Corrado Bafile

His Eminence

Corrado Bafile
His Eminence; Corrado Bafile
Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	Nuncio Bafile (l.) at the birthday celebration of Chancellor Adenauer, 1964
Archdiocese	Antiochia in Pisidia (Titular)
In office	25 May 1976 – 27 June 1980
Predecessor	Luigi Raimondi
Successor	Pietro Palazzini
Orders
Ordination	11 April 1936
Consecration	19 March 1960; by Pope John XXIII
Created cardinal	24 May 1976; by Pope Paul VI
Rank	Cardinal deacon
Personal details
Born	4 July 1903; L'Aquila, Italy
Died	3 February 2005 (aged 101); Clinica Pio XI, Rome
Buried	Saint Maria Paganica Church, L'Aquila, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Parents	Vincenzo Bafile (Father); Maddalena Tedeschini D'Annibale (Mother)
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (1960–1975); Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints (1975–1980);
Alma mater	Pontifical Gregorian University; Pontifical Roman Seminary; Pontifical Lateran University; Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy;
Motto	Obedientia et Pax; (Obedience and Peace)
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Corrado Bafile (4 July 1903 – 3 February 2005) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints from 1975 to 1980, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1976. At the time of his death, he was the oldest member of the College of Cardinals.

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