Ubaldo Calabresi
See Fundi Appointed 23 January 1981 Term ended 4 March 2000 Predecessor Pio Laghi Successor Santos Abril y Castelló Other post(s) Titular Archbishop of Fundi Previous post(s) Ordination 27 March 1948 Consecration 28 September 1969 by Jean-Marie Villot Born (1925-01-02 ) 2 January 1925Sezze Romano, Italy
Died 14 June 2004(2004-06-14) (aged 79) Nationality Italian Denomination Roman Catholic
Ubaldo Calabresi (2 January 1925 – 14 June 2004) was an Italian Catholic bishop.
Biography
Calabresi was born on 2 January 1925 in Sezze Romano , Italy, the fourth of six brothers. He earned degrees in civil and canon law at the Lateran University.[ 1] He was ordained a priest there on 27 March 1948.
To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1951.[ 2]
On 3 July 1969 he was named Titular Bishop of Fundi and Apostolic Delegate to the Red Sea Region.[ 3] He was consecrated on 28 September 1969 by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot .
He was named Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela on 5 January 1978.[ 4]
He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina in 1981.
On 27 June 1992 he was a co-consecrator when Jorge Mario Bergoglio, later Pope Francis , was made a bishop.[ 5]
He was a participant in the successful Vatican mediation between Argentina and Chile over the Beagle conflict .[ 1]
He retired on 4 March 2000. He suffered from Parkinson's disease and died in Rome on 14 June 2004.[ 6]
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