Giovanni Saldarini

{{Short description|Italian Cardinal and Archbishop}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader |type = Cardinal |honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] |name = Giovanni Saldarini |title = [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]], [[Archbishop of Turin|Archbishop Emeritus of Turin]] |church = Roman [[Catholic Church]] |archdiocese = Turin |see = Turin |appointed = 31 January 1989 |term_start = 19 March 1989 |term_end = 19 June 1999 |predecessor = [[Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero]] |successor = [[Severino Poletto]] |other_post = [[Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio|Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio]] "[[pro hac vice]]" (1991-2011) |ordination = 31 May 1947 |ordained_by = [[Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster]] |consecration = 7 December 1984 |consecrated_by = [[Carlo Maria Martini]] |cardinal = 28 June 1991 |created_cardinal_by = [[Pope John Paul II]] |rank = [[Cardinal-Priest]] |birth_name = Giovanni Saldarini |birth_date = 11 December 1924 |birth_place = [[Cantù]], [[Province of Como|Como]], [[Kingdom of Italy]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2011|04|18|1924|12|11}} |death_place = [[Milan]], [[Italy]] |previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Titular Bishop of Gaudiaba (1984-89)|[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan|Auxiliary Bishop of Milan]] (1984-89)}} |alma_mater = [[Pontifical Biblical Institute]] |motto = ''Adjutor gaudii vestri'' |coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Giovanni Saldarini.svg }}

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'''Giovanni Saldarini''' (11 December 1924 – 18 April 2011) was an Italian [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] and [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Turin|Archbishop of Turin]].

==Early life== Saldarini was born in [[Cantù]] in the Italian [[province of Como]], in [[Lombardy]]. He was educated at [[Peter of Verona|St Peter Martyr]] [[Seminary]] in [[Venegono Inferiore|Venegono]] and the Theological Faculty, Milan. He was ordained to the priesthood on 31 May 1947 in [[Milan]], by [[Alfredo Schuster]] then [[Archbishop]] of [[Milan]]. He taught at the archiepiscopal school in [[Desio]] from 1947 until 1949. After further studies in Rome he was a faculty member at the Seminary of Venegono from 1952 until 1967. After this he worked as a parish priest in the archdiocese of Milan until 1982. He was named [[Honorary Prelate]] on 24 April 1979.<ref>[http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource.php?n=152 Catholic News Agency] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104121705/http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource.php?n=152 |date=4 January 2011 }}</ref>

==Episcopate== [[Pope John Paul II]] appointed him [[titular bishop]] of Gaudiaba and [[auxiliary bishop]] of Milan on 10 November 1984. He was [[consecrated]] that December by Cardinal [[Carlo Maria Martini]], assisted by Cardinal [[Giovanni Colombo]], (then Archbishop [[Emeritus]] of Milan). He remained as an auxiliary bishop of Milan until he was appointed [[Archbishop of Turin]] on 31 January 1989.<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsaldg.html Catholic Hierarchy]</ref>

==Cardinal== He was created and proclaimed [[Cardinal Priest]] of [[Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio]] (deaconry elevated [[pro hac vice]] to presbyteral title) in the [[Papal consistory|consistory]] of 28 June 1991.<ref>Salvador Miranda, ''Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: ''[https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1991.htm#Saldarini ''Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini''] . Retrieved: 2016-03-16.</ref> He resigned the pastoral government of the archdiocese because of bad health, at the age of 74 on 19 June 1999. After his resignation Saldarini resided in the parish of S. Francesco di Paola, via Montenapoleone. He lost the right to participate in a [[Papal conclave|conclave]] when he turned 80 years old in 2004.<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_saldarini_g_en.html Holy See Press Office]</ref> Cardinal Saldarini died on 18 April 2011, in Clinica San Giuseppe, Milan, He was buried in the Cathedral of Turin.

<br> {{start box}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{succession box | before=[[Anastasio Ballestrero]] | title=[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Turin|Archbishop of Turin]]| after=[[Severino Poletto]] | years=31 January 1989 – 19 June 1999}} {{end box}}

==References == {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==

Martin Bräuer, ''Handbuch der Kardinäle: 1846-2012'' (Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2014).

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