{{Short description|Roman Catholic cardinal (1922–2006)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader |type = Cardinal |honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] |name = Dino Monduzzi |title = [[San Sebastiano al Palatino|Cardinal-Deacon of San Sebastiano al Palatino]] |image = Dino Monduzzi (cropped).jpg |church = Roman [[Catholic Church]] |appointed = 21 February 1998 |term_start = 18 April 1998 |term_end = 13 October 2006 |predecessor = [[Yves Marie Joseph Cardinal Congar|Yves-Marie-Joseph Congar]] |successor = [[John Patrick Foley]] |ordination = 22 July 1945 |ordained_by = [[Giuseppe Battaglia]] |consecration = 6 January 1987 |consecrated_by = [[Pope John Paul II]] |cardinal = 21 February 1998 |created_cardinal_by = Pope John Paul II |rank = [[Cardinal-Deacon]] |birth_name = Dino Monduzzi |birth_date = 2 April 1922 |birth_place = [[Brisighella]], [[Kingdom of Italy]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2006|10|13|1922|04|02}} |death_place = [[Vatican City]] |parents = Secondo Damiano Monduzzi<br />Ida Ragazzini |previous_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Prefecture of the Papal Household|Regent of the Prefecture of the Papal Household]] (1969–86)|Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household (1986–98)|Titular Bishop of Capri (1986–98)}} |alma_mater = [[Pontifical Lateran University]] |motto = ''Patientiam praeficere caritati'' |coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Dino Monduzzi.svg }}
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'''Dino Monduzzi''', [[Order of Christ (Portugal)|ComC]], [[Order of Prince Henry|GCIH]], [[Order of Prince Henry|ComIH]] (2 April 1922 – 13 October 2006) was an [[Italian people|Italian]] [[prelate]] of the Catholic Church. He was Prefect of the [[Prefecture of the Papal Household]] from 1986 to 1998.<ref name=FIU>[https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1998.htm Florida International University, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church section, ''Biographical Dictionary of John Paul II (1978-2005), Consistory of February 21, 1998 (VII'']</ref>
==Biography== He was born in 1922 to Damiano and Ida (née Ragazzini) Monduzzi in [[Brisighella]], [[Italy]]. Monduzzi was [[ordained]] to the [[priesthood]] by Bishop Giuseppe Battaglia of [[Faenza]] on 22 July 1945. He celebrated his first [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] the next day, and after this studies at the [[Pontifical Lateran University]] in [[Rome]] earning a licentiate in utroque iure.
After involvement in [[Catholic Action]] missions,<ref name=VP>[https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_monduzzi_d.html Vatican Press website, ''Monduzzi Card. Dino'']</ref> Father Monduzzi began work for the [[Holy See]] in the late 1950s as an adjunct (and later secretary) in the [[Prefecture of the Pontifical Household|Prefecture of the Papal Household]], which among other duties arranges [[Audience (head of state)|papal audiences]]. In 1961 he was elevated to the rank of [[monsignor]]. Monduzzi was named prefect of the Papal Household and [[titular bishop]] of ''Capreae'' on 18 December 1986,<ref name=VP /> and received his [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|episcopal consecration]] on 6 January 1987, from [[Pope John Paul II]] (with Archbishops [[Eduardo Martínez Somalo]] and [[José Tomás Sánchez]] as co-consecrators). As Prefect, Monduzzi was responsible for the non-liturgical aspects of papal ceremonies, and the public and private audiences of the pope. He accompanied John Paul II on 130 pastoral [[pilgrimage]]s and 268 pastoral visits to [[Rome|Roman]] parishes.
On 7 February 1998, he retired as Prefect of the Papal Household, and was created [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal-deacon]] of ''[[San Sebastiano al Palatino]]'' by John Paul II in the [[Papal consistory|consistory]] of 21 February 1998.<ref name=VP /> Cardinal Monduzzi finally succumbed to an ongoing illness and died at 1:00 am on 13 October 2006 at the [[Vatican City|Vatican]]. [[Pope Benedict XVI]] celebrated his [[Requiem|funeral Mass]] on the following 16 October and his remains were then buried in his family tomb in Brisighella.
== Honours == *[[File:PRT_Order_of_Prince_Henry_-_Commander_BAR.svg|80px]] Commander of the [[Order of Prince Henry]], [[Portugal]] (31 August 1967)<ref name="OrdHonEst">{{cite web|title=Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas|url=http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=154|website=Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas|accessdate=29 January 2017}}</ref> *[[File:Grande ufficiale OMRI BAR.svg|alt=|80x80px]] Grand Officer of the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]], Italy (22 September 1972)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/254640|title=Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana|website=quirinale.it|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref> *[[File:PRT_Order_of_Christ_-_Commander_BAR.svg|80px]] Commander of the [[Order of Christ (Portugal)|Order of Christ]], Portugal (9 September 1981)<ref name="OrdHonEst"/> *[[File:PRT_Order_of_Prince_Henry_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.svg|80px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of Prince Henry]], Portugal (21 December 1990)<ref name="OrdHonEst"/> *[[File:Cordone di gran Croce OMRI BAR.svg|alt=|80x80px]] Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]], Italy (27 November 1992)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/10544|title=Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana|website=quirinale.it|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref> *[[File:ESP Isabella Catholic Order GC.svg|alt=|80x80px]] Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Isabella the Catholic]], Spain (14 April 1997)<ref>{{Cite web| title=Otras disposiciones | language=es | trans-title=Other provisions | url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1997/04/15/pdfs/A11841-11841.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530042113/http://www.boe.es:80/boe/dias/1997/04/15/pdfs/A11841-11841.pdf | archive-date=2009-05-30}}</ref>
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