Background
Montezemolo, Andrea Cardinal Cordero Lanza di was born on August 27, 1925 in Torino, Italy.
Montezemolo, Andrea Cardinal Cordero Lanza di was born on August 27, 1925 in Torino, Italy.
Degree in Architect, Rome, 1949. Bachelor in Philosophy, Pontifical Gregorian University, 1952. Licentiate in Theology, Pontifical Gregorian University, 1954.
Attended, Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, 1957—1959. Degree in Canon Law, Pontifical Lateran University, 1959.
Ordained priest, 1954. Member apostolic delegation to Mexico Secretariat of State, Vatican City, 1960—1964, member apostolic nunciature to Japan, 1964—1965, member apostolic nunciature to Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania, 1965—1968, member council for public affairs, 1968—1972. From undersecretary to secretary Pontifical Commission for Justice & Peace, Vatican, 1972—1977.
Ordained bishop, 1977. Archbishop, apostolic pro-nuncio to Papua New Guinea, 1977—1980. Apostolic delegate Solomon Islands, 1977—1980.
Apostolic nuncio to Nicaragua & Honduras, 1980—1986. Apostolic nuncio to Uruguay, 1986—1990. Apostolic delegate in Jerusalem & Palestine, 1990—1998.
Apostolic pro-nuncio to Cyprus, 1990—1998. Apostolic nuncio to Israel, 1994—1998. Apostolic nuncio to Italy, 1998—2001.
Apostolic nuncio to San Marino, 1998—2001. Apostolic nuncio emeritus, since 2001. Archpriest Pontifical Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, Rome, 2005—2009, archpriest emeritus, since 2009.
Elevated to cardinal, 2006. Cardinal-deacon S. Maria in Portico, since 2006.