- Gilberto Agustoni
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cardinal name=Attilio Nicora
dipstyle=His Eminence
offstyle=Your Eminence
See=Caprulae (titular see )|Gilberto Agustoni (born
July 26 ,1922 inSchaffhausen ,Switzerland ) is a Swiss prelate, the formerprefect of theApostolic Signatura and a Cardinal-Deacon theRoman Catholic Church . [ [http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=147 Cardinal Agustoni bio] ]Life
He was ordained on
20 April 1946 inBasel ,Switzerland . On18 December 1986 Pope John Paul II appointed himTitular Bishop of Caprulae and that same day making him Secretary of theCongregation of the Clergy within theRoman Curia . On2 April 1992 Pope John Paul appointed him Pro-Prefect ofApostolic Signatura . He maintained this position until he was createdCardinal-Deacon of "Ss. Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta " on26 November 1994 . He became PrefectEmeritus of the Apostolic Signatura on5 October 1998 . Like all Cardinal-Deacons he took the option of becoming aCardinal-Priest , doing so in early 2005.Ottaviani Intervention
He was secretary to Cardinal
Alfredo Ottaviani at the time of theOttaviani Intervention . Jean Madiran, a critic of the reforms of Vatican II [ [http://certitudes.free.fr/nrc11/nrc11002.htm Je suis un témoin à charge contre mon temps ] ] and editor of the French journal "Itinéraires", claimed that this letter was fraudulently presented to the elderly and already blind cardinal for his signature by his secretary Msgr Agustoni, and that Agustoni resigned shortly afterwards. [ [http://www.angeluspress.org/angelus/1983_May/Ottaviani_Intervention_Pt1.htm The Ottaviani Intervention - Part I] , by Michael Davies] No confirmation of this story by the cardinal himself was published. Monsignor Agustoni resigned as Cardinal Ottaviani's secretary in 1970 to join the Ecclesiastical Magistrature as Prelate Auditor of the Tribunal of theRoman Rota [ [http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=147 Cardinals of the Catholic Church] ] and there is no evidence to suggest his departure was anything more than a routine change of assignment. Furthermore, Jean Madiran admits that he was not in the room to see this alleged deception of Cardinal Ottaviani. [ [http://www.angeluspress.org/angelus/1983_May/Ottaviani_Intervention_Pt1.htm The Ottaviani Intervention - Part 1] , by Michael Davies]References
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