Francesco Carpino S.T.D. (18 May 1905 – 5 October 1993) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and

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, Sicily, Italy as the third of five children of Salvatore Carpino, who was the owner of a small rural estate. He was educated at the

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from 1914 to 1919. He continued to 1926 his studies at the

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in Rome, where he earned doctorates in philosophy and

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and a licentiate in

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. He returned to his

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in 1926 and became professor in the local seminary, until he reached the canonical age for the priestly

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. He received the

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on 29 June 1927, and was ordained on 14 August 1927.

Priesthood

After his ordination he worked in pastoral ministry in the diocese of Noto and as a faculty member of its seminary from 1927 until 1929. He was appointed that same year professor of sacramental theology at the Pontifical Lateran Athenaeum, where he remained until 1951. During his time in Rome he worked in pastoral ministry as well as with several congregations of the

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. He was created Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on 27 April 1939.

Episcopate

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appointed him titular archbishop of Nicomedia and

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Monreale Monreale (; ; Sicilian: ''Murriali'') is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in Sicily, Southern Italy. It is located on the slope of Monte Caputo, overlooking the very fertile valley called ''"La Conca d'oro"'' (the Golde ...

on 11 February 1951. He succeeded to the metropolitan see of

on 23 August of that year. In 1961 he was named Titular Archbishop of Sardica and appointed Secretary of the

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on 25 October 1961, thus he served as secretary of the

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. He was a counselor of the Pontifical Preparatory Commission of the

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from 1961 until 1964. He attended the Second Vatican Council.

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appointed him

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-Prefect of the

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on 7 April 1967.

Cardinalate

He was created

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(a deaconry elevated ''

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'' to title) in the

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of 26 June 1967 by

. That same day he was appointed

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of the title of the suburbicarian see of Albano on 27 January 1978. He took part in the

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s that elected

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and

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and

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. He lost the right to participate any future conclaves when turned 80 years of age in 1985. He died on 5 October 1993 in Rome. His funeral mass, presided over by Pope John Paul II, and concelebrated by thirty cardinals and numerous archbishops and bishops, took place in the patriarchal Vatican basilica at 5:30 pm on 7 October 1993. The cardinal's body was flown to Monreale on 8 October and transferred to Palermo, where another funeral took place in that cathedral celebrated by Salvatore Cassisa,

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, archbishop of Palermo, and almost all the bishops of Sicily. After the funeral in Palermo, the body was taken to Palazzolo Acreide and a

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mass was celebrated in the church of San Paolo by Giuseppe Costanzo, archbishop of Siracusa, before the burial in the tomb of his family. On 14 September 1998, the remains were transferred to the metropolitan cathedral of Palermo.

References

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