Cardinal Agostino Casaroli

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Cardinal Agostino Casaroli was a prominent 20th-century Vatican diplomat and Secretary of State known for his role in shaping the Holy See’s international relations and concordats, especially during the Cold War.

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instanceOf Catholic cardinal
Roman Curia official
diplomat
human
academicDegree doctorate in canon law
birthDate 1914-11-24
birthPlace Castel San Giovanni, Piacenza, Italy NERFINISHED
cardinalTitle Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
consecratedBy Pope Paul VI NERFINISHED
consecrationDate 1967-07-16
countryOfCitizenship Italy
createdCardinalBy Pope John Paul II NERFINISHED
dateOfCardinalCreation 1979-06-30
deathDate 1998-06-09
deathPlace Rome, Italy NERFINISHED
educatedAt Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy NERFINISHED
Pontifical Gregorian University NERFINISHED
employer Holy See NERFINISHED
Secretariat of State of the Holy See NERFINISHED
endTime 1979-04-28 as Secretary of the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church
1990-12-01 as Cardinal Secretary of State
fieldOfWork Vatican diplomacy NERFINISHED
international relations
honorificPrefix Cardinal
knownFor negotiating international agreements and concordats for the Holy See
shaping Holy See relations with communist regimes in Eastern Europe
languageSpoken English
French
Italian
Latin
memberOf College of Cardinals
Roman Curia NERFINISHED
name Agostino Casaroli NERFINISHED
notableWork development of the Holy See’s Ostpolitik
negotiation of concordats with Eastern Bloc countries
ordainedBy Ernesto Ruffini NERFINISHED
ordinationDate 1937-07-27
participantIn Cold War diplomacy
Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe negotiations NERFINISHED
placeOfBurial Campo Verano cemetery, Rome NERFINISHED
positionHeld Cardinal Secretary of State
Pro-Secretary for the Public Affairs of the Church
Secretary for the Public Affairs of the Church NERFINISHED
Titular Archbishop of Cartagine
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
sexOrGender male
startTime 1967-04-30 as Undersecretary for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs
1969-04-30 as Secretary of the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church
1979-04-28 as Cardinal Secretary of State

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