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Fortunato Baldelli
1935Aug, 6

Fortunato Baldelli

Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal (d. 2012)
Fortunato Baldelli (6 August 1935 – 20 September 2012) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was appointed a cardinal in 2010 after a career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1966 to 2009 that included ten years as Apostolic Nuncio to France. He was also the Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary from 2009 to 2012.

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