Gilberto Agustoni
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His Eminence Gilberto Agustoni |
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| Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura | |
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| See | Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta |
| Appointed | 26 November 1994 |
| Term ended | 5 October 1998 |
| Predecessor | Achille Silvestrini |
| Successor | Zenon Grocholewski |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta |
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| Ordination | 20 April 1946 |
| Consecration | 6 January 1987 by Pope John Paul II |
| Created Cardinal | 26 November 1994 by Pope John Paul II |
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| Birth name | Gilberto Agustoni |
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26 July 1922 Schaffhausen, Switzerland |
| Died | 13 January 2017 (aged 94) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | christus spes gloriae |
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| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Gilberto Agustoni (26 July 1922 – 13 January 2017) was a Swiss prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He worked in the Roman Curia from 1950 to 1998, ending his career as head of the Apostolic Signatura from 1992 to 1998. He became a Cardinal in 1994.
Agustoni was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and had four brothers and one sister. Two of his brothers were also priests. Their mother came from a village on the shores of Lake Constance and their father was a civil devant. He was educated at the Seminary of Lugano. He studied in Rome for a year, earning a degree in philosophy. Because of World War II, he continued his studies at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a degree in sacred theology. Bishop Angelo Jelmini ordained him in Lugano on 20 April 1946. Agustoni later studied at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum and the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, where he earned licentiates in theology and law.
In 1950, Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani asked Jelmini to allow Agustoni, whom he had met on several occasions, to work in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) while continuing his studies. Agustoni began his service there on 1 July 1950, an exceptional appointment for someone under the age of 30. He became the head of a department at the CDF and later commissioner at the Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments. Following the Second Vatican Council he helped to coordinate the curial departments engaged in Pope Paul VI's program of liturgical renewal. In May 1970, he became a Prelate Auditor of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota.
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