Santiago Copello | |
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Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Buenos Aires | |
Archdiocese | Buenos Aires |
Installed | 20 September 1932 |
Term ended | 25 March 1959 |
Predecessor | José Bottaro y Hers |
Successor | Fermín Lafitte (ad interim) Antonio Caggiano |
Other post(s) | Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church |
Orders | |
Ordination | 28 October 1902 (Priest) |
Consecration | 30 March 1919 (Archbishop) |
Created cardinal | 16 December 1935 |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso |
Personal details | |
Born | Santiago Luis Copello January 7, 1880 |
Died | February 9, 1967 Rome, Italy | (aged 87)
Buried | Basílica Santísimo Sacramento, Retiro, Buenos Aires |
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University |
Motto | Veni Domine Jesu (Come Lord Jesus)[1] |
Styles of Santiago Copello | |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
See | Buenos Aires (emeritus) |
Santiago Luis Copello (7 January 1880 – 9 February 1967) was an Argentine Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Buenos Aires from 1932 to 1959, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935. Copello served as the first Argentine cardinal and the first cardinal from Hispanic America.[2]