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'''Corrado''' Cardinal '''Bafile''' (born
July 4,
1903) is the oldest
Cardinal in the
Roman Catholic church in modern times.
Born in the archdiocese of L'Aquila,
Italy, he was
ordained a
priest in
Rome in
1936 and worked there until
1960.
In 1960 he was consecrated a
bishop by
Pope John XXIII and named
nuncio to
Germany. He remained in this post until
1975 when
Pope Paul VI named him to head the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and he became a Cardinal in the
consistory of
1976.
He retired from the Curia in
1980 and reached the age limit for voting in papal elections in
1983; he was well enough to be received by
Pope John Paul II on his
100th birthday in
2003.
