Sebastiano Baggio, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Catholic cardinal
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Place of Birth: Italy
About Sebastiano Baggio
- Sebastiano Baggio (16 May 1913 – 22 March 1993) was an Italian cardinal, a candidate for pope and the President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State in 1984 and the prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Bishops in 1978. Born in Rosà , Veneto, Sebastiano was ordained a priest on 21 December 1935, at the age of 22, in Vicenza.
- He was a priest for 57 years, a bishop for 39 years and a cardinal for 23 years.
- Described as affable and smiling, he helped many charitable works. After a diplomatic career that included assignments in Chile, Canada and Brazil, he was elevated to cardinal in 1969 by Pope Paul VI and named Archbishop of Cagliari, Sardinia.
- He participated in the two conclaves of 1978.
- Cardinal Baggio died in 1993 at Rome at age 79; at the time, he was the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, and a sub dean of the College of Cardinals.
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