Egano Righi-Lambertini

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Nuncio Lambertini (left) with Brunetto Bucciarelli (1967)
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Egano Cardinal Righi-Lambertini (born February 22, 1906 in Casalecchio di Reno , Province of Bologna , Italy , † October 4, 2000 in Rome ) was a Vatican diplomat and later Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Egano Righi-Lambertini studied at the University of Bologna and the University La Sapienza in Rome, the subjects philosophy and Catholic theology and received in 1929 the sacrament of Holy Orders . He then worked for seven years as a pastor in the Archdiocese of Bologna before returning to Rome in 1936 for further studies. From 1939 he worked for the Vatican State Secretariat in Italy , France , Costa Rica , Venezuela , Great Britain and Korea .

In 1960 Pope John XXIII appointed him . the Titular Archbishop of Doclea and apostolic nuncio to Lebanon . He was ordained episcopate on October 28, 1960, Pope John XXIII. Co-consecrators were Diego Venini , almsman of His Holiness , and Benigno Carrara , Bishop of Imola . In 1963 Egano Righi-Lambertini became nuncio in Chile , in 1967 in Italy and in 1969 in France . From 1974 to 1979 he was a permanent observer at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on behalf of the Vatican State Secretariat . On June 30, 1979, Pope John Paul II accepted him as a cardinal deacon with the title deaconry San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana in the college of cardinals . In 1990 he was raised to cardinal priest with the titular church Santa Maria in Via .

Egano Righi-Lambertini died on October 4, 2000 in Rome and was buried in the family chapel in his hometown.

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predecessor Office successor
Patrick James Byrne MM (en) Apostolic Delegate in Korea
1957–1960
Saverio Zupi
Paolo Bertoli Apostolic Nuncio in Lebanon
1960–1963
Gaetano Alibrandi
Gaetano Alibrandi Apostolic Nuncio in Chile
1963–1967
Carlo Martini
Carlo Grano Apostolic Nuncio in Italy
1967–1969
Romolo Carboni
Paolo Bertoli Apostolic Nuncio in France
1969–1979
Angelo Felici