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((Short description|Italian cardinal))
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|type                = Cardinal
|honorific_prefix    = [[His Eminence]]
|name                = Dino Staffa
|title               = [[Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura]]
|image       = Dino Staffa.jpg
|alt         =
|caption     = Dino Staffa (between 1960 and 1970) 
|church              = [[Roman Catholic Church]]
|appointed           = 26 March 1969
|term_end            = 7 August 1977
|predecessor         = [[Francesco Roberti]]
|successor           = [[Pericle Felici]]
|other_post          = [[Santa Maria sopra Minerva|Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva]] (1976–77)
|ordination          = 25 May 1929
|ordained_by         = Paolino Giovanni Tribbioli
|consecration        = 28 October 1960
|consecrated_by      = [[Pope John XXIII]]
|cardinal            = 26 June 1967
|created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Paul VI]]
|rank                = [[Cardinal-priest]]
|birth_name          = Dino Staffa
|birth_date          = 14 August 1906
|birth_place         = Santa Maria in Fabriago, [[Imola]], [[Kingdom of Italy]]
|death_date          = ((Death date and age|df=y|1977|08|07|1906|08|14))
|death_place         = [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|parents             = Domenico Staffa<br />Emilia Gualandi
|previous_post       = ((unbulleted list|[[Secretariat of State (Holy See)|Consultant of Justice of the Secretariat of State]] (1958–67)|[[Congregation for Catholic Education|Secretary of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities]] (1958–67)|[[Caesarea in Palaestina (diocese)|Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Palaestina]] (1960–67)|Pro-Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura (1967–69)|[[Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re|Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re]] ''[[pro hac vice]]'' (1967–76)))
|alma_mater          = [[Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare]]
|motto               = ''Lex Tua lux mea'' ))

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'''Dino Staffa''' (14 August 1906 &ndash; 7 August 1977) was an [[Italian people|Italian]] [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He served as [[prefect]] of the [[Apostolic Signatura]] from 1967 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1967.

==Biography==
===Early life and ordination===
Dino Staffa was born in [[Santa Maria in Fabriago]], [[Lugo, Emilia-Romagna|Lugo]], to Domenico and Emilia (née Gualandi) Staffa. He studied at the [[seminary]] in [[Imola]] from 1917 to 1922, and then entered the Pontifical Regional Seminary of [[Bologna]], where the future [[Marcello Mimmi|Marcello Cardinal Mimmi]] was [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]]. After earning his [[Doctor of Theology|doctorate in theology]], Staffa was [[Holy orders in the Catholic Church|ordained]] to the [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priesthood]] by Bishop [[Paolino Tribbioli]], [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|OFM Cap]], on 25 May 1929.

===Pastoral work===
He then did [[Parish (Catholic Church)|pastoral work]] in Imola until 1931, and furthered his studies at the [[Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare]] in [[Rome]], from where he obtained a [[Doctor of Canon and Civil Law|doctorate in canon and civil law]] in 1933. While performing pastoral ministry in Rome from 1933 to 1950, Staffa was raised to the rank of [[monsignor|privy chamberlain of his holiness]] on 4 January 1936.

===Curial work===
He taught history of [[Canon law (Catholic Church)|canon law]] at the [[Pontifical Lateran University]] from 1941 to 1944, when he was made [[Auditor (ecclesiastical)|auditor]] of the [[Roman Rota]] in the [[Roman Curia]] on 20 November. Staffa was named [[Secretary (title)|secretary]] of the [[Congregation for Catholic Education|Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities]] on 18 December 1958. In this position, he would serve as the second-highest official of that [[dicastery]], under Cardinal [[Giuseppe Pizzardo]].

===Archbishop===
On 3 September 1960 Staffa was appointed [[Titular bishop|Titular Archbishop]] [[Archbishop of Caesarea|of Caesarea in Palaestina]] in association with his post as secretary of Seminaries and Universities. He received his [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|episcopal consecration]] on the following 28 October from [[Pope John XXIII]], with Archbishop [[Diego Venini]] and Bishop [[Benigno Carrara]] serving as [[Consecrator|co-consecrators]], in [[St. Peter's Basilica]]. From 1962 to 1965, Staffa attended the [[Second Vatican Council]].

===Cardinal===
[[Pope Paul VI]], whose reign Staffa predicted to be "truly great",<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121018155811/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,834370-4,00.html "Reluctant Revolutionary"]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. September 24, 1965.</ref> later named him as [[Promagistrate|pro]]-[[prefect]] of the [[Apostolic Signatura]] on 7 April 1967, and created him [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal priest]] of [[List of titular churches in Rome|S. Cuore di Cristo Re]] in the [[Papal consistory|consistory]] of 26 June 1967. 

Staffa became full prefect of the Apostolic Signatura on 26 March 1969. In 1972, the cardinal lowered the high costs involved in receiving an [[Annulment (Catholic Church)|annulment]] from the Roman Rota.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101022200608/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910484,00.html "Rota Revolt"]. ''Time''. November 13, 1972.</ref>

Staffa was made cardinal priest of [[Santa Maria sopra Minerva]] on 24 May 1976 and later died in Rome seven days short of his 71st birthday. He was buried in his family's [[tomb]] in [[Massa Lombarda]].

==Views==

===Catholic universities===
The archbishop was believed to have written a decree issued by his congregation on 25 May 1963 that demanded that [[Catholic higher education|Catholic universities]] receive the [[Holy See|Vatican]]'s approval before awarding [[honorary degree]]s.<ref name="time-1963-09-20">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930075558/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,870552,00.html "Clear It with the Vatican"]. ''Time''. September 20, 1963.</ref>

===Hans Küng===
After [[Saint Louis University]] in the US state of Missouri granted an honorary [[Doctor of Laws|doctorate of laws]] to the [[Liberalism|liberal]] [[Theology|theologian]] [[Hans Küng]], Staffa claimed that Catholic universities had been giving out several honorary degrees to those "not worthy of merit". He also said that "there are many ''[[Peritus|periti]]'' of the Council who speak stupidities" and that "if we give honorary doctorates to him, it would seem that we approve his ideas".<ref name="time-1963-09-20"/>

===Collegiality===
Not overly supportive of [[Collegiality (Catholic Church)|collegiality]], Staffa once declared that "[[Primacy of Simon Peter|supreme power]] over the entire flock of the faithful was entrusted to [[Saint Peter|Peter]] and Peter alone".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121018155804/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,897019-1,00.html "Council on the Move"]. ''Time''. November 8, 1963.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://webdept.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1967.htm#Staffa Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bstaffa.html Catholic-Hierarchy]

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