Silvio Oddi

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His Eminence Silvio Oddi
Cardinal-Priest pro hac vice of Sant'Agata de' Goti
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Installed	28 April 1969
Term ended	29 June 2001
Predecessor	Enrico Dante
Successor	Tomáš Špidlík
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine (1953–1957) Titular Archbishop of Mesmbria (1953–1969) Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium (1962–1969) Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg (1962–1969) President of the Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii and Loreto (1969–1974) Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy (1979–1986) Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1984–1987)
Orders
Ordination	21 May 1933 by Ersilio Menzani
Consecration	27 September 1953 by Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (later John XXIII)
Created cardinal	28 April 1969 by Pope Paul VI
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi (1910-11-14)14 November 1910 Morfasso, near Piacenza, Kingdom of Italy
Died	29 June 2001(2001-06-29) (aged 90) Cortemaggiore, Italy
Buried	Morfasso
Nationality	Italian
Denomination	Catholicism
Alma mater	Collegio Alberoni Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
Motto	Dominus Fortitudo ("The Lord is (my) strength")
Coat of arms

Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi (14 November 1910 – 29 June 2001) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and in the Roman Curia. He became a cardinal in 1969 and headed the Congregation for the Clergy from 1979 to 1986.