Leonardo Sandri

Leonardo Sandri (born 18 November 1943) is an Argentine Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He has been the Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches since June 2007 and a cardinal since November 2007. On 24 January 2020, Pope Francis approved his election as Vice Dean of the College of Cardinals.

His Eminence Leonardo Sandri
Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, 11 October 2014
Appointed	9 June 2007
Predecessor	Ignatius Daoud
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Bishop of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari Vice Dean of the College of Cardinals
Previous post(s)	Titular Archbishop of Aemona (1997–2007) Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela (1997–2000) Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico (2000) Substitute of the Secretariat of State (2000–2007)
Orders
Ordination	2 December 1967 by Juan Carlos Aramburu
Consecration	11 October 1997 by Angelo Sodano
Created cardinal	24 November 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI
Rank	Cardinal deacon (2007–2018) Cardinal priest (2018) Cardinal bishop (2018–present)
Personal details
Born	(1943-11-18) 18 November 1943 (age 81) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality	Argentine
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Motto	Ille fidelis (He [remains] faithful; 2 Timothy 2:13)
Coat of arms

He was mentioned in the press as a possible candidate for election to the papacy at the time of the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI in 2013.^[1][2][3][4]