Angelo Sodano, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Angelo Sodano

cardinal of the Catholic Church

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1927

Place of Birth: Isola d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy

Profession: diplomat, Catholic priest, theologian

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Angelo Raffaele Sodano, GCC (born 23 November 1927) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, a Cardinal since 1991, who has served as Dean of the College of Cardinals since 2005.
He was Cardinal Secretary of State from 1991 to 2006.
In 2005, he was elected Dean of the College of Cardinals.
Sodano was the first person since 1828 to serve simultaneously as Dean and Secretary of State. On 22 June 2006, Pope Benedict XVI accepted Sodano's resignation as Secretary of State, effective on 15 September 2006.
He had served in the diplomatic corps of the Holy See since 1959, including a decade as nuncio to Chile from 1978 to 1988.