Fiorenzo Angelini
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His Eminence Fiorenzo Angelini |
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| President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers | |
| See | Santo Spirito in Sassia |
| Appointed | 16 February 1985 (Pro-President) |
| Term ended | 31 October 1996 |
| Predecessor | None |
| Successor | Javier Lozano Barragán |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Santo Spirito in Sassia |
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| Ordination | 3 February 1940 |
| Consecration | 29 July 1956 by Giuseppe Pizzardo |
| Created Cardinal | 28 June 1991 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 August 1916 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 22 November 2014 (aged 98) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | evangelizo pacem evangelizo bonum |
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Fiorenzo Angelini (1 August 1916 – 22 November 2014) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the former President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers in the Roman Curia, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1991. When Cardinal Ersilio Tonini died on 28 July 2013, Cardinal Angelini became the oldest living cardinal until the next consistory where Pope Francis appointed 98-year-old Archbishop Loris Francesco Capovilla as a cardinal.
Born in Rome, Angelini studied at the Pontifical Roman Seminary, Pontifical Lateran University, and Pontifical Theological Faculty Marianum before being ordained to the priesthood on 3 February 1940. He did pastoral work in Rome until 1956, and served as a chaplain in Azione Cattolica from 1945 to 1959. Angelini served as Master of Pontifical Ceremonies from 1947 to 1954, and for a few months he was a delegate for Roman hospitals.
On 27 June 1956, he was appointed Titular Bishop of Messene by Pope Pius XII. Angelini received his episcopal consecration on 29 July from Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo, with Archbishop Luigi Traglia and Bishop Ismaele Castellano serving as co-consecrators. He founded, in 1959, the Italian Catholic Doctors' Association, and attended the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). On 6 January 1977, Pope Paul VI named him an Auxiliary Bishop of Rome. Pope John Paul II raised him to the rank of Archbishop and appointed him as the first president of the newly created Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers on 16 February 1985. He was created Cardinal-Deacon of Santo Spirito in Sassia by John Paul II in the consistory of 28 June 1991.
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