Born:Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi, (1910-11-14)14 November 1910, Morfasso, near Piacenza, Kingdom of Italy
Died:29 June 2001(2001-06-29) (aged 90), Cortemaggiore, Italy
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Motto:Dominus Fortitudo, ("The Lord is (my) strength")
Buried:Morfasso
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Installed:28 April 1969
Successor:Tomáš Špidlík
Alma mater:Collegio Alberoni, Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
Ordination:21 May 1933, by Ersilio Menzani
Term ended:29 June 2001
Nationality:Italian
Predecessor:Enrico Dante
Consecration:27 September 1953, by Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (later John XXIII)
Denomination:Catholicism
Previous posts:Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine (1953–1957), , Titular Archbishop of Mesmbria (1953–1969), , Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium (1962–1969), , Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg (1962–1969), , President of the Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii and Loreto (1969–1974), , Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy (1979–1986), , Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1984–1987)