Styles of Attilio Cardinal Nicora
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Caprulae (titular see)

Gilberto Cardinal Agustoni (born July 26, 1922 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland) is a Swiss prelate, the former prefect of the Apostolic Signatura and a Cardinal-Deacon the Roman Catholic Church.^[1] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (550x741, 86 KB) Description: Vestments of a cardinal: red cassock, rochet trimmed with lace, red chimere, apostolical cross. ... A style of office, or honorific, is a form of address which by tradition or law precedes a reference to a person who holds a title or post, or to the political office itself. ... When first appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Honolulu in Hawaii, Joseph Anthony Ferrario became a titular bishop of the titular see of the ancient Egyptian city of Cusae. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Schaffhausen (German:  , French: Schaffhouse, Italian: Sciaffusa) is a city in northern Switzerland and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimated population of 33,527 as of March 31, 2005. ... A prefect (from the Latin praefectus, perfect participle of praeficere: make in front, i. ... The Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura is the administrative appellate tribunal of the Holy See and, consequently, the highest judicial authority of the Roman Catholic Church outside of the Pope himself. ... A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually a bishop, of the Roman Catholic Church, a member of the College of Cardinals which as a body elects a new pope. ... The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church (see terminology below) is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus Christ and led by the Twelve Apostles, in particular Saint Peter. ...

Life

He was ordained on 20 April 1946 in Basel, Switzerland. On 18 December 1986 Pope John Paul II appointed him Titular Bishop of Caprulae and that same day making him Secretary of the Congregation of the Clergy within the Roman Curia. On 2 April 1992 Pope John Paul appointed him Pro-Prefect of Apostolic Signatura. He maintained this postion until he was created Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta on 26 November 1994. He became Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura on 5 October 1998. Like all Cardinal-Deacons he took the option of becoming a Cardinal-Priest, doing so in early 2005. April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Basel (British English traditionally: Basle and more recently Basel , German: Basel , French: Bâle , Italian: Basilea ) is Switzerlands third most populous city (166,563 inhabitants (2004); 690,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerlands second-largest urban area... In the Gregorian Calendar, December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years), at which point there will be 13 days remaining to the end of the year. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Coat of Arms of Pope John Paul II. The Letter M is for Mary, the mother of Jesus, to whom he held strong devotion Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), (Italian: Giovanni Paolo II), born   [] (May 18, 1920, Wadowice, Poland – April 2, 2005, Vatican City) reigned as Pope of the Roman... Bishop Richard Pates, current auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and the Titular Bishop of Suacia. ... The Roman Curia - usually (but simplistically) called the Vatican - is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See, coordinating and providing the necessary organisation for the correct functioning of the Catholic Church and the achievement of its goals. ... April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura is the administrative appellate tribunal of the Holy See and, consequently, the highest judicial authority of the Roman Catholic Church outside of the Pope himself. ... The Cardinal Deacons are the lowest-ranked of the three orders of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Emeritus (IPA pronunciation: or ) is an adjective that is used in the title of a retired professor, bishop or other professional. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (279th in Leap years). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Cardinal Priests are the most numerous of the three orders of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Ottaviani Intervention

He was secretary to Alfredo Ottaviani during the Ottaviani Intervention. Jean Madiran, a critic of the reforms of Vatican II ^[2] and editor of the French journal Itinéraires, claimed that this letter was fraudulently presented to the elderly and already blind cardinal for his signature by his secretary Msgr Agustoni, and that Agustoni resigned shortly afterwards;^[3] but no confirmation of this story by the cardinal himself was ever published.^{[citation needed]} Monsignor Agustoni resigned as Cardinal Ottaviani's secretary in 1970 to join the Ecclesiastical Magistrature as Prelate Auditor of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota ^[4] and there is no evidence to suggest his departure was anything more than a routine change of assignment. Furthermore, Jean Madiran admits that he was not in the room to see this alleged deception of Cardinal Ottaviani. ^[5] Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani (29 October 1890 - 3 August 1979) was Secretary of the Holy Office of the Roman Curia from 1959 to 1966 when that dicastery was reorganized as the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, in which he served as Pro-Prefect, until 1968. ... The Ottaviani Intervention was a letter written by Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani to Pope Paul VI warning him against the implementation of the Novus Ordo Mass Text of The Ottaviani Intervention Categories: Catholic-related stubs | Second Vatican Council | Catholic Traditionalism ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The Sacra Rota Romana or Sacred Roman Rota is the second highest tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church. ...

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