CARDINAL MARTINEZ SOMALO CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF PRIESTHOOD

VATICAN CITY, MAR 18, 2000 (VIS) - Made public today was a Letter from Pope John Paul, written in Latin and dated March 1, to Cardinal Eduardo Martinez Somalo in which he congratulated the prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life on the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.

The cardinal, who is also camerlengo of Holy Roman Church, was ordained a priest on March 19, 1950. He was named a bishop in 1975 and elevated to the College of Cardinals in 1988.

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