Dino Monduzzi
Dino Cardinal Monduzzi ( born April 2, 1922 in Brisighella, Ravenna, Italy, † 13 October 2006 in the Vatican City) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Life
Dino Monduzzi studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the Pontifical Athenaeum in Faenza and Lateran in Rome and received on 22 September 1945 Giuseppe Battaglia the sacrament of ordination to the priesthood for the Diocese of Faenza. After further study, he obtained his doctorate at the Pontifical Lateran Athenaeum a doctorate in law. He became involved in Catholic Action, whose social order he supported when deployed in Calabria and Sardinia.
In 1959 he became secretary of the Cardinal Chamberlain's office. As part of the reform of the Roman Curia, he was appointed in 1967 to the Secretary of the Apostolic Palace. On June 5, 1970 he was awarded by Pope Paul VI. the title of Honorary Prelate of His Holiness.
On 18 December 1985, Pope John Paul II appointed titular bishop of Capreae and Prefect of the Papal Household, which he was involved, among others, in the preparation of many foreign trips of the Pope. He received his episcopal consecration John Paul II on 6 January 1986 in St. Peter's Basilica; Co-consecrators were the Archbishops Eduardo Martínez Somalo Curia and José Tomás Sánchez.
On reaching the age limit of 75 years, he retired from his managery Curia Bishop on February 7, 1998. A few days later, on 21 February 1998, Pope John Paul II was a cardinal deacon with the title Diakonia San Sebastiano al Palatino to the College of Cardinals.
At Conclave 2005, in which Benedict XVI. was elected, he did not attend because he had already completed at this time 80 years of age and thus lost the active papal election law.