- Giuseppe Paupini
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See=Sebastopoli di Abasgia (titular see )|"His Most Reverend Eminence" Giuseppe Cardinal Paupini J.C.D. (25 February 1907 -18 July 1992 ) was aRoman Catholic Cardinal and former Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary.Giuseppe Paupini was born in
Mondavio ,Italy . He was educated at the localSeminary within thediocese of Fano and later at thePontifical Regional Seminary "Pio XI" and finally at thePontifical Lateran University in Rome where he earned adoctorate incanon law . He was ordained on19 March 1930 in Fano. He worked in the diocese of Fano and as a faculty member of its seminary from 1932 until 1939. He entered the service of theVatican Secretariat of State in 1939 asattaché of the nunciature inFrance and later secretary of the nunciature inItaly . He was successivelychargé d'affaires of the nunciatures inHonduras ,Nicaragua andCuba between 1947 and 1951. He was promoted to counselor of nunciature in 1951. He was created Domestic prelate of His Holiness on19 October 1952 . Between 1952 and 1956 he worked in spiritual duties in theDiocese of Rome .Episcopate
He was appointed
Titular Archbishop of "Sebastopoli di Abasgia" byPope Pius XII and appointedinternuncio toIran and at the same time asApostolic administrator of Ispahan of the Latins. He was consecrated on26 February 1956 by Valerio Cardinal Valeri. He was transferred to be theNuncio inGuatemala andEl Salvador on25 February 1957 . He served there until 1959 when he was appointed as Nuncio inColombia . He attended theSecond Vatican Council that had been called byPope John XXIII .Cardinalate
He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Deacon of "
Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova " byPope Paul VI onApril 28 1969 . He was appointed as Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary on21 March 1973 . He took part in the conclaves that electedPope John Paul I andPope John Paul II in August and October. He opted for the order of Cardinal-Priests and his deaconry was elevatedpro hac vice to title on30 June 1979 . He resigned the post of Major Penitentiary on8 April 1984 at the age of 77, two years past the customary retirement age of bishops. He lost the right to participate any further conclaves when turned 80 years of age in 1987. He wasCamerlengo of the College of Cardinals, June 22, 1987 until May 2, 1988. He died in 1992.
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