Angelo Sodano | |
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| Dean of the College of Cardinals | |
 Angelo Sodano in 2016 | |
| Province | Diocese of Rome |
| See | Albano, S. Maria Nuova (in commendam) |
| Appointed | 30 April 2005 |
| Term ended | 21 December 2019 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Ratzinger |
| Successor | Giovanni Battista Re |
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| Ordination | 23 September 1950 by Umberto Rossi |
| Consecration | 15 January 1978 by Antonio Samorè |
| Created cardinal | 28 June 1991 by Pope John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest (1991–1994) Cardinal-Bishop (1994–2022) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 November 1927 |
| Died | 27 May 2022 (aged 94) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University Pontifical Lateran University |
| Motto | ut unum sint (that they may be one) |
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| Styles of Angelo Sodano | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Albano (suburbicarian), S. Maria Nuova (in commendam) |
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Angelo Raffaele Sodano, GCC (23 November 1927 – 27 May 2022) was an Italian Catholic prelate and from 1991 onward a cardinal. He was the Dean of the College of Cardinals from 2005 to 2019 and Cardinal Secretary of State from 1991 to 2006; 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.
On 21 December 2019, it was reported that Sodano shielded sexually abusive clergy in the Legion of Christ.[1] On the same day, Pope Francis accepted Sodano's resignation as Dean of the College of Cardinals.