1. Renato Corti was an Italian cardinal and prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
12 Facts About Renato Corti
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Renato Corti was Bishop of Novara from 1990 to 2011.
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Renato Corti was born in Galbiate in the province of Lecco, part of the Archdiocese of Milan on 1 March 1936.
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Renato Corti studied at the seminary in Milan and was ordained on 28 July 1959 by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini.
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Renato Corti's assignments included serving as parochial vicar of the Oratory of Caronno Pertusella from 1959 to 1967, spiritual director at the College of Gorla Minore from 1967 to 1969, and spiritual director of the archdiocesan seminary of Saronno from 1969 to 1977.
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Renato Corti then became rector for theology at the seminary of Saronno.
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Renato Corti became vicar general of the Milan Archdiocese in November 1980.
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Renato Corti received episcopal ordination on 6 June 1981 from Archbishop Carlo Maria Martini, with Bishops Libero Tresoldi and Bernardo Citterio as co-consecrators.
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Renato Corti held assignments in the Roman Curia as a member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
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Renato Corti lived at Rho, near the college of the Oblates of St Ambrose and St Charles.
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Renato Corti was known for his work as a spiritual director.
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Renato Corti was given the rank of Cardinal-Priest and assigned the titular church of San Giovanni a Porta Latina.