Luigi De Magistris | |
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Cardinal, Pro-Major Penitentiary Emeritus | |
![]() Cardinal De Magistris in 2015 | |
Appointed | 22 November 2001 |
Term ended | 4 October 2003 |
Predecessor | William Wakefield Baum |
Successor | James Francis Stafford |
Other post(s) | Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimo Nome di Gesu e Maria in Via Lata |
Previous post(s) | Regent of Apostolic Penitentiary (1979–2001) Titular Archbishop of Nova (1996–2001) Pro-Major Penitentiary (2001–2003) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 12 April 1952 |
Consecration | 28 April 1996 by Giovanni Canestri |
Created cardinal | 14 February 2015 by Pope Francis |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 16 February 2022 Cagliari, Italy | (aged 95)
Nationality | Italian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Alma mater | University of Cagliari Pontifical Lateran University |
Motto | Iuste Iudica Proximo (Judge thy neighbor justly) |
Coat of arms | ![]() |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
Luigi De Magistris (23 February 1926 – 16 February 2022) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Pro-Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary from 2001 to 2003 after working for more than forty years in the Roman Curia, more than twenty of them in the Apostolic Penitentiary. He was made a bishop in 1996, an archbishop in 2001, and a cardinal in 2015.