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Ubaldo Calabresi
Italian Catholic bishop From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ubaldo Calabresi (2 January 1925 – 14 June 2004) was an Italian Catholic bishop.
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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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