1. Santiago Luis Copello was an Argentine Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
11 Facts About Santiago Copello
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Santiago Copello served as Archbishop of Buenos Aires from 1932 to 1959, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935.
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Santiago Copello then did pastoral work in La Plata from 1903 to 1918.
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On 8 November 1918, Santiago Copello was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata and Titular Bishop of Aulon.
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Santiago Copello received his episcopal consecration on 30 March 1919, from Bishop Juan Terrero y Escalada, with Bishops Francisco Alberti and Jose Orzali serving as co-consecrators.
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Santiago Copello was elected Vicar Capitular on 2 August 1932, and was appointed Archbishop of Buenos Aires on 20 September of that year.
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Santiago Copello even had a parish priest removed from his position for criticizing President Juan Peron.
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Cardinal Santiago Copello participated in the conclave of 1958, which resulted in the election of Pope John XXIII.
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Santiago Copello resigned, after twenty-six years of service, as Buenos Aires' archbishop on 25 March 1959, and was appointed Apostolic Chancellor on the same date.
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Santiago Copello thus became Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso on 14 December 1959.
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Santiago Copello is buried in the Basilica of the Holy Sacrament, located behind the Kavanagh Building in the Retiro section of Buenos Aires.