Ubaldo Calabresi

Ubaldo Calabresi
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
Orders
Ordination 27 March 1948
Consecration 28 September 1969
by Jean-Marie Villot
Personal details
Born (1925-01-02)2 January 1925
Sezze Romano, Italy
Died 14 June 2004(2004-06-14) (aged 79)
Nationality Italian
Denomination Roman Catholic
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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.[1] 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.[2]

On 27 June 1992 he was co-consecrator of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, later Pope Francis, as bishop.[3]

He was a participant in the successful Vatican mediation between Argentina and Chile over the Beagle conflict.[1]

He retired on 4 March 2000. He suffered from Parkinson's disease and died in Rome on 14 June 2004.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Falleció el ex nuncio Ubaldo Calabresi". La Nacion. 15 June 2004. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  2. "Archbishop Ubaldo Calabresi". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  3. (Spanish) "Bergoglio, Jorge Mario". Breve biografía de obispos. La Agencia Informativa Católica Argentina. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  4. "Falleció Mons. Ubaldo Calabresi, ex Nuncio en Argentina". Aci Prensa. 15 June 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Giovanni Mariani
Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela
5 January 1978 – 23 January 1981
Succeeded by
Luciano Storero
Preceded by
Pio Laghi
Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
23 January 1981 – 4 March 2000
Succeeded by
Santos Abril y Castelló


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