Luigi De Magistris (cardinal)

Catholic archbishop

Luigi De Magistris (23 February 1926 – 16 February 2022) was a Sardinian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Pro-Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary from 2001 to 2003 after working for more than forty years in the Roman Curia. He was made a bishop in 1996, an archbishop in 2001, and a cardinal in 2015. He was born in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.[1]

Cardinal De Magistris in 2015

De Magistris died on 16 February 2022 in Cagliari, one week before his 96th birthday.[2][3]

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  1. "Cardinals Created at the Consistory of 14 February" (PDF). L'Osservatore Romano. 20 February 2015. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. "Mourning for the Sardinian Church: farewell to Cardinal Luigi De Magistris". L'Unione Sarda. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  3. "Lutto nel mondo della chiesa sarda, è morto a Cagliari a 95 anni Luigi De Magistris". Casteddu Online (in Italian). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.