Giuseppe Caprio

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Giuseppe Caprio (15 November 1914 – 15 October 2005), was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.^[1] He held the post of President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See before he retired in 1990.

Caprio was born just outside Naples and studied at the Gregorian University in Rome before being ordained in 1938.^[2] He worked in China for four years before being posted to Vietnam and Taiwan.^[3]

He was the internuncio, then pro-nuncio, to China from 1959 to 1967, and the pro-nuncio to India from 1967 to 1969.

He then transferred to the Roman Curia, serving as secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, then to the Secretariat of State, where he worked for Pope John Paul I before being appointed President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See in 1979, and then to the presidency of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See in 1981.

He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979, becoming Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana.^[1] He was Cardinal Protodeacon from 22 June 1987.

Cardinal Caprio opted for the order of cardinal priests on 26 November 1990, and became the Cardinal-Priest of the titular church of Santa Maria della Vittoria.

He was a member of the Constantinian Order.^[4] He was also a Knight of St. Januarius.^[5]

His motto was "Pax in virtute" (peace in power).^[6]

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[V-1] Vatican Press Office, Caprio Card. Giuseppe

[2] Independent Newspaper website, Cardinal Giuseppe Caprio, article dated 25 October, 2005

[3] The Catholic News Archive website, Cardinal Giuseppe Caprio, article published in The Catholic Northwest Progress, Volume 108, Number 38, 27 October 2005

[4] Constantinian Order website, The Constantinian Order and the College of Cardinals

[5] Borbone Due Sicilie website, Biography

[6] Vatican Press Office website, Funeral Mass for Cardinal Giuseppe Caprio

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