Anastasio Ballestrero, Italian cardinal (born 1913)

Anastasio Ballestrero

Italian cardinal

Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, religious name Anastasio del Santissimo Rosario, was an Italian cardinal and member of the Discalced Carmelites who served as the Archbishop of Turin from 1977 until his resignation in 1989. Ballestrero was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979 and…