Opilio Rossi
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| Motto | Omnia in Christo |
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Opilio Rossi (14 May 1910 – 9 February 2004) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity.
Early life and priesthood
He was born in New York, the son of Angelo Rossi and Davidina Ciappa. The family moved to Italy when he was a young boy.
He was educated at the Collegio Alberoni in
He was ordained on 11 March 1933 in Rome. He was incardinated in
Episcopate
He was appointed
Cardinalate
He was created Cardinal Deacon of
He was Cardinal protodeacon (that is the longest serving Cardinal-Deacon) from 2 February 1983 until 22 June 1987.
He opted for the order of cardinal priests after being ten years as a cardinal deacon and received the title of San Lorenzo in Lucina on 22 June 1987. He lost the right to participate in a conclave when turned 80 years of age in 1990.
Death
He died in 2004, at the Domus Internationalis Paulus VI in Rome. He is buried at the chapel of Madonna di Lourdes, parish church of Scopolo, diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio, where he used to pray as a child.
External links
- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brossio.html [self-published]
- OCLC 53276621.
- https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/de/homilies/2004/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_20040213_card-opilio-rossi.html
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