Ersilio Tonini Cleric

Ersilio Tonini (20 July 1914 – 28 July 2013) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia from 1975 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994. When Cardinal Paul Augustin Mayer died on 30 April 2010, Cardinal Tonini became the oldest living cardinal. He died on 28 July 2013, a few days after his 99th birthday.

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Ersilio Tonini
Birth dateJuly 20, 1914
Birth place
San Giorgio Piacentino , Kingdom of Italy
Religion
Catholic Church
Date of deathJuly 28, 2013
Place of death
Kingdom of Italy , Ravenna

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