Angelo Felici

His Eminence

Angelo Felici
His Eminence; Angelo Felici
President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei
	Felici in 1973.
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	16 December 1995
Term ended	13 April 2000
Predecessor	Antonio Innocenti
Successor	Darío Castrillón Hoyos
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari "pro hac vice" (1999–2007)
Orders
Ordination	4 April 1942
Consecration	24 September 1967; by Amleto Giovanni Cicognani
Created cardinal	28 June 1988; by Pope John Paul II
Rank	Cardinal-Deacon (1988–99); Cardinal-Priest (1999–2007)
Personal details
Born	Angelo Felici; 26 July 1919; Segni, Kingdom of Italy
Died	17 June 2007 (aged 87); Rome, Italy
Previous post(s)	Undersecretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs (1964–67); Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to the Netherlands (1967–76); Titular Archbishop of Caesariana (1967–88); Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal (1976–79); Apostolic Nuncio to France (1979–88); Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari (1988–99); Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints (1988–95);
Alma mater	Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy; Pontifical Lateran University; Pontifical Gregorian University;
Motto	In lumine Tuo
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Angelo Felici J.C.D. (26 July 1919, Segni – 17 June 2007, Rome) was an Italian Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church and President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei. Before this role he served as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints from 1988 to 1995.

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