Luigi Dadaglio
Secretary of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship (1980–82) | |
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| Alma mater | |
| Motto | Sola virtus manet |
| Coat of arms |  |
| Styles of Luigi Dadaglio | ||
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Reference style His Eminence | | |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence | |
| Informal style | Cardinal | |
| See | Lerus (titular see | |
Luigi Dadaglio (28 September 1914 – 22 August 1990) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary.
Early life
He was born in
Acqui. He was ordained on 22 May 1937. From 1938 until 1942 he continued his studies at the Pontifical Lateran University where he earned a doctorate in utroque iure (in both canon and civil law). He later studied at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
in Rome where from 1941 until 1943 he studied diplomacy.
Early priesthood
He joined the
Venezuela
in April 1960, until he himself was named Nuncio in Venezuela on 28 October 1961.
Episcopate
He was appointed
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on 4 October 1980. Pope John Paul II named him Pro
-Major Penitentiary on 8 April 1984.
Cardinalate
He was created and proclaimed
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
in 1986. He resigned the penitentiary on 6 April 1990. He died on 22 August.
Honours
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (Kingdom of Spain, 18 March 1977).[1]
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (Kingdom of Spain, 20 October 1980).[2]
