births
October 25, 1923
Achille Silvestrini, Italian prelate (died 2019)
Achille Silvestrini
Achille Silvestrini was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served in the Vatican diplomatic corps, either in Rome or abroad, from 1953 to 1990, and later as Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches from 1991 to 2000.