Background
CAPRIO, H.E. Cardinal Giuseppe was born on November 15, 1914 in Lapio, Avellino.
CAPRIO, H.E. Cardinal Giuseppe was born on November 15, 1914 in Lapio, Avellino.
Diocesan and Regional Seminaries, Benevento, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Rome.
Internuncio China residence, Taiwan, 1959—1967. Ordained titular archbishop Apollonia, 1961. Pro-nuncio India, 1967—1969.
Secretary Administration Patrimony Holy See, 1969—1977, president, 1979—1981. Substitute secretary state, 1977—1979. Created cardinal, 1979.
Deacon St. Mary Auxiliatrix Via Tuscolana. President Prefecture Economic Affairs Holy See, 1981—1990, president emeritus, from 1990. With diplomatic missions, 1947-1951, China, with diplomatic missions, 1951-1954, Belgium, with diplomatic missions, 1954-1956, South Vietnam.
Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, 1938. Member of commission Revision Code Canon Law, Congregation Evangelization Peoples.