Giovanni Saldarini was an Italian Cardinal and Archbishop of Turin.
10 Facts About Giovanni Saldarini
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Giovanni Saldarini was educated at St Peter Martyr Seminary in Venegono and the Theological Faculty, Milan.
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Giovanni Saldarini was ordained to the priesthood on 31 May 1947 in Milan, by Alfredo Schuster then Archbishop of Milan.
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Giovanni Saldarini taught at the archiepiscopal school in Desio from 1947 until 1949.
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Giovanni Saldarini was named Honorary Prelate on 24 April 1979.
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Giovanni Saldarini remained as an auxiliary bishop of Milan until he was appointed Archbishop of Turin on 31 January 1989.
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Giovanni Saldarini was created and proclaimed Cardinal Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesu a Castro Pretorio in the consistory of 28 June 1991.
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Giovanni Saldarini resigned the pastoral government of the archdiocese because of bad health, at the age of 74 on 19 June 1999.
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Giovanni Saldarini lost the right to participate in a conclave when he turned 80 years old in 2004.
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Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini died on 18 April 2011, in Clinica San Giuseppe, Milan, He was buried in the Cathedral of Turin.