Angelo Sodano

His Eminence Angelo Sodano GCC
Dean of the College of Cardinals
Angelo Sodano in 2016
Province	Diocese of Rome
See	Albano, S. Maria Nuova (in commendam)
Appointed	30 April 2005
Term ended	21 December 2019
Predecessor	Joseph Ratzinger
Successor	Giovanni Battista Re
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova
Orders
Ordination	23 September 1950 by Umberto Rossi
Consecration	15 January 1978 by Antonio Samorè
Created cardinal	28 June 1991 by Pope John Paul II
Rank	Cardinal-Priest (1991–1994) Cardinal-Bishop (1994–2022)
Personal details
Born	(1927-11-23)23 November 1927 Isola d'Asti, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy
Died	27 May 2022(2022-05-27) (aged 94) Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Denomination	Catholic
Previous post(s)	Titular Archbishop of Nova Caesaris (1977–1991) Apostolic Nuncio to Chile (1977–1988) Secretary of the Roman Curia (1988–1989) Official of the Secretariat of State (1989–1991) Secretary of the Secretariat of State (1991–2006) Vice-Dean (Sub-Dean) of the College of Cardinals (2002–2005) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (2005–2019)
Alma mater	Pontifical Gregorian University Pontifical Lateran University
Motto	ut unum sint (that they may be one)
Signature
Coat of arms

Styles of Angelo Sodano
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Albano (suburbicarian), S. Maria Nuova (in commendam)

Angelo Raffaele Sodano, GCC (23 November 1927 – 27 May 2022) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and, from 1991 onward, a cardinal. He was the Dean of the College of Cardinals from 2005 to 2019 and Cardinal Secretary of State from 1991 to 2006; Sodano was the first person since 1828 to serve simultaneously as Dean and Secretary of State.

On 22 June 2006, Pope Benedict XVI accepted Sodano's resignation as Secretary of State, effective on 15 September 2006. He had served in the diplomatic corps of the Holy See since 1959, including a decade as nuncio to Chile from 1978 to 1988. On 21 December 2019, it was reported that Sodano shielded sexually abusive clergy in the Legion of Christ.^[1] On the same day, Pope Francis accepted Sodano's resignation as Dean of the College of Cardinals.