CARDINAL GIUSEPPE MARIA SENSI DIES AT AGE 94

VATICAN CITY, JUL 26, 2001 (VIS) - Cardinal Giuseppe Maria Sensi died this morning in a Rome hospital at the age of 94. Born in Cosenza, Italy in 1907, he was ordained a priest on December 21, 1929 and a bishop on July 24, 1955. Pope Paul VI made him a cardinal in the consistory of May 24, 1976.

Cardinal Sensi's priestly life was dedicated to the Holy See's diplomatic service. Over the years he worked not only in the Vatican's Secretariat of State but also in the nunciatures in Bucarest, Berne, Brussels, and Prague. He was also permanent observer to UNESCO, the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The cardinal served as nuncio in Costa Rica, apostolic delegate in the Holy Land, and apostolic nuncio in Ireland and Portugal.

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