Antonio Caggiano


Antonio Caggiano
Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseBuenos Aires
Installed15 August 1959
Term ended22 April 1975
PredecessorSantiago Copello
Fermín Lafitte (ad interim)
SuccessorJuan Carlos Aramburu
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Orders
Ordination23 March 1912
Consecration17 March 1935
by Filippo Cortesi
Created cardinal18 February 1946
by Pius XII
RankCardinal priest
Personal details
Born
Antonio Caggiano

(1889-01-30)January 30, 1889
Coronda, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
DiedOctober 23, 1979(1979-10-23) (aged 90)
Buenos Aires
BuriedBuenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral
DenominationCatholic
Alma materSeminary of Santa Fe
Styles of
Antonio Caggiano
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeBuenos Aires

Antonio Caggiano (30 January 1889 – 23 October 1979) was an archbishop and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Argentina. He played a part in helping Nazi sympathisers and war criminals escape prosecution in Europe by easing their passage to South America.


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