Giuseppe Sensi
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Template:Infobox cardinalstyles
Giuseppe Maria Sensi (27 May 1907 – 26 July 2001) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as a longtime Vatican diplomat.
Biography
Sensi was born in Cosenza, Italy, on 27 May 1907,[1] the sixth of ten children of a prominent local politician.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He was ordained a priest in December 1929 at the age of 22.
In preparation for a diplomat's career he completed the course of study at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1931.[2]
By 1934 he was working in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He worked in minor roles in many nunciatures.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Pope Pius XII named him Permanent Observer of the Holy See to UNESCO on 21 May 1953.[3]
On 21 May 1955 Pope Pius XII appointed him Titular Archbishop of Sardes and Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica. He was consecrated a bishop on 24 July.
He was appointed Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine on 12 January 1957.[4] Pope Paul VI appointed him on 10 May 1962 the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland.[5] He was transferred to Portugal on 8 July 1967.[1]
On 24 May 1976 he was created Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari by Pope Paul at the age of 69.[1] He took part in both of the conclaves of 1978 that elected Pope John Paul I and Pope John Paul II.
After ten years as a Cardinal Deacon he took the option of becoming a Cardinal-Priest on 22 June 1987, becoming Cardinal-Priest of Regina Apostolorum.
He died at the age of 94 on 26 July 2001.
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Pages with script errors
- 1907 births
- 2001 deaths
- Apostolic nuncios to Costa Rica
- Apostolic nuncios to Ireland
- Apostolic nuncios to Portugal
- Permanent observers of the Holy See to the United Nations
- Cardinals created by Pope Paul VI
- 20th-century Italian cardinals
- 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic titular archbishops
- Participants in the Second Vatican Council
- Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy alumni
- Pontifical Lateran University alumni
- Pontifical Roman Seminary alumni
- Bishops appointed by Pope Pius XII