Giuseppe Caprio (15 November 1914 – 15 October 2005), was an Italian

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. He held the post of President of the

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before he retired in 1990. He had been the internuncio, then

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, to China from 1959 to 1967, and the pro-nuncio to India from 1967 to 1969. He then transferred to the Roman Curia, serving as secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, then to the Secretariat of State, where he worked for

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before being appointed President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See in 1979, and then to the presidency of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See in 1981. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979, becoming

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. He was Cardinal

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from 22 June 1987. Cardinal Caprio opted for the order of cardinal priests on 26 November 1990, and became the

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of the titular church of Santa Maria della Vittoria. He was also a Knight of St. Januarius.

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