Giuseppe Paupini
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Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary (1973–84) | |
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| Alma mater | Pontifical Lateran University |
| Motto | Impendam et superimpendar |
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| Styles of Giuseppe Paupini | ||
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Reference style His Eminence | | |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence | |
| Informal style | Cardinal | |
| See | Sebastopoli di Abasgia (titular see) | |
Giuseppe Paupini (25 February 1907 – 18 July 1992) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent most of his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See before taking a position in the Roman Curia as Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary. He became a cardinal in 1969.
Biography.
Giuseppe Paupini was born in
diocese of Fano and later at the Pontifical Regional Seminary "Pio XI" and at the Pontifical Lateran University where he earned a doctorate in canon law. He was ordained on 19 March 1930 in Fano. He worked in the diocese of Fano and as a faculty member of its seminary from 1932 until 1939. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1939 as attaché of the nunciature to France and later as secretary of the nunciature to Italy. He was chargé d'affaires of the nunciatures in Honduras, Nicaragua and Cuba between 1947 and 1951. He was promoted to counselor of nunciature in 1951. Between 1952 and 1956 he fulfilled pastoral assignments in the Diocese of Rome
.
He was appointed
Ispahan of the Latins. He was consecrated on 26 February 1956 by Cardinal Valerio Valeri
.
He was transferred as Nuncio to Guatemala and El Salvador on 25 February 1957.[1] In 1959 he was appointed Nuncio to Colombia. He attended the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s.
He was made Cardinal-Deacon of
Camerlengo
of the College of Cardinals from 22 June 1987 until 2 May 1988. He died on 18 July 1992.
References
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXXXIX. 1957. p. 432. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
