What is Luigi De Magistris (cardinal)?
[[File:Luigi De Magistris (cropped).png|right|thumb|Cardinal De Magistris in 2015]] '''Luigi De Magistris''' (23 February 1926 &ndash; 16 February 2022) was a [[Sardinia]]n prelate of the [[Catholic Church]]. He was Pro-Major Penitentiary of the [[Apostolic Penitentiary]] from 2001 to 2003 after working for more than forty years in the [[Roman Curia]]. He was made a bishop in 1996, an archbishop in 2001, and a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] in 2015. He was born in [[Cagliari, Italy|Cagliari]], [[Sardinia]], Italy.<ref name=OR>{{cite news | access-date = 22 October 2019 | url = http://www.osservatoreromano.va/vaticanresources/pdf/ING_2015_008_2002.pdf | page = 11 | work = L'Osservatore Romano | title = Cardinals Created at the Consistory of 14 February | date = 20 February 2015 | archive-date = 24 June 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160624135837/http://www.osservatoreromano.va/vaticanresources/pdf/ING_2015_008_2002.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> De Magistris died on 16 February 2022 in Cagliari, one week before his 96th birthday.<ref>{{cite news | work = L'Unione Sarda | url = https://www.unionesarda.it/en/sardinia/mourning-for-the-sardinian-church-farewell-to-cardinal-luigi-de-magistris-h33bas2x | title = Mourning for the Sardinian Church: farewell to Cardinal Luigi De Magistris | date= 16 February 2022 | access-date = 16 February 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Lutto nel mondo della chiesa sarda, è morto a Cagliari a 95 anni Luigi De Magistris |url=https://www.castedduonline.it/lutto-nel-mondo-della-chiesa-sarda-e-morto-a-cagliari-a-95-anni-luigi-de-magistris/|access-date=16 February 2022|work=Casteddu Online|date=16 February 2022|lang=it}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:De Magistris, Luigi}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Italian cardinals]] [[Category:People from Cagliari]] {{bio-stub}}