Ubaldo Calabresi | |
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Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina | |
See | Fundi |
Appointed | 23 January 1981 |
Term ended | 4 March 2000 |
Predecessor | Pio Laghi |
Successor | Santos Abril y Castelló |
Other posts | Titular Archbishop of Fundi |
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Ordination | 27 March 1948 |
Consecration | 28 September 1969 by Jean-Marie Villot |
Personal details | |
Born |
Sezze Romano, Italy |
2 January 1925
Died | 14 June 2004 | (aged 79)
Nationality | Italian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Ordination history of Ubaldo Calabresi | |
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Priestly ordination
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Date of ordination | 27 March 1948 |
Episcopal consecration
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Principal consecrator | Jean-Marie Villot |
Co-consecrator | Sergio Pignedoli |
Co-consecrator | Arrigo Pintonello |
Date of consecration | 28 September 1969 |
Bishops consecrated by Ubaldo Calabresi as principal consecrator
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Gabriel Dwatuka Wagi | 13 June 1976 |
José Vicente Conejero Gallego | 19 March 1997 |
Ubaldo Calabresi (2 January 1925 – 14 June 2004) was a Roman Catholic bishop.
Calabresi was born on 2 January 1925 in Sezze Romano, Italy, the fourth of six brothers. He earned degrees in civil and canon law at the Lateran University. He was ordained a priest there on 27 March 1948. On 3 July 1969 he was named Titular Bishop of Fundi and Apostolic Delegate to Sudan. He was consecrated on 28 September 1969 by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot. He later served as Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela from 1978 to 1981 and then as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina from 1981 to 2000.
On 27 June 1992 he was co-consecrator of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, later Pope Francis, as bishop.
He was a participant in the successful Vatican mediation between Argentina and Chile over the Beagle conflict.
He retired on 4 March 2000. He suffered from Parkinson's disease and died in Rome on 14 June 2004.