100 Notable alumni of
Pontifical Lateran University
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Pontifical Lateran University is 439th in the world, 152nd in Europe, and 1st in the Vatican by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Pontifical Lateran University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Josemaría Escrivá
- Occupations
- writerLatin Catholic priestlawyer
- Biography
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Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás was a Spanish Catholic priest who founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the principle of everyday holiness. He was canonized in 2002 by Pope John Paul II, who declared Josemaría should be "counted among the great witnesses of Christianity."
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Elisabetta Casellati
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Maria Elisabetta Alberti, known by her married name as Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati, is an Italian lawyer and politician, serving as Minister for Institutional Reforms since 2022. She was President of the Italian Senate from 2018 to 2022. She was the first woman ever to have held this position. Casellati is a long-time member of the liberal-conservative party Forza Italia and served as Undersecretary of Health and Justice in previous governments. In 2022, she was nominated as candidate for President of Italy by the centre-right coalition.
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Angelo Sodano
- Occupations
- theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishopLatin Catholic priest
- Biography
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Angelo Raffaele Sodano, GCC was an Italian Catholic prelate and from 1991 onward a cardinal. He was the Dean of the College of Cardinals from 2005 to 2019 and Cardinal Secretary of State from 1991 to 2006; Sodano was the first person since 1828 to serve simultaneously as Dean and Secretary of State.
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Matteo Maria Zuppi
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Matteo Maria Zuppi is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Bologna since 12 December 2015. He was previously an auxiliary bishop of Rome from 2012 to 2015.
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Józef Glemp
- Occupations
- Catholic priestuniversity teacherCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Józef Glemp was a Polish cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Warsaw from 1981 to 2006, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983. He assumed the title of Primate of Poland following Wyszyński's death.
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Bechara Boutros al-Rahi
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Bechara Boutros Al-Ra'i OMM is the 77th Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Maronite Church, a position he has held since 15 March 2011, succeeding Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir. Rahi was made a cardinal on 24 November 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI.
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Wojciech Polak
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Wojciech Polak is the Roman Catholic archbishop of Gniezno, Poland, since his appointment on 17 May 2014. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of Gniezno.
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Péter Erdő
- Enrolled in Pontifical Lateran University
- 1977-1980 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in canon law
- Occupations
- theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishopcanon law jurist
- Biography
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Péter Erdő is a Hungarian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who has served as the Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest and Primate of Hungary since 2003.
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Agostino Casaroli
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopdiplomatLatin Catholic priest
- Biography
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Agostino Casaroli was an Italian Catholic priest and diplomat for the Holy See, who became Cardinal Secretary of State. He was an important figure behind the Vatican's efforts to deal with the religious persecution of the Church in the nations of the Soviet bloc after the Second Vatican Council.
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Antonio Bello
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- Catholic deaconCatholic priestpeace activistCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Antonio Bello was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi from 1982 until his death from cancer in 1993. Bello studied in various colleges and seminaries in places such as Bologna and Rome before being named to several positions in his region where he served as a priest. He was later made a bishop and became known for his eloquent teaching and for his pastoral sensitivities while being noted for his emphasis on greater diocesan participation on the part of the faithful. Bello also was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order and was a vocal critic of international conflicts such as the Gulf War.
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Raimon Panikkar
- Occupations
- university teacherCatholic priesttheologianwriterphilosopher
- Biography
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Raimon Panikkar Alemany, also known as Raimundo Panikkar and Raymond Panikkar, was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a proponent of Interfaith dialogue. As a scholar, he specialized in comparative religion.
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Angelo Comastri
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Angelo Comastri is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica from 2006 to 2021, and Vicar General for the Vatican City State and President of the Fabric of Saint Peter from 2005 to 2021. He previously served as Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino (1990–1994) and Territorial Prelate of Loreto (1996–2005). He was named a cardinal in 2007.
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Camillo Ruini
- Occupations
- Catholic priesttheologianCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Camillo Ruini is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was made a cardinal in 1991. He served as president of the Italian Episcopal Conference from 1991 to 2007 and as Vicar General of the Diocese of Rome from 1991 to 2008.
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Angelo De Donatis
- Enrolled in Pontifical Lateran University
- Studied philosophy
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Angelo De Donatis is an Italian Catholic prelate. He has been Major Penitentiary since April 2024. He was Cardinal Vicar (officially Vicar General of His Holiness) and Archpriest of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran from 2017 to 2024.
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Fernando Ocáriz
- Occupations
- Latin Catholic priest
- Biography
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Fernando Ocáriz Braña is a priest of the Catholic Church who has been the prelate of Opus Dei since 2017. Ocáriz is the fourth person to head Opus Dei since its founding in 1928. He is widely published in philosophy and has been a consultor of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith since 1986.
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Crescenzio Sepe
- Occupations
- Catholic priesttheologianCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Crescenzio Sepe is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Naples from 2006 to 2020. He served in the Roman Curia as Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 2001 to 2006. He was made a cardinal in 2001. Before that he spent 25 years in increasingly important positions in the Roman Curia.
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Fernando Filoni
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- diplomatCatholic priest
- Biography
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Fernando Filoni is an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who serves as Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. He was Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 2011 to 2019. He is an expert in Chinese affairs and on the Middle East.
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Javier Echevarría Rodríguez
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopOpus Dei priestLatin Catholic priestlawyerjurist
- Biography
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Javier Echevarría Rodríguez was a Spanish Catholic bishop who served as the head of Opus Dei from 1994 until his death. He held doctorates in both civil and canon law.
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Jozef Tomko
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- religious writerCatholic bishopwriterpriestCatholic priest
- Biography
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Jozef Tomko was a Slovak prelate of the Catholic Church who held positions in the Roman Curia from 1962 until he retired in 2007. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 1985 to 2001 and president of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses from 2001 to 2007. He was made a cardinal in 1985.
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Eduardo Martínez Somalo
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- Catholic bishopuniversity teacherCatholic priesttheologiandiplomat
- Biography
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Eduardo Martínez Somalo was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who spent most of his career in the Roman Curia, first in the Secretariat of State from 1956 to 1975 and from 1979 to 1988, and then leading two of its principal dicasteries: the Congregation for Divine Worship from 1988 to 1992 and the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life from 1992 to 2004.
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Wim Eijk
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopphysicianLatin Catholic priesttheologianprofessor
- Biography
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Willem Jacobus "Wim" Eijk is a Dutch prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal since 2012. He has been the Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht since 2007. He was Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden from 1999 to 2007. Before his clerical career he worked as a doctor; as a priest he made medical ethics the focus of his academic studies.
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Agostino Vallini
- Occupations
- Catholic priesttheologianCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Agostino Vallini is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been a cardinal since 2006. From 2008 to 2017 he served as Vicar General of Rome. He is also the Archpriest emeritus of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran.
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Renato Martino
- Occupations
- Catholic priestdiplomatCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Renato Raffaele Martino was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Created a cardinal in 2003, Martino became the longest serving cardinal deacon, the cardinal protodeacon, from June 2014. He served for more than twenty years in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, including sixteen years as Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations. He held positions in the Roman Curia from 2002 to 2009.
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Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga
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- Catholic priestuniversity teacherCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. is a Honduran prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Tegucigalpa from 1993 to 2023. He was president of Caritas Internationalis and served as president of the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM) from 1995 to 1999.
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Marcello Semeraro
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Marcello Semeraro is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints since October 2020. He was previously Bishop of Albano and secretary to the group of cardinals named by Pope Francis to advise him.
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Josip Bozanić
- Occupations
- university teachertheologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Josip Bozanić is a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church who was the Archbishop of Zagreb from 1997 to 2023. He was previously Bishop of Krk from 1989 to 1997. He was made a cardinal in 2003.
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Vincenzo Paglia
- Occupations
- Catholic bishoparchbishopCatholic priesttheologianphilosopher
- Biography
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Vincenzo Paglia is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He is the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life and grand chancellor of the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences.
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Achille Silvestrini
- Occupations
- archbishopCatholic priesttheologiandiplomatCatholic theologian
- Biography
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Achille Silvestrini was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served in the Vatican diplomatic corps, either in Rome or abroad, from 1953 to 1990, and later as Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches from 1991 to 2000.
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Beniamino Stella
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- Catholic priesttheologian
- Biography
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Beniamino Stella is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 2013 to 2021; he has been a cardinal since 2014. He began working in the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1970, was made an archbishop in 1987, and served as a nuncio in several countries between 1987 and 2007. He led the Vatican's training program for its diplomats, the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, from 2007 to 2013.
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Sérgio da Rocha
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Sérgio da Rocha is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal since 2016 and the Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia since 11 March 2020. He has been a bishop since 2001, first as auxiliary bishop of Fortaleza from 2001 to 2007, coadjutor and then archbishop of Teresina from 2007 to 2011, and archbishop of Brasília from 2011 to 2020. He is a member of the Council of Cardinals.
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Bernardin Gantin
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Bernardin Gantin was a Beninese prelate of the Catholic Church who held senior positions in the Roman Curia for twenty years and the highest position in the College of Cardinals for nine years. His prominence in the hierarchy of the Church was unprecedented for an African and has been equaled by few non-Italians. He began his career in his native country first as an auxiliary bishop and then as archbishop of Cotonou. In 1971 he began his thirty-year career in the Curia. After he had spent several years in the role of senior assistant, he held a series of senior positions as president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, and prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Bishops
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Mauro Piacenza
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- university teacherarchbishopCatholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Mauro Piacenza is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. A cardinal since 2010, he was Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary from 2013 to 2024. He was Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 7 October 2010 to 21 September 2013. where he had been Secretary since 2007. At that Congregation, Pope Benedict XVI, according to one report, valued "his efficiency and in-depth knowledge of how the Congregation worked and its problems" and "his traditionalist ecclesiastical line of thought".
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Celestino Migliore
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Celestino Migliore is an Italian Archbishop of the Catholic Church who serves as the Apostolic Nuncio to France. He previously served as Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations. He has spent most of his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
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Lorenzo Baldisseri
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- Catholic bishoparchbishopCatholic priestpianistpriest
- Biography
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Lorenzo Baldisseri is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops from 21 September 2013 until 15 September 2020. He was made a cardinal in 2014. He previously served as Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops after more than twenty years in the diplomatic service of the Holy See that included stints as Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, Paraguay, India, Nepal, and Brazil.
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João Braz de Aviz
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- Catholic priestuniversity teacherCatholic bishop
- Biography
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João Braz de Aviz is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life from 2011 to 2025. He began his career working for twenty years as a parish priest and seminary teacher. He became a bishop in 1994 and was bishop of Ponta Grossa from 1998 to 2002, archbishop of Maringá from 2002 to 2004, and archbishop of Brasília from 2004 to 2011.
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Fridolin Ambongo Besungu
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, OFM Cap. is a Congolese Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Kinshasa since 2018. He was previously Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela from 2004 to 2016, Apostolic Administrator of Kole from 2008 to 2015, Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro from 2016 to 2018, Apostolic Administrator of Bokungu-Ikela from 2016 to 2018, and Coadjutor Archbishop of Kinshasa in 2018. He is a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.
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John Magee
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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John Magee SPS is a Roman Catholic bishop emeritus in Ireland. He was Bishop of Cloyne from 1987 to 2010; following scandal he resigned from that position on 24 March 2010, becoming a bishop emeritus. Magee is the only person to have been private secretary to three popes.
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Ivan Dias
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- screenwriterarchbishopCatholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Ivan Cornelius Dias was an Indian prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 2006 to 2011, Archbishop of Bombay from 1996 to 2006, and before that a papal ambassador in the Balkans, East Asia, and West Africa. He was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2001.
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Ersilio Tonini
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Ersilio Tonini was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia from 1975 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994. When Cardinal Paul Augustin Mayer died on 30 April 2010, Cardinal Tonini became the oldest living cardinal. He died on 28 July 2013, a week after his 99th birthday.
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Cesare Nosiglia
- Occupations
- Catholic priesttheologianCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Cesare Nosiglia is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church was the Archbishop of Turin from 2010 to 2022. He has been a bishop since 1991, serving first as an auxiliary bishop of Rome, vicegerent of Rome with the title of archbishop from 1996 to 2003, and then Archbishop-Bishop of Vicenza from 2003 to 2010.
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Paolo Romeo
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Paolo Romeo is an Italian cardinal and archbishop emeritus of Palermo. He was appointed to the see of Palermo by Pope Benedict XVI on 19 December 2006.
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Paolo Pezzi
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- Catholic priestuniversity teacherCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Paolo Pezzi, FSCB, also known as Pavel Pezzi, is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, currently serving as the Latin Church archbishop of the Archdiocese of Moscow in Russia.
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Mario Grech
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Mario Grech is a Maltese Catholic prelate who has served as Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops since 2020. He was previously Bishop of Gozo from 2005 to 2019 and Pro-Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops from 2019 to 2020.
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Józef Sebastian Pelczar
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- university teacherpoliticianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Józef Sebastian Pelczar was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop and was also the co-founder of the Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus which he had established in 1894 with Ludwika Szczęsna. He also served in several episcopal posts and served as the Bishop of Przemyśl.
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Kurt Krenn
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- Catholic priestuniversity teacherCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Kurt Krenn was an Austrian Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop of Sankt Pölten, near Vienna, from 1991 to 2004.
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Adam Maida
- Occupations
- university teachertheologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Adam Joseph Maida is an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Detroit from 1990 to 2009, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994. He previously served as Bishop of Green Bay from 1984 to 1990.
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Ennio Antonelli
- Occupations
- university teachertheologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Ennio Antonelli is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was president of the Pontifical Council for the Family from 2008 to 2012. He has been a bishop since 1982, serving as bishop of Gubbio from 1982 to 1988, archbishop of Perugia from 1988 to 1995, and archbishop of Florence from 2001 to 2008. He led the Italian Episcopal Conference from 1995 to 2001 and was raised to the rank of cardinal in 2003.
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Amleto Giovanni Cicognani
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- theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishopdiplomat
- Biography
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Amleto Giovanni Cicognani was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Vatican Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969, and Dean of the College of Cardinals from 1972 until his death. Cicognani was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. His brother, Gaetano Cicognani, was also a cardinal. To date they are the last pair of brothers to serve together in the College of Cardinals.
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Severino Poletto
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Severino Poletto was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Turin from 1999 to 2010. A bishop since 1980, he was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001.
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Polycarp Pengo
- Years
- 1944-.. (age 81)
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Polycarp Pengo is a Tanzanian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, from 1992 to 2019. A bishop since 1983, he was made a cardinal in 1998.
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John Njue
- Occupations
- university teacherCatholic priestCatholic bishopanti-vaccine activist
- Biography
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John Njue is a Kenyan Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the fourth Archbishop of Nairobi from 2007 to 2021. He previously served as Coadjutor Archbishop of Nyeri from 2002 to 2007 and Bishop of Embu from 1986 to 2002. He was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2007.
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Giuseppe Petrocchi
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Giuseppe Petrocchi is an Italian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of L'Aquila from 2013 to 2024. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.
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Edward Cassidy
- Occupations
- diplomatCatholic priest
- Biography
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Edward Idris Cassidy AC was an Australian prelate of the Catholic Church who was president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity from 1989 to 2001. He headed the Commission of the Holy See for Religious Relations with the Jews. He spent most of his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See both in Rome and overseas. He was made a cardinal in 1991.
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Pio Laghi
- Occupations
- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Pio Laghi was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. His service was primarily in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and the Roman Curia. He served as Apostolic nuncio to several countries and as the Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1991. Cardinal Laghi was Pope John Paul II's secret emissary to the White House and to several presidents of the United States. He had a particularly close relationship with George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush.
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Luigi De Magistris
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Luigi De Magistris was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Pro-Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary from 2001 to 2003 after working for more than forty years in the Roman Curia, more than twenty of them in the Apostolic Penitentiary. He was made a bishop in 1996, an archbishop in 2001, and a cardinal in 2015.
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Edoardo Menichelli
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Edoardo Menichelli is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo from 2004 to 2017. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 14 February 2015.
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Gilberto Agustoni
- Occupations
- Catholic priesttheologianCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Gilberto Agustoni was a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church. He worked in the Roman Curia from 1950 to 1998, ending his career as head of the Apostolic Signatura from 1992 to 1998. He became a cardinal in 1994.
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Leopoldo Brenes
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic deaconCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano is a Nicaraguan prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Managua since 2005. He was made a cardinal in 2014. He was an auxiliary bishop in Managua from 1988 to 1991 and Bishop of Matagalpa from 1991 to 2005.
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Chibly Langlois
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Chibly Langlois is a Haitian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He has served as Bishop of Les Cayes since 15 August 2011, and is also president of Haiti’s Bishops’ Conference.
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Audrys Bačkis
- Occupations
- Catholic priestdiplomatCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Audrys Juozas Bačkis is a Lithuanian prelate of the Catholic Church and a cardinal since 2001. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1964 to 1991, when he became Archbishop of Vilnius. He retired in 2013.
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Emmanuel III Delly
- Occupations
- Catholic priestcanon law juristCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Mar Emmanuel III Delly was an Iraqi Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of Baghdad and primate of the Chaldean Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic sui juris particular church of the Catholic Church.
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Giovanni Canestri
- Occupations
- university teachertheologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Giovanni Canestri was an Italian Catholic cardinal, who served as Archbishop of Cagliari from 1984 until 1987 and as Archbishop of Genoa from 1987 until 1995.
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Ryszard Kasyna
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Ryszard Kasyna is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop, being the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pelplin since 2012. He was previously the auxiliary bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gdańsk and titular bishop of the Diocese of Dices from 2005 to 2012.
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James Aloysius Hickey
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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James Aloysius Hickey was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Washington from 1980 to 2000, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1988. Hickey previously served as Bishop of Cleveland from 1974 to 1980.
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Francesco Monterisi
- Occupations
- Catholic priesttheologian
- Biography
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Francesco Marco Nicola Monterisi is an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church, who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1964 to 1998 and then held senior positions in the Roman Curia until he retired in 2014.
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Giuseppe Pizzardo
- Occupations
- theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishopdiplomat
- Biography
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Giuseppe Pizzardi was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as prefect of the Congregation for Seminaries and Universities from 1939 to 1968, and secretary of the Holy Office from 1951 to 1959. Pizzardo was elevated to the cardinalate in 1937.
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Joan Francesc Mira i Casterà
- Occupations
- cultural activistpoliticiananthropologistwritertranslator
- Biography
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Joan Francesc Mira i Casterà is a Spanish writer, anthropologist and sociologist. He is an honorary member of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana and President of Acció Cultural del País Valencià. In politics he is a supporter and has been a candidate of Valencian Nationalist Bloc in 2000 and 2003.
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Thomas Gumbleton
- Occupations
- Catholic priesthuman rights activistCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Thomas John Gumbleton was an American Catholic prelate and a prominent social activist. Gumbleton served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit from 1968 to 2006. According to Gumbleton, the Vatican forced him to resign as auxiliary bishop when he publicly supported the passage of a state legislative bill in another diocese without the approval of that diocese's bishop.
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Angelo Vincenzo Zani
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopuniversity teacherCatholic priesttheologianphilosopher
- Biography
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Angelo Vincenzo Zani is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, who was named Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church in September 2022. He was the Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education, its second-highest officer, from November 2012 to September 2022 after serving as its third-highest official for ten years. He has been an archbishop since 2013.
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Lluís Martínez i Sistach
- Occupations
- Latin Catholic bishopRoman Catholic metropolitan archbishopCatholic bishopLatin Catholic priest
- Biography
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Lluís Martínez i Sistach is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church. He is Archbishop emeritus of Barcelona, having served as archbishop there from 2004 to 2015. He has been a cardinal since 2007.
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Luc Terlinden
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic deaconCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Luc Christian Joseph Marie Terlinden is a Belgian Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, Primate of Belgium and head of the Military Ordinariate of Belgium since September 2023. He is president of the Episcopal Conference of Belgium and the second-youngest Primate of Belgium.
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Jan Franciszek Wątroba
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Jan Franciszek Wątroba is the current Roman Catholic bishop of Rzeszów, in Poland.
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Giuseppe Sciacca
- Occupations
- judgephilosopherCatholic bishopCatholic priesttheologian
- Biography
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Giuseppe Sciacca is the current Secretary of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura since his appointment by Pope Francis on July 16, 2016, replacing the retiring Archbishop Frans Daneels. Previously, he had served as Adjunct Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura, since Saturday, 24 August 2013. Previously, he had been serving as the Secretary General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State since his appointment by Benedict XVI on 3 September 2011.
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Sergio Sebastiani
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Sergio Sebastiani was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was head of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See from 1997 to 2008. He was made a cardinal in 2001. From 1960 to 1994 he worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, becoming an archbishop and apostolic nuncio in 1976 and leading the offices representing the Vatican in Madagascar, Mauritius, and Turkey.
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Protase Rugambwa
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Protase Rugambwa is a Tanzanian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been metropolitan archbishop of the Archdiocese of Tabora since November 2023, after serving as coadjutor there for seven months. He was a secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from November 2017 to April 2023. He previously served as that congregation's adjunct secretary and president of the Pontifical Mission Societies from 2012 to 2017. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 30 September 2023.
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Gabriel Zubeir Wako
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Gabriel Zubeir Wako is a Sudanese Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Khartoum from 1979 to 2016. He was created a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2003.
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Zbigņevs Stankevičs
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- Catholic priestuniversity teacherCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Zbigņevs Stankevičs is a Latvian Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Riga since 2010. He previously served in leadership at the Seminary Institute of Religious Sciences in Riga.
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Clemente Micara
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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Clemente Micara was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1909 to 1950 and was Vicar General of Rome from 1951 until his death.
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Czeslaw Kozon
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Czeslaw Kozon is a Danish Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Copenhagen since 1995.
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Seán Brady
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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Seán Cardinal Brady KGCHS is a senior-ranking Irish Catholic prelate. He was Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh from 1996 until 2014, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007. He left office in 2014 and was succeeded by Eamon Martin, who had served as Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh since 2013.
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András Veres
- Enrolled in Pontifical Lateran University
- Studied in 1988
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- theologianCatholic deaconCatholic priestCatholic bishop
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András Veres is a Hungarian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been bishop of Győr since 2016. He was bishop of Szombathely from 2006 to 2016 and before that an auxiliary bishop of Eger from 2000 to 2006.
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Sergio Pignedoli
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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Sergio Pignedoli was a prominent Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a top candidate for pope. He served as auxiliary bishop to Pope Paul VI when he was archbishop of Milan, and as President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians from 1973 to 1980. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1973.
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Corrado Bafile
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Corrado Bafile was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints from 1975 to 1980, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1976. At the time of his death, he was the oldest member of the College of Cardinals.
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Francisco Ozoria Acosta
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Francisco Ozoria Acosta is a Dominican prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Santo Domingo since 2016 and Military Ordinary of the Dominican Republic since 2017. He was Bishop of San Pedro de Macorís from 1997 to 2016.
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Tommaso Caputo
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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Tommaso Caputo is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1980 to 2012, when he was named Territorial Prelate of Pompei.
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Petar Rajič
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- Catholic deaconCatholic priestCatholic bishopdiplomat
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Petar Antun Rajič is a Croatian/Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1993. He was named Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and San Marino on 11 March 2024.
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Ioan Robu
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- Catholic priestuniversity teacherCatholic bishop
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Ioan Robu is a Romanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Bucharest from 1990 to 2019.
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Ildebrando Antoniutti
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Ildebrando Antoniutti was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as prefect of the Congregation for Religious from 1963 to 1973, and was elevated to the cardinalate by Pope John XXIII in 1962.
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Mariano Artigas
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- philosopherwritertheologianCatholic priestphysicist
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Mariano Artigas was a Spanish physicist, philosopher, and theologian. He wrote The Mind of the Universe: Understanding Science and Religion and fifteen other books on science and religion.
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Fabio Fabene
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- Catholic bishopuniversity teacherCatholic priesttheologianjudge
- Biography
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Fabio Fabene is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints since January 2021. He was under-secretary of the Synod of Bishops from 2014 to 2021. He was consecrated a bishop on 30 May 2014.
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Giampaolo Crepaldi
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Giampaolo Crepaldi is a retired archbishop of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Trieste from 4 October 2009 until 23 April 2023. He previously served as secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
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Giambattista Diquattro
- Occupations
- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Giambattista Diquattro is an Italian archbishop and Vatican diplomat. He has been Apostolic Nuncio in Brazil since 2020. He has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1985 and has been a nuncio and archbishop since 2005.
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Marin Barišić
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- Catholic priestuniversity teacherCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Marin Barišić is a Croatian archbishop. He served as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Split-Makarska, from 2000 to 2022.
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Jan Vokál
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- Catholic priestCatholic deaconCatholic bishop
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Jan Vokal is the current Bishop of Hradec Králové since his installation on 14 May 2011. He had previously served as an official in the Secretariat of State.
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Fernando Sáenz Lacalle
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- Latin Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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Fernando Sáenz Lacalle was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, 10th Bishop and sixth Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador. He was the successor of Arturo Rivera y Damas. Sáenz held the post once held by Archbishop Óscar Romero, who was assassinated in 1980.
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Antoine Camilleri
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Antoine Camilleri is a Maltese prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Under-Secretary for Relations with States in the Secretariat of State of the Holy See, until he was named an archbishop and given the title of apostolic nuncio in 2019. He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1999.
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Gianni Ambrosio
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- Catholic priestuniversity teacherCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Gianni Ambrosio is the emeritus bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio.
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Karel Otčenášek
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishopwriter
- Biography
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Karel Otčenášek was a Czech prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Jacques-Paul Martin
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Jacques-Paul Martin was a French Roman Catholic cardinal, raised to the cardinalate in 1988.
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Dino Monduzzi
- Occupations
- Catholic priesttheologianCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Dino Monduzzi, ComC • GCIH • ComIH was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household from 1986 to 1998.
