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Key facts
- Province
- Diocese of Rome
- See
- Albano , S. Maria Nuova ( in commendam )
- Appointed
- 30 April 2005
- Term ended
- 21 December 2019
- Predecessor
- Joseph Ratzinger
- Successor
- Giovanni Battista Re
- Other posts
- Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova
- Ordination
- 23 September 1950, by Umberto Rossi
- Consecration
- 15 January 1978, by Antonio Samorè
- Created cardinal
- 28 June 1991, by Pope John Paul II
- Rank
- Cardinal-Priest, (1991–1994), Cardinal-Bishop, (1994–2022)
- Born
- ( 1927-11-23 ) 23 November 1927, Isola d'Asti , Piedmont , Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 27 May 2022 (2022-05-27) (aged 94), Rome , Italy
- Denomination
- Catholic
- Alma mater
- Pontifical Gregorian University , Pontifical Lateran University
- Motto
- ut unum sint , that they may be one
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Angelo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Isola d'Asti
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
- Educated at
- Pontifical Lateran University
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- 2005 conclave
- Image
- Angelo Cardinal Sodano in 2016 (cropped).jpg
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- Angelo Sodano
- date of birth
- 1927-11-23
- name in native language
- Angelo Sodano
- consecrator
- Agostino Casaroli
- writing language
- Italian
- date of death
- 2022-05-27
- cause of death
- COVID-19
- manner of death
- natural causes
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- Angelo Sodano
- place of burial
- Asti Cathedral
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Encyclopedic overview
Angelo Raffaele Sodano (23 November 1927 – 27 May 2022) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the Dean of the College of Cardinals from 2005 to 2019 and previously as the Cardinal Secretary of State from 1991 to 2006; Sodano was the first person since 1828 to serve simultaneously as Dean and Secretary of State.
On 22 June 2006, Pope Benedict XVI accepted Sodano's resignation as Secretary of State, effective 15 September 2006. He had served in the diplomatic corps of the Holy See since 1959, including a decade as nuncio to Chile from 1978.
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