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Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B.
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, is an Italian prelate and diplomat. A cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, he currently serves as Cardinal Secretary of State and Camerlengo, having previously served as Archbishop of Vercelli from 1991 to 1995, as Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, when Cardinal Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, was Prefect, and Archbishop of Genoa from 2002 to 2006. Bertone was elevated to the cardinalate in 2003. On 10 May 2008, he was named Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati.
Born: | | 2 December 1934; | | Romano Canavese, Piedmont, Italy |
Cardinal Secretary of State Vatican: | | 15 September 2006 |
Cardinal:
| | 21 October 2003 |
Bishop:
| | 1 August 1991 |
Ordination:
| | 1 July 1960 |
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