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Giuseppe Caprio (15 November 1914 – 15 October 2005), was an Italiancardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.[1] He held the post of President of thePrefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See before he retired in 1990.
Caprio was born just outside Naples and studied at the Gregorian University in Rome before being ordained in 1938.[2] He worked in China for four years before being posted to Vietnam and Taiwan.[3]
He was theinternuncio, thenpro-nuncio, to China from 1959 to 1967, and thepro-nuncio to India from 1967 to 1969.
He then transferred to theRoman Curia, serving as secretary of theAdministration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, then to theSecretariat of State, where he worked forPope John Paul I before being appointed President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See in 1979, and then to the presidency of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See in 1981.
He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979, becomingCardinal-Deacon ofS. Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana.[1] He was CardinalProtodeacon from 22 June 1987.
Cardinal Caprio opted for the order of cardinal priests on 26 November 1990, and became theCardinal-Priest of the titular church ofSanta Maria della Vittoria.
He was a member of theConstantinian Order.[4] He was also aKnight of St. Januarius.[5]
His motto was "Pax in virtute" (peace in power).[6]
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| Preceded by | Substitute for General Affairs 14 June 1977 – 28 April 1979 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See 28 April 1979 – 30 January 1981 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President for the Prefecture of the Economic Affairs of the Holy See 1981–1990 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Cardinal Protodeacon 22 June 1987 – 26 November 1990 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by |  Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem1988–1995 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Apostolic Pro-nuncio to India 22 Aug 1967 – 19 Apr 1969 | Succeeded by |
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