Corrado Bafile


Corrado Bafile
Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
Nuncio Bafile (l.) at the birthday celebration of Chancellor Adenauer, 1964
ArchdioceseAntiochia in Pisidia (Titular)
In office25 May 1976 – 27 June 1980
PredecessorLuigi Raimondi
SuccessorPietro Palazzini
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination11 April 1936
Consecration19 March 1960
by Pope John XXIII
Created cardinal24 May 1976
by Pope Paul VI
RankCardinal deacon
Personal details
Born(1903-07-04)4 July 1903
L'Aquila, Italy
Died3 February 2005(2005-02-03) (aged 101)
Clinica Pio XI, Rome
BuriedSaint Maria Paganica Church, L'Aquila, Italy
NationalityItalian
ParentsVincenzo Bafile (Father)
Maddalena Tedeschini D'Annibale (Mother)
Alma mater
MottoObedientia et Pax
(Obedience and Peace)
Coat of armsCorrado Bafile's coat of arms
Styles of
Corrado Bafile
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal

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.