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giuseppe sensi

giuseppe maria sensi -lrb- 27 may 1907 -- 26 july 2001 -rrb- was a cardinal of the roman catholic church who served as a longtime vatican diplomat .
sensi was born in cosenza , italy as the sixth of ten children of a prominent local politician .
he was ordained a priest in december 1929 at the age of 22 and by 1934 he was part of the diplomatic service for the holy see -- where he was to remain for the rest of his life as a priest .
he worked in minor roles in many nunciatures before he became an observer for the holy see with the united nations in 1953 .
on 21 may 1955 pope pius xii appointed him titular archbishop of sardes and apostolic nuncio to costa rica .
he remained in costa rica until 1957 when he was appointed apostolic delegate to jerusalem and palestine .
pope paul vi appointed archbishop sensi on 10 may 1962 to be the sixth apostolic nuncio to ireland .
he remained in ireland until 1967 when he was transferred to portugal .
in 1976 was appointed to the roman curia and on 24 may 1976 he was created and proclaimed cardinal-deacon of `` santi biagio e carlo ai catinari '' by pope paul at the age of 69 .
he took part in both of the conclaves of 1978 that elected pope john paul i and his successor pope john paul ii .
after ten years as a cardinal deacon he took the option of becoming a cardinal-priest on 22 june 1987 , becoming cardinal-priest of `` regina apostolorum '' .
he died at the age of 94 in 2001 .
