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Key facts
- Appointed
- 15 September 2006
- Term ended
- 1 October 2011
- Predecessor
- Edmund Szoka
- Successor
- Giuseppe Bertello
- Other post
- Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio " pro hac vice "
- Ordination
- 29 April 1960, by Ugo Poletti
- Consecration
- 6 January 1989, by Pope John Paul II
- Created cardinal
- 24 November 2007, by Pope Benedict XVI
- Rank
- Cardinal-Deacon (2007–18), Cardinal-Priest (from 2018)
- Born
- Giovanni Lajolo , ( 1935-01-03 ) 3 January 1935 (age 91) , Novara , Italy
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Alma mater
- Pontifical Roman Seminary Pontifical Gregorian University LMU Munich Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Giovanni
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Novara
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
- Educated at
- University of Turin
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- 2013 conclave
- Image
- Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo.JPG
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- Giovanni Lajolo
- date of birth
- 1935-01-03
- consecrator
- Edward Cassidy
- ethnic group
- Italians
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- Giovanni Lajolo
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Encyclopedic overview
Giovanni Lajolo (born 3 January 1935) is an Italian cardinal and former president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and president of the Governorate of Vatican City State.
Early life and ordination
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