Rosalio José Castillo Lara

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Rosalio José Cardinal Castillo Lara was born in Saint Casimir, diocese of Maracay, Venezuela, on September 4, 1922. Third son of seven children, he was ordained a priest on September 4, 1949, by his uncle, Monsignor Castillo Hernandez, Archbishop of Caracas. In 1950 he went to Italy to study canon law at the Salesian University in Turin. In September 1954, he was named professor at the faculty of canon law, at first in Turin until 1957, then in Rome until 1965. Elected Bishop of Precausa on March 26, 1973, and promoted to Archbishop on May 26, 1982. Pope John Paul II made him a cardinal during the Consistory of May 25, 1985.

Styles of Rosalio José Cardinal Castillo Lara
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Precausa (titular)

President Emeritus of the Vatican's Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, on October 31, 1990, he was named President of the Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City. Cardinal Castillo Lara is also a member of the Cardinals' Supervisory Commission for the Vatican Bank (Institute for Religious Works, known as IOR).

Preceded by Agnelo Cardinal Rossi

President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See 6 December 1989–24 June 1995

Succeeded by Jose Tomas Cardinal Sanchez