Corrado Bafile | |
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Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints | |
Archdiocese | Antiochia in Pisidia (Titular) |
In office | 25 May 1976 – 27 June 1980 |
Predecessor | Luigi Raimondi |
Successor | Pietro Palazzini |
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Orders | |
Ordination | 11 April 1936 |
Consecration | 19 March 1960 by Pope John XXIII |
Created cardinal | 24 May 1976 by Pope Paul VI |
Rank | Cardinal deacon |
Personal details | |
Born | L'Aquila, Italy | 4 July 1903
Died | 3 February 2005 Clinica Pio XI, Rome | (aged 101)
Buried | Saint Maria Paganica Church, L'Aquila, Italy |
Nationality | Italian |
Parents | Vincenzo Bafile (Father) Maddalena Tedeschini D'Annibale (Mother) |
Alma mater | |
Motto | Obedientia et Pax (Obedience and Peace) |
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Styles of Corrado Bafile | |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
Corrado Bafile (4 July 1903 – 3 February 2005) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints from 1975 to 1980, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1976. At the time of his death, he was the oldest member of the College of Cardinals.