Sergio Sebastiani was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was head of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See from 1997 to 2008.
10 Facts About Sergio Sebastiani
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Sergio Sebastiani studied at the Episcopal Seminary of Ascoli Piceno and later at the Archiepiscopal Seminary of Fermo.
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Sergio Sebastiani continued his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome where he earned his licentiate in theology and at the Pontifical Lateran University where he was awarded a doctorate in canon law.
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Sergio Sebastiani was ordained on 15 July 1956 in Fermo.
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Sergio Sebastiani was created Prelate of honour on 30 April 1974.
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Sergio Sebastiani became Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Turkey on 8 January 1985.
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In 1997, Sergio Sebastiani was made President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, part of the Roman Curia, responsible for auditing the temporal possessions of the Holy See.
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Sergio Sebastiani served in this position until his resignation on 12 April 2008.
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Sergio Sebastiani was the spiritual guide and protector of an organisation that styles itself the Sovereign Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta, one of many private organszations mimicking the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
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Sergio Sebastiani died on 16 January 2024, at the age of 92.