Egano Righi-Lambertini

Egano Righi-Lambertini (22 February 1906 – 4 October 2000) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church.

He spent decades in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and from 1957 to 1974 held a series of appointments as Papal Delegate to Korea and then Papal Nuncio to Lebanon, Chile, Italy, and France. He was made a cardinal in 1979.

Biography Righi-Lambertini was born on 22 February 1906 in Casalecchio di Reno, Italy. He attended the Pontifical Regional Seminary of Bologna and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Bologna on 25 May 1929.

To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1935.

Beginning in 1939,

On 9 July 1960, he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Doclea and Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon.

On 28 October 1960, he received his episcopal consecration from Pope John XXIII.

On 3 December 1963, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Chile.

On 8 July 1967, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Italy.

On 23 April 1969, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to France.

He was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in the consistory held on 30 June 1979 and became Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana. On 24 July 1979, he was named a member of the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church, the Congregation for Bishops, and the Secretariat for Non-Christians.

On 26 November 1990, he exercised his option to take the title Cardinal-Priest and was assigned the titular church of Santa Maria in Via.

He died in Rome on 4 October 2000 and his remains were interred in the cemetery of the town where he was born.