Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Sensi †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio

Cardinal-Priest of Regina Apostolorum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 May 1907		Born
21 Dec 1929	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
16 May 1953	45.9	Appointed	Permanent Observer to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
21 May 1955	47.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Sardes
21 May 1955	47.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica
24 Jul 1955	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Sardes
12 Jan 1957	49.6	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine (Israel, Jordan, Cyprus), Palestine
10 May 1962	54.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
8 Jul 1967	60.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
13 May 1976³	68.9	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
24 May 1976	68.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari
24 May 1976	68.9	Elevated to Cardinal
22 Jun 1987	80.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Regina Apostolorum
26 Jul 2001	94.1	Died	Apostolic Nuncio

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Giuseppe Maria Sensi
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Sensi
(born 27 May 1907, died 26 Jul 2001)
Apostolic Nuncio

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father
Consistory - 1976: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Cosenza, Archdiocese of Cosenza, Italy

a priest for 71.5 years
a bishop for 46.0 years
a cardinal for 25.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Valerio Cardinal Valeri †
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Carlo Confalonieri †
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi †
Titular Archbishop of Myra

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Valerio Cardinal Valeri † (1927)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Donato Raffaele Cardinal Sbarretti (Tazza) † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Archbishop Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A. † (1896)
Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Peter Birch † (1962)
Bishop Patrick Lennon † (1966)
Bishop Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva, S.J. † (1972)
Bishop António dos Santos † (1976)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Donald J. Herlihy † (1964)
Bishop Anthony Columba McFeely † (1965)
Bishop Michael Russell † (1965)
Cahal Brendan Cardinal Daly † (1967)
Bishop António Francisco Marques, O.F.M. † (1975)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q775900

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1955, Number 57
ab/xxcr: Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 47, Page 463, and Page 655
ab/xxps: Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 49, Page 176
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 164, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Necrology (back)
nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 106
ab: Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 45, Page 475

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