About Carlo Furno
Carlo Furno (2 December 1921 – 9 December 2015) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. == Early life and career == Furno was born in Bairo, Piedmont, in 1921. He was educated at the diocesan College at Ivrea and later at the Seminary of Ivrea, where he studied philosophy and theology. He was sent to the Theological Faculty, Crocetto Salesian Athenaeum in Turin, (1948–1949) and later the Pontifical Roman Seminary, Rome where he took a doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law, (1953). Furno was summoned to the elite Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Rome from 1951 to 1953 where he took practical courses in diplomacy. After his priestly ordination on 25 June 1944 and six years of pastoral work in his home diocese, he began a career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He worked in a subordinate role in Colombia, Ecuador and Jerusalem, and then in the Secretariat of State. Following these assignments and episcopal consecration on 16 September 1973, he served as Apostolic Nuncio (Papal Ambassador) successively to Peru, Lebanon, Brazil and Italy. == Cardinal == He was created Cardinal-Deacon of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re on 26 November 1994. After ten years he opted to become Cardinal Priest of that church.
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