Mario Luigi Ciappi

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Mario Luigi Cardinal Ciappi OP (born October 6, 1909 in Florence , Italy , † April 23, 1996 in Rome ) was a Curial Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and papal house theologian.

Life

After studying Catholic theology and philosophy , Mario Luigi Ciappi received the sacrament of ordination on March 26, 1932 in Rome . He had already joined the Dominican Order in 1925. He then held various functions at the curia . In 1955 he was awarded the title of papal house theologian.

Pope Paul VI appointed Ciappi on June 10, 1977 titular bishop of Misenum . He was ordained bishop on June 18 of the same year by the Cardinal Prefect of the Apostolic Signature , Dino Cardinal Staffa , in the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva ; Co- consecrators were the then secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , Curia Archbishop Jean Jérôme Hamer , and the Bishop of Ventimiglia , Angelo Raimondo Verardo . Shortly afterwards, on June 27, 1977, in the last consistory under Paul VI. he was accepted as a cardinal deacon with the title deaconry Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore in the college of cardinals . He took part in the conclave of August 1978 , which Pope John Paul I elected; also participated in the conclave of October 1978 , which Pope John Paul II elected. On June 22, 1987 he opted for the titular church Sacro Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia and was elevated to cardinal priest .

He died in 1996 and was buried in Rome on Campo Verano .

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SURNAME Ciappi, Mario Luigi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ciappi, Mario Luigi Cardinal OP
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Cardinal Curia of the Roman Catholic Church and papal house theologian
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence , Italy
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1996
Place of death Rome