Giuseppe Caprio

{{Short description|Italian cardinal}}

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{{Infobox Christian leader

|type = Cardinal

|honorific_prefix = His Eminence

|name = Giuseppe Caprio

|title = Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

|church = Roman Catholic Church

|appointed = 14 December 1988

|term_end = 21 December 1995

|predecessor = Maximilien de Fürstenberg

|successor = Carlo Furno

|other_post = Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria (1990–2005)

|ordination = 17 December 1938

|ordained_by = Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani

|consecration = 14 December 1961

|consecrated_by = Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian

|cardinal = 30 June 1979

|created_cardinal_by = Pope John Paul II

|rank = Cardinal-Deacon (1979–90)
Cardinal-Priest (1990–2005)

|birth_name = Giuseppe Caprio

|birth_date = 15 November 1914

|birth_place = Lapio, Benevento, Kingdom of Italy

|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2005|10|15|1914|11|15}}

|death_place = Rome, Italy

|previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Apostolic Internuncio to China (1959–66)|Titular Archbishop of Apollonia (1961–79)|Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to China (1966–67)|Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India (1967–69)|Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (1969–77)|Substitute for General Affairs (1977–79)|Pro-President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (1979)|Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana (1979–90)|President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (1979–81)|President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (1981–90)|Protodeacon (1987–90)}}

|alma_mater = Pontifical Gregorian University
Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles

|motto = Pax in virtute

|coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Giuseppe Caprio OESSJ.svg }}

{{infobox cardinal styles

| name = Giuseppe Caprio

| image = Coat of arms of Giuseppe Caprio OESSJ.svg

| image_size = 100px

| dipstyle = His Eminence

| offstyle = Your Eminence

| relstyle = Cardinal}}

Giuseppe Caprio (15 November 1914 – 15 October 2005), was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.[https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_caprio_g.html Vatican Press Office, Caprio Card. Giuseppe] He held the post of President of the Prefecture 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.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/cardinal-giuseppe-caprio-321990.html Independent Newspaper website, Cardinal Giuseppe Caprio, article dated 25 October, 2005] He worked in China for four years before being posted to Vietnam and Taiwan.[https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=CATHNWP20051027-01.2.23.8&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- The Catholic News Archive website, Cardinal Giuseppe Caprio, article published in The Catholic Northwest Progress, Volume 108, Number 38, 27 October 2005]

He was the internuncio, then pro-nuncio, to China from 1959 to 1967, and the pro-nuncio to India from 1967 to 1969.

He then transferred to the Roman Curia, serving as secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, then to the Secretariat of State, where he worked for Pope 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, becoming Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana. He was Cardinal Protodeacon from 22 June 1987.

Cardinal Caprio opted for the order of cardinal priests on 26 November 1990, and became the Cardinal-Priest of the titular church of Santa Maria della Vittoria.

He was a member of the Constantinian Order.[https://constantinianorder.net/ordine-costantiniano-ed-il-collegio-cardinalizio/ Constantinian Order website, The Constantinian Order and the College of Cardinals] He was also a Knight of St. Januarius.[http://borbone-due-sicilie.org/the-royal-orders/st-januarius/news/h-e-giuseppe-cardinal-caprio-knight-of-st-janu.html Borbone Due Sicilie website, Biography]

His motto was "Pax in virtute" (peace in power).[https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/homilies/2005/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20051018_funeral-card-caprio.html Vatican Press Office website, Funeral Mass for Cardinal Giuseppe Caprio]