Angelo Cardinal Sodano
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His Eminence Angelo Sodano |
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| Dean of the College of Cardinals | |
Angelo Sodano in 2006
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| Diocese | Diocese of Rome |
| See |
Albano, Ostia, S. Maria Nuova (in commendam) |
| Appointed | 30 April 2005 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Ratzinger |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 23 September 1950 by Umberto Rossi |
| Consecration | 15 January 1978 by Antonio Samorè |
| Created Cardinal | 28 June 1991 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Bishop |
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| Born |
23 November 1927 Isola d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | ut unum sint (that they may be one) |
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Styles of Angelo Sodano |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Albano (suburbicarian), Ostia (suburbicarian), S. Maria Nuova (in commendam) |
Angelo Raffaele Sodano (born 23 November 1927) is an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who has served as Dean of the College of Cardinals since 2005. He was Cardinal Secretary of State from 1991 to 2006, under both popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI. On 27 April 2005, he was elected to succeed Benedict XVI as Dean of the College of Cardinals by his fellow Cardinal Bishops. Sodano was the first person since 1828 to serve simultaneously as Dean and Secretary of State.
On 22 June 2006, Benedict XVI accepted Sodano's resignation as Secretary of State, effective on 15 September 2006. He was succeeded by Tarcisio Bertone, then Archbishop of Genoa.
The second of six children, Angelo Sodano was born in Isola d'Asti, Piedmont, to Giovanni and Delfina Sodano. His father was a Christian Democrat deputy in the Italian Parliament for three terms from 1948 until 1963. After studying philosophy and theology at the seminary of Asti, Sodano was ordained a priest by Bishop Umberto Rossi on 23 September 1950, and then did pastoral work and taught dogmatic theology at the Asti seminary.
He then furthered his studies in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University, from where he obtained a doctorate in theology, and at the Pontifical Lateran University, earning a doctorate in canon law. In 1959 he entered the diplomatic corps of the Holy See. He served as secretary in nunciatures in Latin America, and was given the title of monsignor, initially with the rank of Chaplain of His Holiness and later with that of Honorary Prelate. In 1968 he was called to work in the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church in the Vatican.
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