Fortunato Baldelli
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| See | Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary |
| Appointed | 2 June 2009 |
| Term ended | 5 January 2012 |
| Predecessor | James Francis Stafford |
| Successor | Manuel Monteiro de Castro |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Anselmo all’Aventino, Apostolic Nuncio to France, Apostolic Nuncio to Peru |
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| Ordination | 18 March 1961 by Giuseppe Placido Maria Nicolini |
| Consecration | 23 April 1983 by Agostino Casaroli |
| Created Cardinal | 20 November 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
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| Birth name | Fortunato Baldelli |
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6 August 1935 Valfabbrica, Italy |
| Died | 20 September 2012 (aged 77) Rome Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Fortunato Baldelli (6 August 1935 – 20 September 2012) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal. He served as Apostolic Nuncio in France from June 1999 until 2009. He was the Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary having retired on 5 January 2012. He served in the post from 2009 when he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI.
After finishing his primary education, in 1947 he entered the Seminary of Assisi, where he finished his secondary education; at the death of his parents, he was able to continue his formation because of the help of his brothers and the assistance of Bishop Placido Nicolini of Assisi. In 1957, Bishop Nicolini sent him to the Major Roman Seminary; he attended the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome, and obtained a licentiate in theology. Sent by his bishop, he studied at the elite Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, from 1964 to 1966 where he studied diplomacy. He went on to obtain a doctorate in canon law. Besides his native Italian, he speaks French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Baldelli was ordained priest for the Diocese of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino on 18 March 1961. From 1961 to 1964, he was vice-rector of the Minor Seminary of Assisi. Entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1966. Addetto in the nunciature in Cuba, 1966–1967; secretary, 1967–1970. Secretary in the United Arab Republic (Egypt), 1970–1974. In 1974, he returned to the Secretariat of State; and later, he was transferred to the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church. In 1979, he was named special envoy with functions of permanent observer of the Holy See to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
On 12 February 1983, Pope John Paul II appointed him Titular Archbishop of Mevania, and sent as apostolic delegate in Angola. In 1985 he was appointed Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in São Tomé and Príncipe, and in 1991 the Apostolic Nuncio in the Dominican Republic and then Peru in 1994.
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