Leonardo Sandri
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His Eminence Leonardo Sandri |
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| Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches | |
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, on 11th Oct. 2014, to the Chair of Saint Peter
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| Appointed | 9 June 2007 |
| Predecessor | Ignatius Daoud |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari |
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| Ordination | 2 December 1967 by Juan Carlos Aramburu |
| Consecration | 11 October 1997 by Angelo Sodano |
| Created Cardinal | 24 November 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
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18 November 1943 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Ille fidelis (He [remains] faithful) — 2 Timothy 2:13 |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Leonardo Sandri (born 18 November 1943) is an Argentine Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the current Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in the Roman Curia, having previously served in the Apostolic Nunciature in the United States, as permanent observer of the Holy See before the Organization of American States, from 1989 to 1991. Was Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela (1997–2000), Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico (2000) and Substitute for General Affairs (2000–2007). He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007. The press named Cardinal Sandri as a papabile (a possible or likely successor for election to the Papacy) following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, effective 28 February 2013. However the conclave elected his fellow Argentine, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, as Pope Francis.
Sandri was born in Buenos Aires to Antonio Enrico Sandri and Nella Righi, who had emigrated to Argentina from Ala, a village in Trentino in Italy. He studied humanities, philosophy and theology at the Metropolitan Seminary of Buenos Aires, and earned a Licentiate in Theology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. On 2 December 1967, he was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Juan Carlos Aramburu.
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