Antonio Quarracino

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Antonio Quarracino was an Argentine cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Buenos Aires and played a key role in the ecclesiastical career of Pope Francis.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic cardinal
Roman Catholic archbishop
human
appointedArchbishopOfBuenosAiresBy Pope John Paul II
appointedAuxiliaryBishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio
appointedCoadjutorArchbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio
birthCountry Italy
birthDate 1923-08-08
birthPlace Pollica
burialPlace Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral
cardinalateDate 1991-06-28
church Roman Catholic Church
countryOfCitizenship Argentina
createdCardinalBy Pope John Paul II
deathCountry Argentina
deathDate 1998-02-28
deathPlace Buenos Aires
diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires
Roman Catholic Diocese of Avellaneda
Roman Catholic Diocese of Nueve de Julio
ethnicGroup Italian Argentine
familyName Quarracino
givenName Antonio
honorificPrefix His Eminence
honorificSuffix Cardinal
knownFor influence on the early career of Pope Francis
leadership of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires
languageSpoken Italian
Spanish
memberOf College of Cardinals
mentorOf Jorge Mario Bergoglio
nationality Argentine
nominatedAsBishopBy Pope Pius XII
occupation Catholic priest
theologian
participatedIn Second Vatican Council
partOf Latin Church
playedKeyRoleInEcclesiasticalCareerOf Pope Francis
positionHeld Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Bishop of Avellaneda
Bishop of Nueve de Julio
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle
predecessor Juan Carlos Aramburu
religion Roman Catholic Church
successor Jorge Mario Bergoglio

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Pope Francis
consecratedBy

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