Giovanni Saldarini

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Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Giovanni Saldarini

11 December 1924
Died18 April 2011(2011-04-18) (aged 86)
Milan, Italy
Previous post(s)
Alma materPontifical Biblical Institute
MottoAdjutor gaudii vestri
Coat of armsGiovanni Saldarini's coat of arms
Styles of
Giovanni Saldarini
Reference style
His Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeTurin (emeritus)

Giovanni Saldarini (11 December 1924 – 18 April 2011) was an Italian

Cardinal and Archbishop of Turin
.

Early life

Saldarini was born in

Honorary Prelate on 24 April 1979.[1]

Episcopate

Archbishop of Turin on 31 January 1989.[2]

Cardinal

He was created and proclaimed

Cardinal Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio (deaconry elevated pro hac vice to presbyteral title) in the consistory of 28 June 1991.[3] He resigned the pastoral government of the archdiocese because of bad health, at the age of 74 on 19 June 1999. After his resignation Saldarini resided in the parish of S. Francesco di Paola, via Montenapoleone. He lost the right to participate in a conclave when he turned 80 years old in 2004.[4]
Cardinal Saldarini died on 18 April 2011, in Clinica San Giuseppe, Milan, He was buried in the Cathedral of Turin.


Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Turin
31 January 1989 – 19 June 1999
Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Catholic News Agency Archived 4 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Catholic Hierarchy
  3. ^ Salvador Miranda, Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini Archived 21 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved: 2016-03-16.
  4. ^ Holy See Press Office

Bibliography

Martin Bräuer, Handbuch der Kardinäle: 1846-2012 (Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2014).