Nicolás Fasolino

Cardinal Nicolás Fasolino ( born January 3, 1887 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; † August 13, 1969 in Santa Fe) was Archbishop of Santa Fe.

Life

Nicolás Fasolino studied at the seminary of Buenos Aires and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, the subjects philosophy and Catholic theology. He received on 28 October 1909, the sacrament of Holy Orders, and then worked as a parish priest in the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires. In addition, he taught at the Center for Religious Studies in Buenos Aires. Also, he provided various tasks in the diocesan administration.

1932 gave him Pope Pius XI. the leadership of the diocese of Santa Fe in Argentina. He received the Bischofseihe on December 21, 1932 by Filippo Cortesi, Apostolic Nuncio in Argentina. Co-consecrators were later Cardinal Santiago Luis Copello, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, and Fortunato Devoto, Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires. With the elevation of the Diocese of Santa Fe to the archbishopric, he was also its first archbishop. He founded the Catholic University of Santa Fe. Nicolás Fasolino participated in the years 1962-1965 at the Second Vatican Council.

Pope Paul VI. took him on 26 June 1967 as cardinal priest with the titular church of Beata Maria Vergine Addolorata a Piazza Buenos Aires to the College of Cardinals. Nicolás Fasolino died on August 13, 1969 in Santa Fe and was buried in the local cathedral.