Ersilio Tonini
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 11 years ago |
Date of birth | July 20,1914 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | San Giorgio Piacentino |
Italy | |
Date of died | July 28,2013 |
Died | Ravenna |
Italy | |
Successor | Luigi Amaducci |
Predecessor | Salvatore Baldassarri |
Ordination | April 18, 1937 |
Appointed | November 22, 1975 |
Creat cardin | 26 November 1994; by Pope John Paul II |
Other post | Santissimo Redentore |
Previous post | Macerata |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 955373 |
Ersilio Tonini Life story
Ersilio Tonini was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia from 1975 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994. When Cardinal Paul Augustin Mayer died on 30 April 2010, Cardinal Tonini became the oldest living cardinal.