What is Ernest Simoni?
[[File:Ernest Simoni.jpg|thumb|200px|Ernest Simoni (2017)]] '''Ernest Simoni Troshani''' (born 18 October 1928) is an [[Albanians|Albanian]] [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He was created a cardinal in a [[Papal consistory|consistory]] held on 19 November 2016 by [[Pope Francis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lastampa.it/2016/10/09/vaticaninsider/ita/vaticano/concistoro-yGa7TbGH2tobKqN9sVRJsO/pagina.html |title=Il Papa annuncia un concistoro per il 19 novembre |publisher=La Stampa | language =it | date= 9 October 2016 |access-date=9 October 2016}}</ref> He was born in [[Troshani]], [[Albania]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{cite web| access-date = 24 October 2017| title= Simoni Card. Ernest |publisher= [[Holy See Press Office]] | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_simoni_e.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 4 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904070458/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_simoni_e.html }} * {{cite news | url = https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2016/10/11/priests-story-persecution-brought-pope-francis-tears-now-hes-making-him-cardinal | work = America | access-date = 24 October 2017 | date= 11 October 2016 | title= This priest's story of persecution brought Pope Francis to tears. Now he's making him a cardinal. | first = Carol | last = Glatz | agency = Catholic News Service}} *[http://www.romereports.com/2016/11/18/the-story-of-the-albanian-martyr-priest-who-will-be-made-a-cardinal-by-pope-francis Speech delivered in September 2014 during the visit of Pope Francis to Albania], ''Rome Reports'', 17 November 2016 {{DEFAULTSORT:Simoni, Ernest}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church]] [[Category:Albanian people]] {{bio-stub}}