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Italian cardinal. Dean of the College of Cardinals from 2005 to 2019, and Cardinal Secretary of State from 1991 to 2006; Sodano was the first person since 1828 to serve simultaneously as Dean and Secretary of State.

 

SP - Signed Photograph: 4"x6" color glossy signed in blue marker pen. Excellent.

 

On 22 June 2006, Pope Benedict XVI accepted Sodano's resignation as Secretary of State, effective on 15 September 2006. He had served in the diplomatic corps of the Holy See since 1959, including a decade as nuncio to Chile from 1978 to 1988. 

 

Sodano's once powerful hold on the papacy was tarnished by his mistaken support of Father Marcial Maciel who was found guilty of paedophilia.

SODANO, ANGELO (1923-2022)

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