Ernesto Ruffini [SEP] place of death
Ernesto Ruffini
Ernesto Ruffini (19 January 1888 – 11 June 1967) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Palermo from 1945 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.
Biography.
Ruffini was born in San Benedetto Po in the Province of Mantua, and studied at the diocesan seminary of Mantua, the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Northern Italy (obtaining his licentiate in theology), and the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) (
1904)
- Cardinal Alessandro Lualdi (14 Nov 1904 – 12 Nov 1927 Died)
- Cardinal Luigi Lavitrano (29 Sep 1928 – Dec 1944 Resigned)
- Cardinal Ernesto Ruffini (11 Oct 1945 – 11 Jun 1967 Died)
- Cardinal Francesco Carpino (26 Jun 1967 – 17 Oct 1970 Resigned)
- Cardinal Salvatore Pappalardo (17 Oct 1970 – 4 Apr 1996)
- Cardinal Salvatore De Giorgi (4 Apr 1996 – 19 Dec 2006 Retired)
- Cardinal Paolo Romeo (19 Dec 2006