Leonardo Sandri
Male, Person
1943 –
Who is Leonardo Sandri?
Leonardo Sandri is an Argentine Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the current Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in the Roman Curia, having previously served in the Apostolic Nunciature in the United States, as permanent observer of the Holy See before the Organization of American States, from 1989 to 1991. Was Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela, Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico and Substitute for General Affairs. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007. The press named Cardinal Sandri as a papabile following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, effective 28 February 2013. However in the conclave was elected his fellow Argentine, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, as successor of Peter.
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- Born
- Nov 18, 1943
Buenos Aires - Religion
- Catholicism
- Education
- Pontifical Gregorian University
- Lived in
- Buenos Aires
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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