See Fundi Name Ubaldo Calabresi Ordination March 27, 1948 Term ended 4 March 2000 Died June 14, 2004 Consecration September 28, 1969 | Nationality Italian Appointed January 23, 1981 Denomination Roman Catholic Predecessor Pio Laghi | |
Other posts Titular Archbishop of Fundi Born 2 January 1925
Sezze Romano, Italy ( 1925-01-02 ) Previous post Apostolic Delegate to Sudan (1969-1972)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sudan (1972-1978)
Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela (1978-1981) | ||
Successor Santos Abril y Castello | ||
Ubaldo Calabresi (2 January 1925 – 14 June 2004) was a Roman Catholic bishop.
Calabresi was born on 2 January 1925 in Sezze Romano, Italy, the fourth of six brothers. He earned degrees in civil and canon law at the Lateran University. He was ordained a priest there on 27 March 1948. On 3 July 1969 he was named Titular Bishop of Fundi and Apostolic Delegate to Sudan. He was consecrated on 28 September 1969 by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot. He later served as Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela from 1978 to 1981 and then as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina from 1981 to 2000.
On 27 June 1992 he was co-consecrator of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, later Pope Francis, as bishop.
He was a participant in the successful Vatican mediation between Argentina and Chile over the Beagle conflict.
He retired on 4 March 2000. He suffered from Parkinson's disease and died in Rome on 14 June 2004.