A priest for 74 years and an archbishop for half a century, Archbishop Angelo Acerbiwill become the oldest member of the College of Cardinals when he is elevated to the realm of red hats at this Sunday’s Consistory.
Archbishop Acerbi was born in Italy on 23 September 1925, in the commune of Sesta Godano, about 37 miles east of Genoa, part of the Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, to which he was ordained in 1948.
He later earned degrees in canon law and theology, and in 1954 he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, marking the beginning of his long diplomatic career.
