# Giovanni Saldarini

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Italian Cardinal and Archbishop

His Eminence Giovanni Saldarini Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Turin Church Roman Catholic Church Archdiocese Turin See Turin Appointed 31 January 1989 Installed 19 March 1989 Term ended 19 June 1999 Predecessor Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero Successor Severino Poletto Other post Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio "pro hac vice" (1991-2011) Previous posts Titular Bishop of Gaudiaba (1984-89) Auxiliary Bishop of Milan (1984-89) Orders Ordination 31 May 1947 by Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster Consecration 7 December 1984 by Carlo Maria Martini Created cardinal 28 June 1991 by Pope John Paul II Rank Cardinal-Priest Personal details Born Giovanni Saldarini 11 December 1924 Cantù, Como, Kingdom of Italy Died 18 April 2011(2011-04-18) (aged 86) Milan, Italy Alma mater Pontifical Biblical Institute Motto Adjutor gaudii vestri Coat of arms

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**Giovanni Saldarini** (11 December 1924 – 18 April 2011) was an Italian [Cardinal](/source/Cardinal_(Catholicism)) and [Archbishop of Turin](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Turin).

## Early life

Saldarini was born in [Cantù](/source/Cant%C3%B9) in the Italian [province of Como](/source/Province_of_Como), in [Lombardy](/source/Lombardy). He was educated at [St Peter Martyr](/source/Peter_of_Verona) [Seminary](/source/Seminary) in [Venegono](/source/Venegono_Inferiore) and the Theological Faculty, Milan. He was ordained to the priesthood on 31 May 1947 in [Milan](/source/Milan), by [Alfredo Schuster](/source/Alfredo_Schuster) then [Archbishop](/source/Archbishop) of [Milan](/source/Milan). He taught at the archiepiscopal school in [Desio](/source/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](/source/Honorary_Prelate) on 24 April 1979.[1]

## Episcopate

[Pope John Paul II](/source/Pope_John_Paul_II) appointed him [titular bishop](/source/Titular_bishop) of Gaudiaba and [auxiliary bishop](/source/Auxiliary_bishop) of Milan on 10 November 1984. He was [consecrated](/source/Consecrated) that December by Cardinal [Carlo Maria Martini](/source/Carlo_Maria_Martini), assisted by Cardinal [Giovanni Colombo](/source/Giovanni_Colombo), (then Archbishop [Emeritus](/source/Emeritus) of Milan). He remained as an auxiliary bishop of Milan until he was appointed [Archbishop of Turin](/source/Archbishop_of_Turin) on 31 January 1989.[2]

## Cardinal

He was created and proclaimed [Cardinal Priest](/source/Cardinal_Priest) of [Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio](/source/Sacro_Cuore_di_Ges%C3%B9_a_Castro_Pretorio) (deaconry elevated [pro hac vice](/source/Pro_hac_vice) to presbyteral title) in the [consistory](/source/Papal_consistory) of 28 June 1991.[3] 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 [conclave](/source/Papal_conclave) when he turned 80 years old in 2004.[4] Cardinal Saldarini died on 18 April 2011, in Clinica San Giuseppe, Milan, He was buried in the Cathedral of Turin.

Catholic Church titles Preceded by Anastasio Ballestrero Archbishop of Turin 31 January 1989 – 19 June 1999 Succeeded by Severino Poletto

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Catholic News Agency](http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource.php?n=152) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110104121705/http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource.php?n=152) 4 January 2011 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Catholic Hierarchy](http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsaldg.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Salvador Miranda, *Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church:*[*Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini*](https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1991.htm#Saldarini) . Retrieved: 2016-03-16.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Holy See Press Office](https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_saldarini_g_en.html)

## Bibliography

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

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