Giacomo Cardinal Biffi (born in Milan on June 13, 1928). Appointed an auxiliary bishop there in 1975, in 1984 the sudden death of Enrico Manfredini of Bologna opened the way for Biffi to become Archbishop there, and he was elevated to Cardinal in the consistory of 1985. He retired from the archdiocese in December 2003, being succeeded by Carlo Caffarra. Location within Italy Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese dialect: Milán) is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed region in Italy. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... This page is about the year 1984. ... Bologna (from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. ... In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop heading a diocese of particular importance due to either its size, history, or both, called an archdiocese. ... A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking just below the Pope and appointed by him as a member of the College of Cardinals during a consistory. ... // Antiquity Originally, the Latin word consistorium meant simply sitting together, just as the Greek syn(h)edrion (from which the Biblical sanhedrin was a corruption). ... This article is about the year. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2000, Cardinal Biffi told a Bologna conference that the Antichrist was alive, a prominent philanthropist promoting the ideas of ecumenism, vegetarianism, and pacifism, although he declined to name an individual. [1] This article is about the year 2000. ... In Christian eschatology, the Antichrist has come to mean a person, image of a person, or other entity that is the embodiment of evil and utterly opposed to truth, while convincingly disguised as wholly good and a bringer of truth. ...

Biffi was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI. The following were the cardinal electors in the 2005 papal conclave. ... The Papal conclave of 2005 began on April 18, 2005 and ended the next day after four ballots. ... Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: ; born April 16, 1927, as Joseph Alois Ratzinger in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, Germany) is the 265th reigning pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City. ...