Ubaldo Calabresi
Ubaldo Calabresi | |
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| Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina | |
| See | Fundi |
| Appointed | 23 January 1981 |
| Term ended | 4 March 2000 |
| Predecessor | Pio Laghi |
| Successor | Santos Abril y Castelló |
| Other post(s) | Titular Archbishop of Fundi |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 27 March 1948 |
| Consecration | 28 September 1969 by Jean-Marie Villot |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 January 1925 Sezze Romano, Italy |
| Died | 14 June 2004 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Ubaldo Calabresi (2 January 1925 – 14 June 2004) was an Italian Catholic bishop.
Biography
Calabresi was born on 2 January 1925 in Sezze Romano, Italy, the fourth of six brothers. He earned degrees in civil and canon law at the Lateran University.[1] He was ordained a priest there on 27 March 1948.
To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1951.[2]
On 3 July 1969 he was named Titular Bishop of Fundi and Apostolic Delegate to the Red Sea Region.[3] He was consecrated on 28 September 1969 by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot.
He was named Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela on 5 January 1978.[4]
He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina in 1981.
On 27 June 1992 he was a co-consecrator when Jorge Mario Bergoglio, later Pope Francis, was made a bishop.[5]
He was a participant in the successful Vatican mediation between Argentina and Chile over the Beagle conflict.[1]
He retired on 4 March 2000. He suffered from Parkinson's disease and died in Rome on 14 June 2004.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Falleció el ex nuncio Ubaldo Calabresi". La Nacion. 15 June 2004. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXI. 1969. pp. 552, 744. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXX. 1978. p. 141. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Bergoglio, Jorge Mario". Breve biografía de obispos (in Spanish). La Agencia Informativa Católica Argentina. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^ "Falleció Mons. Ubaldo Calabresi, ex Nuncio en Argentina". Aci Prensa. 15 June 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
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