Silvio Oddi
Silvio Oddi | |
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| Cardinal-Priest pro hac vice of Sant'Agata de' Goti | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Installed | 28 April 1969 |
| Term ended | 29 June 2001 |
| Predecessor | Enrico Dante |
| Successor | Tomáš Špidlík |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 21 May 1933 by Ersilio Menzani |
| Consecration | 27 September 1953 by Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (later John XXIII) |
| Created cardinal | 28 April 1969 by Pope Paul VI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi 14 November 1910 Morfasso, near Piacenza, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 29 June 2001 (aged 90) Cortemaggiore, Italy |
| Buried | Morfasso |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Catholicism |
| Alma mater | Collegio Alberoni Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy |
| Motto | Dominus Fortitudo ("The Lord is (my) strength") |
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Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi (14 November 1910 – 29 June 2001) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and in the Roman Curia. He became a cardinal in 1969 and headed the Congregation for the Clergy from 1979 to 1986.