Background
Rossi, Opilio Cardinal was born on May 14, 1910 in New York City. Naturalized, Italy.
Rossi, Opilio Cardinal was born on May 14, 1910 in New York City. Naturalized, Italy.
Italian citizen.
Ordained priestRoman Catholic Church, 1933. Served in nunciatures in Belgium, Netherlandsand Federal Republic Germany, 1938-1953. Titular archbishop of Ancyra, 1953.
Nuncio in Ecuador, 1953-1959, in Chile, 1959-1961, in Austria, 1961-1976.
Cardinal, 1976; cardinal presbyter South. Lorenzo, Lucina, 1987.