Marco Cé (; 8 July 1925 – 12 May 2014) was an Italian

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of the

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. He served as the

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from 1978 to 2002 and was elevated to the

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in 1979.

Biography

Marco Cé was born in

Izano Izano ( Cremasco: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about northwest of Cremona. Izano borders the following municipalities: Castelleone, Crema, ...

in 1925 to a family of farmers. He studied at the

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Crema Crema or Cremas may refer to: Crema * Crema, Lombardy, a ''comune'' in the northern Italian province of Cremona * Crema (coffee), a thin layer of foam at the top of a cup of espresso * Crema (dairy product), the Spanish word for cream * ''Cremà ...

and later at the Lodi

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and at both the

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and the

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. From the Gregorian he obtained a

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in dogmatic theology and a licentiate in

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. Cé was

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to the priesthood by Archbishop

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on 27 March 1948 in the

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in Rome. He then returned to Crema where he served as a Professor of Scripture and as the Vice- Rector of the seminary from 1948 to 1957. He was later named rector in 1950 while continuing to teach there. He devoted his time to preach spiritual retreats to the youth of the

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and also focused on giving regular spiritual exercises to the clergy under his ward. On 22 April 1970, Cé was appointed as the Auxiliary Bishop of

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and the

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of Vulturia. He received his

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on the following 17 May (

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) from Bishop Carlo Manziana, with Archbishop Franco Costa and Bishop Placido Cambiaghi, CRSP, serving as the

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. He took as his episcopal motto "Christus ipse pax" which translates as "Christ Himself is peace". He was received in Bologna on 29 June in the cathedral of

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. On 21 May 1976, he was made a chaplain to

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. After the ascension of

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to the

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in 1978 and his death thirty-three days later, Cé was named his successor as

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on 7 December 1978. He took canonical possession of the see on 1 January 1979 and made his official entrance into his new archdiocese on the following 7 January.

elevated him into the cardinalate on 30 June 1979 as the

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. Cé resigned as the head of his patriarchate on 5 January 2002. He was also one of the

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who participated in the

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that saw the election of

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. In 2006, he was invited by Pope Benedict XVI to preach the

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en spiritual exercises to him and the Roman Curia. At the conclave of 2005 Cardinal Cé was the oldest of the voting cardinals. Cardinal Cé fractured his femur in April 2014 and died at the Hospital of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo in Venice on 12 May 2014 at the age of 88.

Potential beatification

In 2015 the Patriarch of Venice Francesco Moraglia invited the Venetian people to gather documentation to start the process that would commence the cause of beatification for the late cardinal.

References

External links

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