Antonio Riberi

Antonio Riberi (June 15, 1897—December 16, 1967) was a Monacan Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the fifth Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland and later as Nuncio to Spain from 1962 until his death. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1967.

Biography

Born in Monte Carlo, Antonio Riberi studied at the seminary in Cuneo, Italy, and the Pontifical Gregorian University and Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome, where he was ordained to the priesthood on June 29, 1922. He then furthered his studies until 1925 at the Institute of Social Sciences in Bergamo. From 1925 to 1930, Riberi served as attaché and secretary of the Bolivian nunciature. He was raised to the rank of a Honorary Chamberlain of His Holiness on May 1, 1925, and made counselor of the nunciature to......
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