Giuseppe Maria Sensi (27 May 1907 – 26 July 2001) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as a longtime Vatican diplomat.
Sensi was born in Cosenza, Italy, on 27 May 1907,[1] the sixth of ten children of a prominent local politician.
[citation needed] Pope Pius XII named him Permanent Observer of the Holy See to UNESCO on 21 May 1953.
[3] On 21 May 1955 Pope Pius XII appointed him Titular Archbishop of Sardes and Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica.
[1] On 24 May 1976 he was created Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari by Pope Paul at the age of 69.