presided over by Pope John Paul II, and concelebrated by thirty cardinals and numerous archbishops and bishops, took place in the patriarchal Vatican basilica at 5:30 pm on 7 October 1993. The cardinal's body was flown to Monreale on 8 October and transferred to Palermo, where another funeral took place in that cathedral celebrated by
archbishop of Siracusa
, before the burial in the tomb of his family. On 14 September 1998, the remains were transferred to the metropolitan cathedral of Palermo.
References
- ^ Fiske, Edward (27 June 1967). "POPE AGAIN URGES JERUSALEM STEP; At Elevation of 27 Cardinals He Renews His Appeal for Internationalized Status POPE AGAIN URGES JERUSALEM STEP". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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