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February 22, 2014 (I)
(1) 1. Pietro Parolin, titular archbishop of Acquapendente, secretary of State.
(2) 2. Lorenzo Baldisseri, titular archbishop of Diocleziana, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops.
(3) 3. Gerhard Ludwig Müller, archbishop-bishop emeritus of Regensburg, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, president of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, president of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, and president of the International Theological Commission.
(4) 4. Beniamino Stella, titular archbishop of Midila, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy.
(5) 5. Vincent Gerard Nichols, archbishop of Westminster, England.
(6) 6. Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano, archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua.
(7) 7. Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, of the Secular Institute Pius X, archbishop of Québec, Canada.
(8) 8. Jean-Pierre Kutwa, archbishop of Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
(9) 9. Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist., archbishop of São Sebastião de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
(10) 10. Gualtiero Bassetti, archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy.
(11) 11. Mario Aurelio Poli, archbishop of Buenos Aires, primate of Argentina.
(12) 12 Andrew Yeom Soo jung, archbishop of Seoul, South Korea.
(13) 13. Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B., archbishop of Santiago de Chile, Chile.
(14) 14. Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo, archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
(15) 15. Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I., archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines.
(16) 16. Chibly Langlois, bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti.
(17) 17. Loris Francesco Capovilla, titular archbishop of Messembria, former prelate of Loreto and pontifical delegate to the Shrine Lauretano.
(18) 18. Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F., archbishop emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain.
(19) 19. Kelvin Edward Felix, archbishop emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia.
Birth. January 17, 1955, Schiavon, diocese of Vicenza, Italy. Son of Luigi Parolin, a hardware store manager, who attended Mass daily, and his wife, Ada Miotti, an elementary school teacher. He has one sister Maria Rosa, and a brother, Giovanni, now a magistrate. When he was ten years old, his father died in a car accident in the road between Bassano and Vicenza. Pietro was an altar boy at his parish church and the pastor, Father Augusto Fornasa, grasped and cultivated his vocation to the priesthood.
Education. In 1969, he entered the Seminary of Vicenza; later, two years after ordination, he studied from 1983 to 1986 at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, obtaining a doctorate in canon law, with a thesis on the Synod of Bishops; and at the same time, studied diplomacy at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. While in Rome, he resided at the Pontifical Collegio Teutonico. Besides his native Italian, he knows French, English and Spanish.
Priesthood. Ordained, April 27, 1980, Vicenza, by Arnoldo Onisto, bishop of Vicenza. Incardinated in the diocese of Vicenza. For two years, he was vice pastor of the parish of Santissima Trinità of Schio. Then his bishop sent him to study canon law in Rome with the idea to assign him later to the diocesan tribunal and to the area of family ministry. From Rome came the request to dedicate Father Pietro to the service of the Holy See, and both he and his bishop agreed. Entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on July 1, 1986. Worked in the pontifical representations in Nigeria, from 1986 to 1989, first as adetto and then as secretary; and in México from 1989 to 1992, as secretary. Chaplain of His Holiness, May 14, 1988. Later, he was assigned to the section for the Relations with the States of the Secretariat of State (1992-2002) as secretary of nunciature of first class; and later, as counselor of nunciature of first class. Prelate of honor of His Holiness, February 16, 2000. Named undersecretary of the section for the Relations with the States on November 30, 2002. Counselor to the Superior Council of the Pontifical Missionary Work, of the Propagation of the Faith, of Saint Peter Apostle, of the Holy Infancy and of the Missionary Union. Member of the Permanent Interdicasterial Commission. Member of the Commission for Eastern Europe. Named knight grand cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, by initiative of the president of the Republic, on June 24, 2005.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Acquapendente and named nuncio in Venezuela on August 17, 2009. Consecrated, September 12, 2009, at the papal Vatican Basilica, by Pope Benedict XVI, assisted by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., secretary of State, and by Cardinal William Joseph Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. In the same ceremony were consecrated Gabriele Giordano Caccia, titular archbishop of Sepino, nuncio to Lebanon; Franco Coppola, titular archbishop of Vinda, nuncio to Burundi; Raffaello Martinelli, bishop of Frascati; and Giorgio Corbellini, titular bishop of Abula, president of the Office of Labor of the Apostolic See. His episcopal motto is Quis nos separabit a caritate Christi?. Named secretary of State by Pope Francis on August 31, 2013. Took possession of the post on October 15, 2013. Named member of the Congregation for Bishops on December 16, 2013. On January 15, 2014, he was named member, for the next quinquennium, of the Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR).
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 22, 2014; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of Ss. Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela in that consistory. On May 22, 2014, he was named member of the Congregations for the Oriental Churches, for Bishops, and for the Evangelization of Peoples. Named member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on May 28, 2014. On July 2, 2014, he was named by Pope Francis member of the Council of Cardinals to advise him in the government of the Universal Church and to study a plan for revising the apostolic constitution on the Roman Curia, Pastor Bonus. Participated in Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 5 to 19, 2014, on the theme "The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization". He took possession of the title of Ss. Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela on October 11, 2014. On July 25, 2015, he was named pontifical legate to the celebration of the 5th centennial of the evangelization of the Democratic Republic of Oriental Timor, in program in Díli on August 15, 2015. On April 2, 2016, he was named pontifical legate to the celebratioms that took place in Gniezno and in Poznań on April 14 to 16, 2016, on the occasion of the 1050th anniversary of the Baptism of Poland. On April 9, 2016, he was named pontifical legate to the Lithuanian National Congress on Mercy programmed for May 6 to 8, 2016, in Vilnius. On May 9, 2016, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas at the Presidential Palace in Vilnius. On January 19, 2017, he was named pontifical legate to the celebration of the 25th World Day of the Sick programmed for Lourdes, France, on February 11, 2017. On August 19, 2017, he was named pontifical legate to the celebration of the eighth centenary of the consecration of the Basilica of the Cistertian Abbey of Casamari, Italy, programmed for September 15, 2017. On June 26, 2018, with Rescriptum ex Audentia Ss.mi, Pope Francis decided to co-opt him in the Order of Cardinal Bishops, equating him in all respects to the Cardinals who were given the title of a suburbicarian Church. On November 8, he was named pontifical legate to the celebrations of the 130th anniversary of the Church in Mali, programmed in the Marian Shrine of Kita on November 17 and 18, 2018. On March 23, 2019, the pope named him pontifical legate to the celebrations of the enthronment of King Rama X of Thailand, His Majesty Maha Vajiralongkorn, programmed for Bangkok on May 4-6, 2019. On February 17, 2020, the Pope named him president of Vatican Foundation John Paul I. On October 15, 2020, he was confirmed as member of the Council of Cardinals. On May 4, 2021, he was named Pontifical Legate to preside over the Eucharistic concelebration programmed for July 4, 2021 in the Strasbourg Cathedral, on the occasion of the 1300th anniversary of the death of Saint Odile (St. Ottilia), patron saint of Alsace. On April 30, 2022, he was named papal legate to the 800th anniversary of the dedication of the cathedral of Cosenza programmed for June 25, 2022. On March 6, 2023, the pope confirmed him as member of the Council of Cardinals to assist him in the government of the Universal Church. On March 25, 2023, the pope named him pontifical legate for the opening celebrations of the Jubilar Year Verginiano, for the ninth centennial of the foundation of the Abbey of Santa Maria in Montevergine, Italy, programmed for Sunday May 28, 2023, Solemnity of Pentecost. He will represent Pope Francis at the coronotion of King Charles III in Westminster Abbey, London, England, on May 6, 2023.
Bibliography. Bransom, Jr., Charles N. Revue des ordinations épiscopales. Mango, Florida : Bransom, 2010, n. 19, p. 23.
Webgraphy. Photograph and biography, in Italian, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede; photograph and biography, in English, Holy See Press Office; photograph and biography, in English, Wikipedia; photograph and biography, in Italian, Wikipedia; Interventi del Segretario di Stato, S. Em. Card. Pietro Parolin, Segretaria di Stato, Città del Vaticano;
Birth. September 29, 1940, San Pietro in Campo, Barga, archdiocese of Pisa, Italy. Of a family originally from Camporgiano, with its roots in the small town of Poggio Garfagnana. Youngest of the five surviving children of Giovanni Battista Baldisseri and Gemma Satti (twins died a few days after birth in 1932); his brother Silvio was a priest (+ at 86 on January 6, 2020). He was baptized on the following October 6 by Don Rocco Bonaccorsi.
Education. Elementary studies in the school of S. Pietro in Campo; did the first year of middle school in Barga; in the second year, he entered the Seminary of Pisa, where his brother Silvio was already studying; later, from 1968 to 1969, he was at Convitto S. Carlo al Corso in Rome to study music at the Pontifical Superior Institute of Music, where he studied under Monsignor Domenico Bartolucci, future cardinal, among others (1); he also studied from 1970 to 1973 at the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome, obtaining a licentiate in theology and a doctorate in canon law; he also studied diplomacy at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, obtaining the diploma; and from 1970, he frequented the University of Perugia following juridical and international studies. Besides his native Italian, he knows Spanish and Portuguese.
Priesthood. Ordained, June 29, 1963, at the cathedral of Pisa, by Archbishop Ugo Camozzo of Pisa. Celebrated his first two solemn Masses on June 30 in Loppia di Barga, where Father Silvio was the pastor; and on July 7 in S. Pietro in Campo, his native town. Chaplain in the parish of S. Stefano extra Moena in Pisa until 1966; and from 1966 to 1967 in the parish of Querceta in Versilia. During those years, he studied pianoforte with Enzo Borlenghi and took the exams in the Conservatory Boccherini of Lucca. Further studies in Rome, 1968-1973. Entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1973. Addetto and later secretary in the nunciatures of Guatemala and El Salvador, 1973-1977; he taught canon law and international law at the Salesian International Theological Institute and at the Francisco Marroquín University in Guatemala. Chaplain of His Holiness, January 13, 1974. Secretary of the nunciature in Japan, 1977-1979. Auditor of the nunciature in Brazil, 1980-1982. Auditor of the nunciature in Paraguay, 1983. Auditor of the nunciature in France, 1983-1986. Counselor in the nunciature in Zimbabwe, 1986-1990. Charged with a special mission to Haiti in 1991.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Diocleziana and appointed nuncio to Haiti, January 15, 1992. Consecrated, March 7, 1992, by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, secretary of State, assisted by Justin Francis Rigali, titular archbishop of Bolsena, secretary of the Congregation for Bishops and secretary of the College of Cardinals, and by Alessandro Plotti, archbishop of Pisa. His episcopal motto is Itinere Laete Servire Domino. Nuncio to Paraguay, April 6, 1995. Nuncio to India and Nepal, June 19, 1999. Nuncio to Brazil, November 12, 2002. Named secretary of the Congregation for Bishops, January 11, 2012. Named secretary of the College of Cardinals, March 7, 2012. Secretary of the March 12-13, 2013 conclave; he received either the cardinalitial biretta or the cardinalitial skullcap from new Pope Francis at the end of that conclave. Named secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, September 21, 2013. Member of the Congregation for Bishops, December 16, 2013. Named counselor of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America on January 15, 2014.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of February 22, 2014; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the deaconry of S. Anselmo all'Aventino in that same consistory. Took possession of his deaconry on Sunday May 11, 2014. On May 22, 2014, he was named member of the Congregations for the Causes of Saints and for Bishops; and counselor of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. Named member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on September 13, 2014. Participated in the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 5 to 19, 2014, on the theme "The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization". On February 26, 2016, Pope Francis asked him to deliver the meditations of Good Friday, March 25, 2016, at the Roman Colosseum. On September 15, 2020, the Pope accepted his resignation from the post of secretary general of the Synod of Bishops. On September 29, 2020, he turned eighty years old and lost the right to participate in the conclave.
Webgraphy.
Photograph and biography, in Italian,
Sala Stampa della Santa Sede;
photograph and arms, Araldica Vaticana;
photograph and biography, in English,
Holy See Press Office;
photograph and biography, in English, Wikipedia;
(1) Having a clear "white voice", of which there are recordings, he was a student of singing master Amedeo Salvini (Pisa). He obtained a bachelor of Gregorian Chant at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music (Pims). He was trained in piano, without reaching the diploma, by masters Enzo Borlenghi (Istituto Musicale Luigi Boccherini, Lucca); Bruno Aprea (Pims); Vitória Alfaro (Paraguay); and, in Brazil, by Beatriz Salles, in Brasília; and with orchestra conductor João Carlos Martins, in São Paulo. He has recorded CDs, DVDs and given concerts in Brazil, Portugal and Italy.
Birth. December 31, 1947, Mainz-Finthen, diocese of Mainz, Germany (the Federal Republic of Germany). Son of Martin Müller, a worker in the automotive industry, and Lioba Straub, a housewife. He grew up with his three siblings Hildegard, Antonia and Günter. He added the name Ludwig not to be confused with another Professor Gerhard Müller.
Education. Having completed his school-leaving examination (Abitur) at the Willigis-Gymnasium in Mainz, he studied philosophy and theology at Johannes-Gutenberg-University, Mainz; at Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Münich; and at Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg im Breisgau. He earned a doctorate in theology in 1977 under the supervision of Professor Karl Lehmann, future cardinal; his thesis was "Kirche und Sakramente im religionslosen Christentum. Bonhoeffers Beitrag zu einer ökumenischen Sakramententheologie" ("The Church and Sacraments in Religionless Christendom. Bonhoeffer's contribution to an Ecumenical Sacramental Theology"). He was ordained deacon on September 3, 1977 by Wolfgang Rolly, titular bishop of Taborenta and auxilary of Mainz, in the Augustinerkirche (church of the seminary) in Mainz. He spent his time as deacon in the parish of St. Franziskus in Mainz-Lerchenberg. Besides his native German, he also speaks Italian, English, Spanish, Polish.
Priesthood. Ordained, February 11, 1978, in his home parish, the church of St. Martin in Mainz-Finthen, by Cardinal Hermann Volk, bishop of Mainz. Incardinated in the diocese of Mainz. He celebrated his first Mass in the same church on February 12, 1978; the homiliy was given by Father Karl Lehmann. Chaplain in St. Nikolaus in Klein-Krotzenburg, St. Michael in Bürstadt and St. Joseph in Offenbach as well as religious education teacher at the Wolfgang-Ernst-Gymnasium in Büdingen and the Gymnasium des Wetteraukreises in Nidda. He qualified as professor (Habilitation) in 1985 in Freiburg im Breisgau, again under Professor Karl Lehmann. Thesis: "Gemeinschaft und Verehrung der Heiligen. Geschichtlich-systematische Grundlegung der Hagiologie" ("Community and Veneration of the Saints. The Historical and Systematic Basis of Hagiography"). Just a year later he was appointed professor of Catholic dogmatics at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich, where he remains honorary professor until today. At the age of 38 in 1986, he was one of the youngest professors at Münich's university. Visiting professor at a number of universities: Cusco (Perú), Madrid (Spain), Philadelphia (USA), Kerala (India), Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Salamanca (Spain), Rome (Italy), Lugano (Switzerland) and São Paulo (Brazil). His research work focuses on ecumenism, modern age theology, the Christian understanding of the revelation, theological hermeneutics and ecclesiology (the priesthood and the deaconry). The best-known of his academic publications, now numbering over 400, is his "Katholische Dogmatik. Für Studium und Praxis der Theologie" ("Catholic Dogmatics. For the Study and Practice of Theology"). This 900-page Dogmatics, first published by Herder Verlag in 1995 and now already in its seventh edition, has been translated into Spanish, Italian, Hungarian and Czech. While professor of Dogmatics (1986-2002), he provided pastoral help to the parish of Leiden Christi in Münich, where he celebrated the daily mass as well as marriages and funerals. Member of the Commission for Doctrine and Faith of the German Bishops' Conference since 1990. Member of the International Theological Commission from 1998 to 2002. Member of the International Theological Commission of the Holy See from 1998 to 2003. In 1999, he was appointed as peritus (theological consultant) to the Special Synod of Bishops for Europe. In 2001, he was active as theological consultant to the Synod of Bishops on the subject "The Bishop as Servant of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for World Hope". Appointed honorary member of the Pontificia Academia Sancti Thomae Aquinatis in Rome in 2001 and as corresponding member of the Theology Section of the Real Academia de Doctores de España in Madrid in 2002.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Regensburg, October 1, 2002. Consecrated, November 24, 2002, cathedral of St. Peter, Regensburg, by Cardinal Friedrich Wetter, archbishop of München und Freising, assisted by Cardinal Karl Lehmann, bishop of Mainz, and by Manfred Müller, bishop emeritus of Regensburg. His episcopal motto is Dominus Jesus. As bishop of Regensburg he was Lord High Chancellor of the Academy for Catholic Church Music and Music Education in Regensburg. In 2003, he was decorated with the grand cross of the Order of St. Constantine (Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgi). The Catholic University of Lublin (Poland) awarded him an honorary doctorate in theology on September 14, 2004. In 2005, he participated in the Synod of Bishops on the subject of "The Eucharist, Source and Culmination of the Life and Mission of the Church". From September 11 to 14, 2006, he hosted Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Regensburg. The Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (Poland) awarded him an honorary doctorate in theology on January 9, 2007; as did the Pontifical University of Lima on September 24, 2008. Since 2008 he is member of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. On September 1, 2008, he founded the Pope Benedict XVI Institute in Regensburg, which has edited the publication of the sixteen volume "Collected Writings of Joseph Ratzinger" (Joseph Ratzinger. Gesammelte Schriften: JRGS); Bishop Müller was personally commissioned with the publication of the work by Pope Benedict XVI, who was professor in Regensburg from 1969 to 1977. During his episcopate in Regensburg, he was president of the Commission for Ecumenical Relations of the German Bishops' Conference, head of the Joint Commission of Orthodox Churches of the German Bishops' Conference; and active within the Commission for International Church Affairs as a member of the sub-commission for Development Issues (particularly MISEREOR). In addition, he was president of the Regensburg Association for the Promotion of the Institute of the Eastern Churches. On December 20, 2007, he was appointed member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. On January 17, 2009, he was appointed member of the Pontifical Council for Culture. In 2009, he was decorated with the Merit Cross First Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz I. Klasse des Verdienstordens für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland). On June 12, 2012, he was appointed member of the Congregation for Catholic Education and of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. On July 2, 2012, he was named prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. At the same time, he was appointed archbishop ad personam. As a result of his new role, he was also ex officio president of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, the International Theological Commission and the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei. In addition, on November 24, 2012, he was appointed member of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts. He has written and published numerous works (1). Named member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches on February 19, 2014. Participated in Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 5 to 19, 2014, on the theme "The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization".
Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of February 22, 2014; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the deaconry of S. Agnese in Agone in that same consistory. On May 22, 2014, he was named member of the Congregations the Oriental Churches, for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, and for Catholic Education; and of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and of the Pontifical Council for Culture. On Sunday September 14, 2014, he took possession of the deaconry of S. Agnese in Agone. In November 2016, he received an honorary doctorate from the Croatian Catholic University; he has received honorary degrees from three Polish Catholic universities and one from the University of Lima, Perú. On July 1, 2017, at the end of his five year mandate, he ceased as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and president of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, and of the International Theological Commission. He was succeeded in those charges by Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., titular archbishop of Tibica, until then secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. On June 21, 2021, the pope named him member of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature.
Bibliography. Müller, Gerhard Ludwig ; Granados, Carlos. The Cardinal Müller Report. An Exclusive Interview on the State of the Church. San Francisco, California, Ignatius Press, 2016.
Webgraphy. Photograph
and biography, in Italian, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede;
photograph
and biography, in English, Holy See Press Office;
his arms, Araldica Vaticana;
(1) He has published more than 400 academic publications to date, the majority of which date from his 16 years as professor of Dogmatics at the University of Münich. He
continues his work in the academic sphere even as prefect of the congregation in Rome.
Some of his most important publications are:
1. Bonhoeffers Theologie der Sakramente (= FTS 28), Frankfurt 1979.
2. Für andere da. Christus - Kirche - Gott in Bonhoeffers Sicht der mündig gewordenen Welt (= KKTS 44), Paderborn 1980.
3. Gemeinschaft und Verehrung der Heiligen. Geschichtlich-systematische Grundlegung der Hagiologie, Freiburg 1986.
4. Was heißt: Geboren von der Jungfrau Maria? Eine theologische Deutung (= QD 119), Freiburg 1989.
5. Laét uns mit ihm gehen. Eucharistiefeier als Weggemeinschaft, Freiburg 1990.
6. Was bedeutet Maria uns Christen? Die Antwort des Konzils. Überlegungen zum Marienkapitel der Kirchenkonstitution des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils, Vienna 1994.
7. Christologie - Die Lehre von Jesus Christus, in: Beinert, W. (Hg.), Glaubenszugänge. Lehrbuch der Katholischen Dogmatik 2, Paderborn 1995, 1-297.
8. Katholische Dogmatik. Für Studium und Praxis der Theologie, Freiburg 1995, 21996, 31998, 42001, 52003, 62005, 72007.
9. John Henry Newman begegnen (= Zeugen des Glaubens), Augsburg 2000.
10. Priestertum und Diakonat. Der Empfänger des Weihesakramentes in schöpfungstheologischer und christologischer Perspektive (= Sammlung Horizonte NF 33), Freiburg 2000 (Priesthood and the Diaconate: The Recipient of the Sacrament of Holy Orders from the Perspective of Creation Theology and Christology).
11. Mit der Kirche denken. Bausteine und Skizzen zu einer Ekklesiologie der Gegenwart, Würzburg 2001, 32007.
12. Maria - die Frau im Heilsplan Gottes (= Mariologische Studien XV), Regensburg 2002.
13. Die Messe. Quelle christlichen Lebens, Augsburg 2002.
14. Gustavo Gutiérrez/Gerhard Ludwig Müller, An der Seite der Armen. Theologie der Befreiung, Augsburg 2004.
15. Vom Vater gesandt. Impulse einer inkarnatorischen Christologie für Gottesfrage und Menschenbild, Regensburg 2005.
16. Gott und seine Geschichte. Ein Gespräch über die Bibel, Freiburg 2005.
Birth. August 18, 1941, Pieve di Soligo, diocese of Treviso, Italy. From a family of farmers. Son of Giuseppe Stella and Rosa Pederiva. He is the second of the twelve children of the family. He was baptized on the following day of his birth. His sister Loretta died on January 18, 2022 at 74 years old.
Education. His parish priest was instrumental in his entering the seminary. After finishing secondary education, he went to Rome and entered the Major Roman Seminary, where he studied philosophy and theology; then, studied at the Pontifical Lateran University under Professors Antonio Piolanti, Francesco Spadafora and Roberto Masi, among others; in 1965, his bishop, Albino Luciani of Vittorio Veneto, future Pope John Paul I, sent him to the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Rome, to study diplomacy; he studied at the academy from 1966 to 1970; he obtained a doctorate in canon law. Besides his native Italian, he knows English, French, German and Spanish.
Priesthood. Ordained, March 19, 1966, by his uncle, Costantino Stella, archbishop of L'Aquila. Incardinated in the diocese of Vittorio Veneto. Entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1970. Worked in the nunciatures in the Dominican Republic as adetto from 1970 to 1973; and Zaire as secretary from 1973 to 1976. Named chaplain of His Holiness, September 5, 1974. From 1976 to 1978, he served in the Second Section of the Secretariat of State; then, he worked in the nunciature in Malta, as auditor, from 1978 to 1983; the nuncio was sent away by Malta's prime minister Don Mintoff, and Monsignor Stella stayed there as a chargé d'affaires; in 1983, he was assigned to the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church. Named counselor of nunciature on February 1, 1983.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Midila and appointed nuncio in the Central African Republic, Congo and Chad, August 21, 1987. Consecrated, September 5, 1987, in the patriarchal Vatican Basilica, by Pope John Paul II, assisted by Eduardo Martínez Somalo, titular archbishop of Tagora, substitute of the Secretariat of State, and by Jean Orchampt, bishop of Angers. Nuncio in Cuba, December 15, 1992. Hosted Pope John Paul II during his visit to Cuba in January 1998. Nuncio in Colombia, February 11, 1999. On October 13, 2007, he was named president of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Named prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, September 21, 2013. Named member of the Congregation for Catholic Education on November 30, 2013. Named member of the Congregation for Bishops on December 16, 2013.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of February 22, 2014; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the deaconry of Ss. Cosma e Damiano in that same consistory. On May 22, 2014, he was named member of the Congregations for the Causes of Saints, for Bishops, for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, and for Catholic Education. On Sunday May 25, 2014, at 11:30 a.m., he took possession of the deaconry of Ss. Cosma e Damiano, situated at Via dei Fori Imperiali, 1, Rome. Participated in Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 5 to 19, 2014, on the theme "The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization". Appointed member of the Pontifical Committee for the International Eucharistic Councils on March 10, 2015. Named member of the Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City on June 11, 2016. On July 13, 2016, he was named member of the Secretariat for Communications. On November 22, 2016, he was named member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. On October 4, 2017, he was named member of the Congregation for Catholic Education. The birthplace of Pope John Paul I, bought by Cardinal Stella, was donated by the latter to the diocese of Vittorio Veneto on August 2, 2019. On May 1, 2020, he was named cardinal bishop of the title of the suburbicarian see of Porto-Santa Rufina; he took possession on Sunday April 25, 2021. He ceased as prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy on June 11, 2021; he will remain in charge of the Congregation until the taking of possession of the new prefect, Lazarus You Heung-sik, until then bishop of Daejeon, South Korea. Lost the right to participate in the conclave when turned eighty years old on August 18, 2021.
Webgraphy. Biography, in Italian, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede; photograph and biography, in Italian, L'Osservatore Romano; El primer camino de la Iglesia es el Hombre, Homilía de Mons. Beniamino Stella, Nuncio Apostólico en Cuba, Misa de despedida, La Habana. 21 de abril de 1999, Vitral; Meet Beniamino "Corazón" by Gianni Valente, Vatican Insider, 09/20/2013; The life of the new Prefect of the Clergy, from Luciani to Bergoglio by Gianni Valente, Vatican Insider, 09/30/2013; Meet Beniamino "Corazón", Catholic World News & Thoughts; Monsignor Beniamino Stella, cardinale, YouTube, Jan 13, 2014; "Clericalism is bad for priests and laity" by Andrea Tornielli, Vatican Insider, 02/12/2014; Cardenal Stella: Esperamos reformas a favor de labor pastoral de Iglesia en Cuba by Eduardo Berdejo, ACI, 07 May. 15 / 06:43 pm; Richiamo all'essenziale. Il cardinale Beniamino Stella ad Assisi per la festa di santa Chiara, L'Osservatore Romano, 11 agosto 2016; Quel vento fresco di novità. Albino Luciani ricordato a Canale d’Agordo dal prefetto della Congregazione per il clero, L'Osservatore Romano, 09 maggio 2017; Peccatore e pescatore. Intervista al cardinale Stella sulla figura del prete by Niocla Gori, L'Osservatore Romano, 21 giugno 2017; Con lo stile dell’accoglienza. Omelia del cardinale Stella a un corso per formare sacerdoti, L'Osservatore Romano, 12 luglio 2017; Solo le donne sanno restare sotto la croce. Il cardinale Stella per la festa della Madonna delle lacrime, L'Osservatore Romano, 14 settembre 2017; Il Cardinale Stella a Nocera Umbra per San Rinaldo. Domenica 24 settembre celebrerà la messa e impartirà il sacramento della Confermazione ai cresimandi, Terrenostre, 22 settembre 2017; Il prete alle quattro. Ai seminaristi francesi il cardinale Stella ricorda l’importanza di vigilare per non essere vinti dal torpore, L'Osservatore Romano, 04 gennaio 2018; Cardenal Stella sobre Cleros App: “Una ayuda concreta para el sacerdote” by Griselda Mutual, Ecclesia Digital, Ciudad del Vaticano, Radio Vaticana, 5-1-2018; Kurienkardinal Stella offen für Debatte um verheiratete Priester, Vatican News, 22 Januar 2018, 14:09; Giovani e vocazioni. Card. Stella: “Essere presenti anche nei social network, ma senza cedere all’aggressività” by Riccardo Benotti, Servizio Informazione Religiosa, 26 aprile 2018; La Chiesa non è un’élite. Il cardinale Stella a Fátima parla del sacerdozio secondo il magistero del Pontefice, L'Osservatore Romano, 04 settembre 2018; Pedofilia, il cardinale Stella: più psicologi dentro ai seminari by Domenico Agasso jr, Vatican Insider, Città del Vaticano, 24/02/2019; Il criterio da seguire è il bene dei bambini. Il cardinale Stella spiega le linee guida applicate nei casi dei preti di rito latino che hanno prole by Andrea Tornielli, L'Osservatore Romano, 27 febbraio 2019; Una fatica preziosa. A colloquio con il cardinale Stella by Nicola Gori, L'Osservatore Romano, 26 giugno 2019; Sinodo per l’Amazzonia: card. Stella, “il celibato è la grande bellezza della vita di un sacerdote” by M.Michela Nicolais, Servizio Informazione Religiosa, 24 ottobre 2019; Cardinale Stella: il Papa insegna a essere persone di contemplazione e di azione by Amedeo Lomonaco and Manuella Affejee, Vatican News, Città del Vaticano, 13 dicembre 2019, 13:43, with audio; Il cardinale Stella: Dio ci chiama a passare questa Pasqua in famiglia by Marie Duhamel, Vatican News, Città del Vaticano, 17 marzo 2020, 10:44, with audio; La pandemia, “una oportunidad propicia” para los sacerdotes, por el cardenal Stella by Hélène Ginabat, Zenit, abril 12, 2020 11:22; El cardenal Stella, al clero español: «Que nuestras comunidades cristianas sean hogares con las puertas abiertas», Ecclesia Digital, mayo 10, 2020; Carta del cardenal Stella en la Jornada de Santificación de los Sacerdotes, Ecclesia Digital, 19 junio, 2020; Instruction. The pastoral conversion of the Parish community in the service of the evangelising mission of the Church, a cura della Congregazione per il Clero, Beniamino Card. Stella, Prefetto; Joël Mercier, Segretario; Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong, Segretario per i Seminari; Mons. Andrea Ripa, Sotto-Segretario, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, 20.07.2020; Stella: servono parrocchie capaci di uscire e cercare i lontani by Fabio Colagrande, Vatican News, Città del Vaticano, 20 luglio 2020, 13:50, with audio; Il cardinale Stella: “L’Istruzione vaticana? Un’allerta perché le parrocchie non diventino agenzie di servizi” by Salvatore Cernuzio, Vatican Insider, Città del Vaticano, 28 Luglio 2020; Parishes are not 'businesses' that can be led by anyone, cardinal says by Caroli Glatz, The Boston Pilot, CNS, Vatican City, 7/20/2020; Vaticano descarta la participación de laicos en la reunión con obispos alemanes, ACI Prensa, 26 de octubre de 2020 - 1:50 PM; Vaccino ai sacerdoti. Card. Stella (Congregazione clero): “Facilitare la somministrazione perché svolgono un servizio socialmente utile” by Riccardo Benotti, Servizio Informazione Religiosa, 3 maggio 2021; Kardinal Stella: Priester gegen Corona impfen, Vatican News, 04 Mai 2021, 11:07; Formare un prete fibra di forza e di misericordia. Dentro il Vaticano - La Congregazione per il clero. Intervista al cardinale Beniamino Stella by Alessandro De Carolis, L'Osservatore Romano, 10 maggio 2021; Formare un prete, fibra di forza e di misericordia by Alessandro De Carolis, Vatican News, Città del Vaticano, 10 maggio 2021, 15:00; Pope Francis orders review of the Vatican congregation that oversees over 410,000 Catholic priests worldwide by Gerard O’Connell, America, The Jesuit Review, June 07, 2021; Il cardinale Beniamino Stella, ex Presidente della Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, ex Nunzio a Cuba ed ex Prefetto della Congregazione per il Clero, compie 80 anni, Il Sismografo, domenica 15 agosto 2021; Il Cardinale Stella compie 80 anni: gli elettori sono ora 122 by Marco Mancini, ACI Stampa, Città del Vaticano, 18 agosto, 2021 / 12:30 AM; Il gesto. Casa di Albino Luciani, il cardinale Stella era l'anonimo «benefattore» by Francesco Dal Mas, Avvenire, lunedì 23 agosto 2021; Giovanni Paolo I, il Cardinale Stella celebrerà la Messa per ricordarne l’elezione by Andrea Gagliarducci, ACI Stampa, Canale d'Agordo, 25 agosto, 2021 / 3:00 PM; Cordoglio a Pieve di Soligo per la 74enne Loretta Stella: era la sorella del cardinale Beniamino. La famiglia: “Ha affrontato la malattia con dignità” by Andrea Berton, Qdpnews, mercoledì, 19 Gennaio 2022; La Casa di Papa Luciani è ristrutturata, l’inaugurazione sabato 23, L'Amico del Popolo, giovedì 14 Aprile 2022 11:03; Chiesa. Apre la casa natale di papa Luciani, sabato inaugurazione a Canale d'Agordo, Avvenire, mercoledì 20 aprile 2022, with video; Il cardinale Stella a Pieve di Soligo: «La guerra ha cambiato il volto del Papa» by Francesco Dal Mas, La Tribuna di Treviso, Pieve di Soligo, 02 Giugno 2022; Intervento dell’Em.mo Card. Beniamino Stella, Conferenza Stampa di presentazione della Beatificazione di Papa Giovanni Paolo I, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, 02.09.2022; Il Cardinale Stella: La santità di Papa Luciani è importante per la Chiesa e per il mondo by Marco Mancini, ACI Stampa, Città del Vaticano, 02 settembre, 2022 / 2:00 PM; Visitará Cuba el cardenal Beniamino Stella, enviado por el papa Francisco, Radio Reloj, 22 de enero de 2023; El cardenal Stella visita Cuba como enviado del Papa: 25 años de la histórica visita de Juan Pablo II, COPE, Agencia EFE, 23 ene. 2023 03:28; El cardenal Beniamino Stella visita Cuba en nombre del Papa Francisco, El Debate, 24/01/2023 10:36; Rememora cardenal Stella visita a Cuba de San Juan Pablo II, Palabra Nueva, 25 enero, 2023; Enviado del papa cancela sello conmemorativo por la visita de Juan Pablo II a Cuba, OnCuba News, enero 26, 2023; El cardenal Stella conmemora la visita de Juan Pablo II que conmovió a Cuba by Rachel S. Diez and Víctor Menéndez, Vida Cristiana, Facebook, Il Sismografo, venerdì 27 gennaio 2023; La Iglesia en Cuba recuerda la visita de Juan Pablo II en 1998: "Fue preparada con pasión y con esmero", Cope, 27 ene. 2023 5:22; Parolin a Lourdes espone le linee guida della diplomazia vaticana by Michele Raviart - Città del Vaticano and Jean-Charels Putzolu - Lourdes, Francia, Vatican News, 27 gennaio 2023, 19:50; Concluye semana de oración con llamados a la solidaridad y la unidad by Mario Vizcaíno Serrat, Palabra Nueva, 29 enero, 2023; Sostiene el cardenal Stella encuentro con el mundo del dolor en el Santuario del Rincón by Yarelis Rico Hernández, Palabra Nueva, 29 enero, 2023; El decir de la obra entregada al cardenal Stella by Roberto Carlos Rodríguez Espinosa, Palabra Nueva, 29 enero, 2023; Il cardinale Stella a Cuba nel venticinquesimo anniversario della visita di Papa Wojtyła by Alessandro De Carolis, L'Osservatore Romano, 30 gennaio 2023; Il cardinale Stella a Cuba a 25 anni dalla visita di Papa Wojtyla by Alessandro De Carolis, Vatican News, Città del Vaticano, 30 gennaio 2023, 14:10; El Cardenal Stella en Holguín: Encuentro con agentes pastorales, Holguín Católico, 03/02/2023; Que su amistad, presencia y palabras sean bendición para nuestro pueblo, Holguín Católico, 04/02/2023; ¡Cuiden la antorcha recibida! ¡Cuiden sus raíces cristianas!, Holguín Católico, 05/02/2023; San Juan Pablo II, desde la ventana del cielo ¡Dános tu bendición!, Holguín Católico, 05/02/2023; Pope seeks release of Cubans arrests during 2021 protests by Andrea Rodríguez, AP News, February 8, 2023; Educare i giovani cubani ai valori autentici. Il cardinale Stella all’università dell’Avana nel venticinquennale della visita di Giovanni Paolo ii, L'Osservatore Romano, 08 febbraio 2023; Cuba promises Vatican to seek solution to expectations of “both parties”, La Prensa Latina, EFE, Havana, February 9, 2023; Mensaje al pueblo de Dios en Cuba por Obispos Católicos de Cuba, La Habana, 11 de febrero de 2023; Diplomazia pontificia, la visita del Cardinale Stella a Cuba by Andrea Gagliarducci, ACI Stampa, La Habana, 11 febbraio, 2023 / 4:00 PM; Cardenal Stella deja mensaje de esperanza para Cuba, IPS Cuba, 12 febrero, 2023.
Birth. November 8, 1945, Crosby, archdiocese of Liverpool, England. Son of Henry Joseph Nichols and Mary Russell. Both his parents were school teachers. As a boy, he wanted to work as a truck driver when he grew up. He discovered his vocation while playing football.
Education. He studied for the priesthood at the Venerable English College in Rome from 1963 to 1970, obtaining licenses in philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University; he was ordained deacon in 1968; he then studied at the University of Manchester between 1970 and 1971, obtaining a master's degree in theology; from 1974, he studied at Loyola University in Chicago and was awarded a master's degree in education.
Priesthood. Ordained, December 21, 1969, by Paul Marcinkus, titular bishop of Horta, Rome, for the archdiocese of Liverpool. Further studies, 1970-1971; and 1974. In 1971 he was appointed assistant priest in St Mary's Parish, Wigan and chaplain to the Sixth Form College and St Peter's High School. In 1975 he was appointed to St Anne's parish in Toxteth, Liverpool with particular responsibility for education. In January 1980 he was appointed director of the Upholland Northern Institute, where he was responsible for the in-service training of the clergy, pastoral and religious education courses. He was also a member of Archbishop's Council with responsibility for pastoral formation and development in the diocese. In January 1984, he was appointed general secretary of the Bishops' Conference in England and Wales; occupied the post until 1992. From 1989 to 1996 he was moderator of the Steering Committee of the Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland.
Episcopate. Elected titular bishop of Othona and named auxiliary of Westminster, with responsibility for North London, November 5, 1991. Consecrated, January 24, 1992, at the metropolitan cathedral of the Most Precious Blood, Westminster, London, by Cardinal George Basil Hume, O.S.B., archbishop of Westminster, assisted by Derek John Worlock, archbishop of Liverpool, and by Alan Charles Clark, bishop of East Anglia. His episcopal motto is Fortis ut mors dilectio. He represented the European bishops at the November 1998 Synod of Bishops from Oceania and was appointed by the Holy See to the Synod of Bishops for Europe in September 1999 as a special secretary. At the death of Cardinal George Basil Hume, O.S.B., archbishop of Westminster, on June 7, 1999, he was named apostolic administrator of the archdiocese until the appointment of a successor. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Birmingham, February 15, 2000. Received the pallium from Pope John Paul II on June 29, 2000, at the patriarchal Vatican basilica. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Westminster, April 3, 2009. He was elected president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales by unanimous acclamation on April 30, 2009. He was installed as the 11th archbishop of Westminster on Thursday May 21, 2009. Received the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI on June 29, 2009, at the papal Vatican basilica. Received an honorary doctoral degree from Birmingham University in 2010, and an honorary doctorate of divinity from Liverpool Hope University in 2011. Named member of the Congregation for Bishops on December 16, 2013. Named member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches on February 19, 2014.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 22, 2014; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of SS. Redentore e S. Alfonso in via Merulana in that same consistory. On May 22, 2014, he was named member of the Congregation for the Clergy and of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. On Thursday October 2, 2014, he took possession of the title of SS. Redentore e Sant'Alfonso in Via Merulana. Participated in Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 5 to 19, 2014, on the theme "The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization". Participated in the 14th General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which took place at the Vatican from October 4 to 25, 2015 on the theme "The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and in the contemporary world". On October 22, 2015, he was elected member of the 14th Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops. On October 8, 2016, he was elected vice-president of the Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE). On March 3, 2018, he was named special papal envoy to the celebration of the 600th anniversary of the primatial institution in Poland, programmed for April 29, 2018 in the archdiocese of Gniezno.
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Birth. March 7, 1949, Ticuantepe, archdiocese of Managua, Nicaragua. From a very humble family. Son of Leopoldo Brenes Flores, a farmer (deceased) and Liliam Solórzano Aguirre, a seamstress (+ September 29, 2022). His siblings are Rosario Auxiliadora, Carlos Fernando and Lilli Pamela. His family calls him "Leopoldito" and his freinds and parishioners, "Padre Polo".
Education. Primary studies at Rural School of Ticuantepe, at Cristóbal Rugada School of Masaya and at Escuela Normal of Managua; secondaries studies at the National Institute of Masaya; and at Colegio San José de Calasanz; then, studied at the National Seminary Nuestra Señora de Fátima of Managua (philosophy); at the Superior Institute of Ecclesiastical Studies (ISEE), Méxio (theology); at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome (bachelor's in theology); and at the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome, where he obtained a licentiate in dogmatic theology. Received the diaconate on January 13, 1974.
Priesthood. Ordained, August 16, 1974, Managua, by Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B., archbishop of Managua. Further studies in Rome. Pastor of Santa María de Guadalupe (Tipitapa); of San Miguel Arcángel (Las Brisas); of San Antonio (Jinotepe); of Sagrado Corazón de Jesús (Ticuantepe); of Santa Ana (Nindirí and Niquinohomo); of La Asunción (Tisma). and later, of the parishes of Sagrada Familia, María Inmaculada, San Pío X, Espíritu Santo and Santa Rosa and San Agustín, in Managua. Vicar for pastoral of the archdiocese of Managua. Episcopal vicar for vocations and ministries.
Episcopate. Elected titular bishop of Maturba and appointed auxiliary of Managua, February 13, 1988. Consecrated, March 19, 1988, metropolitan cathedral of Managua, by Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B., archbishop of Managua, assisted by Paolo Giglio, titular archbishop of Tindari, apostolic nuncio to Nicaragua, and by Arturo Rivera Damas, S.D.B., archbishop of San Salvador. His episcopal motto is Tú me has enviado. Transferred to the see of Matagalpa, November 2, 1991. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Managua, April 1, 2005, as its fourth archbishop. Took possession of the see on the following May 21. Received the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI on June 29, 2005 at the papal Vatican basilica. In the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua he has been president of the Commission for Vocations and Ministries; secretary general of the Episcopal Conference; president of Cáritas Nacional; president of the Commission for Catechesis; and president of the Commission for Social Communications. Delegate for the Eucharistic Congresses. Delegate to the Special Assembly for America of the Synod of Bishops. Delegate to the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM). President of the CELAM Commission Family-Life-Youth. President of the Episcopal Secretariat of Central America (SEDAC). Vice-president of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua; and currently, its president.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 22, 2014; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of S. Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello in that same consistory. On May 22, 2014, he was named member of the Pontifical Council Iustitia et Pax and of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. On Sunday October 5, 2014, he took possession of the title of S. Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello. The 37th Ordinary General Assembly of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) elected him second vice-president, for the quadrennium 2019-2023. Ceased as president of the Nicarguan Episcopal Conference, November 18, 2021; on that date he became president of the Episcopal Conference and president of the Missions Commission.
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Birth. July 27, 1957, Saint-Hilaire de Dorset, archdiocese of Québec, Canada. Eldest of the seven children of Raymond Lacroix and Brigitte Laurendeau. He spent his youth in New Hampshire, United States of America, where the family of small farmers had migrated when he was eight years old.
Education. He completed his secondary and superior studies at Trinity High School, Manchester; and at Saint-Anselme College, also in Manchester; during the last year of schooling, in 1975, he became a member of the Secular Institute Pius X (1), taking his perpetual vows in 1982. He then returned to Québec and worked first in a restaurant, and later as a graphic designer in a publishing house. In 1980 he took a year off to go as a missionary to Colombia to work at a clinic for indigents; upon his return to Canada, he studied theology at Université de Laval, obtaining a baccalaureate in theology in 1985; and a "maîtrise" in pastoral theology in 1993. In 1982, he became secretary general of the Institute; and in 1985, counselor of the General Council. From 1985 until 1987, he was director general of "Maison du Renouveau", a center of Christian and spiritual formation of the secular Institute. Received the diaconate on March 25, 1988, in the parish of Saint Anthony of Padua, diocese of Manchester, from Bishop Odore Joseph Gendron of Manchester. Besides French and English, he also speaks Spanish.
Priesthood. Ordained, October 8, 1988, at the parish of Notre-Dame-de-la-Recouvrance, Québec, by Maurice Couture, archbishop of Québec. From 1990 until 2000, he ministered in Colombia, where he established the Institute in seven regions and opened nine houses; from 1990 to 1993, he was curate of the parish of Nuestra Señora del Carmen, in Argelia, Cauca, archdiocese of Popayán as well as radio host. From 2001 until 2004, he was director general of the Institute; he was reelected for a quinquennium in 2005. In 2008, he was elected member of the Executive Council of the World Conference for the Secular Institutes.
Episcopate. Elected titular bishop of Ilta and appointed auxiliary of Québec, April 7, 2009. Consecrated, May 24, 2009, in the Shrine of Saint-Anne-de-Beaupré, by Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., archbishop of Québec, assisted by Maurice Couture, archbishop emeritus of Québec, and by Gilles Lemay, titular bishop of Eguga, auxiliary of Québec. In the same ceremony was consecrated Paul Lortie, titular bishop of Gerpiniana, auxiliary of Québec. His episcopal motto is Mane Nobiscum Domine. Named archdiocesan administrator of Québec on August 26, 2010, when Cardinal Ouellet was named prefect of the Congregation for Bishops. Promoted to the metropolitan and primatial see of Québec, February 22, 2011. Received the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI on June 29, 2011, at the papal Vatican basilica.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 22, 2014; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of S. Giuseppe all'Aurelio in that same consistory. He is the first cardinal of his religious family. On May 22, 2014, he was named member of Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life and of the Pontifical Councils for Interreligious Dialogue and for Culture. He took possession of his title on Sunday June 22, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. On May 19, 2018, he was named special papal envoy to the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the evangelization of the West and North of Canada, beginning with the arrival of Father Norbert Provencher and missionary companions of the current archdiocese of Saint-Boniface, programmed for July 15, 2018. On August 6, 2020, the pope named him member of the Council for the Economy. On February 18, 2023, the pope named him member of the Dicastery for Culture and Education.
Bibliography. LeBlanc, Jean. Dictionnaire biographique des cardinaux du XIXe siècle : contribution à l'histoire du Sacré Collège sous les potificats de Pie VII, Léon XII, Pie VIII, Grégoire XVI, Pie IX et Léon XIII, 1800-1903. 2e édition, revue et augmentée. Montréal : Wilson & Lafleur, 2012. (Collection Gratianus. Série instruments de recherche = Gratianus series. Série Instruments de recherche), p. 648-650.
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(1) The Institute had been founded by Father Henri Roy in Manchester in 1939. It was approved by Pope John XXIII in 1959. The apostolic activity of the Institute was to announce the Gospel with one's own life.
Birth. December 22, 1945, Blockhauss, archdiocese of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Youngest of the ten children of Martin Kutwa and Louise Ahouo, both deceased. He was baptized on the following January 4 in the church of St-Pierre, Blockhauss, by Father Laziner. He received first communion on July 8, 1955, in the same church where he was baptized.
Education. Initial studies the school St Jean-Bosco, Treichville, in 1950; on September 18, 1955, he entered the "Petit-Clerc", Bingerville in class of CMI; in 1957, he entered the Minor Seminary in Bingerville, where he completed his secondary studies; on October 2, 1964, he entered the Grand Seminary of Anyama, where he studied philosophy and theology; on December 22, 1967, he received the cassock and the ecclesiastical tonsure; he received the diaconate on December 20, 1970, from Archbishop Bernard Yago of Abidjan, in the church of Notre Dame du Perpétuel Secours in Treichville; also, he studied at the Catholic Institute of Occidental Africa (I.C.A.O.), where he obtained a maîtrise in Biblical theology; and at the Pontifical Urbanian University, Rome, where he earned a doctorate in Biblical theology.
Priesthood. Ordained, July 11, 1971, by Archbishop Bernard Yago of Abidjan, in the church of Notre Dame du Perpétuel Secours in Treichville. Incardinated in the archdiocese of Abidjan. From September 15, 1971 to 1974, he was vicar of the cathedral of St Paul, chaplain of the Jeunes Étudiants Chrétiens (Young Christian Students), and professor of music at the Novitiate of Notre Dame in Moossou. From September 15, 1974 to 1977, he was at St Augustin in Bingerville as responsible. In 1977, he was national director of Œuvres (Works). From 1978 to 1984, he was pastor of the cathedral of St Paul, and studied biblical theology at the Catholic Institute of Occidental Africa (I.C.A.O.). In 1984, he went to Rome to study at the Pontifical Urbanian University; the following year, 1985, he made a brief stay in Jerusalem for advanced courses in Hebrew; and another trip to Washington, United States of America, to practice English. In 1987, he returned to his country and was named pastor of the Cathedral of St Paul du Plateau, professor of Holy Scriptures at the Grand Seminary of Anyama and diocesan chaplain of the Jeunes Étudiants Chrétiens (J.E.C.). In 1995, he was pastor of the parish of "Notre Dame" of Treichville; and national assistant of the J.E.C. On July 7, 1997, he was involved in a serious traffic accident that kept him hospitalized for eight months. He is a music composer.
Episcopate. Elected archbishop of Gagnoa, May 15, 2001. Consecrated, September 16, 2001, stadium of Biaka Boda, by Cardinal Bernard Agré, archbishop of Abidjan, assisted by Laurent Akran Mandjo, bishop of Yopougon, and by Barthélémy Djabla,☺ bishop of San-Pedro-en-Côte-d`Ivoire. His episcopal motto is Ut Omnes Unum Sint. Received the pallium from Pope John Paul II on June 29, 2001 at the patriarchal Vatican basilica. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Abidjan, May 2, 2006. Received the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI on June 29, 2006 at the papal Vatican basilica.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 22, 2014; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of Sant'Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza in that same consistory. On May 22, 2014, he was named member of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life and of the Pontifical Councils for the Laity and of Iustitia et Pax. Named member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on September 13, 2014. Took possession of his title on February 26, 2017.
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Birth. June 23, 1950, São José do Rio Pardo, diocese of São João da Boa Vista, Brazil. Youngest of the nine children of Achille Tempesta, an Italian immigrant, and Maria Bárbara de Oliveira, from Brazil.
Education. Primary education at Grupo Escolar Tarquínio Cobra Olyntho, 1957-1960; and at Instituto de Educação Euclides da Cunha, 1961-1964, both in São José do Rio Pardo; secondary schooling, 1965-1967, at the same institute. On February 1, 1968, he entered the Order of the Cistercians at the monastery of Nossa Senhora de São Bernardo in that same city and received the religious habit; on February 2, 1969, he took the simple vows; studied philosophy at the monastery of São Bento, in São Paulo, 1969-1970; and at São João Del Rei, Minas Gerais, 1975; and theology in the Theological Institute "Pio IX", in São Paulo, 1971-1974; on February 2, 1972, he did his solemn profession; on March 18, 1973, he received the minor orders of acolyte and lector; on March 25, 1973, he was ordained deacon in the parish of São Roque, in São José do Rio Pardo, by Tomás Vaquero, bishop of São João da Boa Vista. Graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy Dom Bosco, São João Del Rei, Minas Gerais, on February 7, 1976.
Priesthood, Ordained, December 7, 1974, parish of São Roque, by Bishop Tomás Vaquero of São João da Boa Vista. From 1974 to 1984, he was vice-prior of the monastery of Nossa Senhora de São Bernardo, in São José do Rio Pardo. From July 17, 1984, he was prior of that monastery; and at the same time, from December 7, 1974, he was vicar of the parish of São Roque, in São José do Rio Pardo; became its pastor on December 7, 1984; coordinator of communications and of diocesan pastoral; member of the Presbyteral Council; member of the College of Consultors; and professor at the Seminary "Coração de Maria" in São João da Boa Vista. Reelected prior on June 5, 1990; occupied the post until November 12, 1993. On September 10, 1996, the monastery became an abbey and he was elected its first abbot on December 5, 1996; on the following December 15, he received the abbatial blessing.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of São José do Rio Preto, February 26, 1997. Consecrated, April 25, 1997, in São José do Rio Preto, by José de Aquino Pereira, bishop emeritus of Sâo José do Rio Preto, assisted by Dadeus Grings, bishop of São João da Boa Vista, and by Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini, bishop of Guarulhos. Took possession of the see on May 1, 1997. His episcopal motto is Ut omnes unum sint. In 1998, he was elected member of the superior council of the Brazilian Institute of Christian Communications (Inbrac), which maintains RedeVida de Televisó; later became its president. Administrator of the territorial abbey of Clavaral, of the Cistercian Order of Casamari, in Claraval, Minas Gerais, from May 22, 1999 to December 11, 2002. Apostolic visitor to the monastery of São Bento, Olinda, from 2001 to 2002. On May 8, 2003, he was elected president of the Episcopal Commission for Culture, Education and Social Communications; reelected until 2011. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Belém do Pará, October 13, 2004. Took possession of the see on December 8, 2004. On December 22, 2004, he was named titular member of the National Council of Social Communications of the Federal Senate as representative of the civil society for the triennium 2004-2007; since August 8, 2012, he is president of that council. Received the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI on June 29, 2005 at the patriarchal Vatican basilica. In 2007, he participated in the Fifth General Conference of the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopate, celebrated in Aparecida, Brazil. Received an honorary doctorate from Centro Universitário São Camilo, of the Camillian Fathers, São Paulo, on November 19, 2008. Transferred to the metropolitan see of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, February 27, 2009. He took possession of the see the following April 19. Received the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI on June 29, 2009, at the papal Vatican basilica. President of the Foundation Rádio Catedral. Grand chancellor of the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-Rio). President of the Brazilian Institute of Catholic Marketing (IBMC). President of the Local Organizing Committee of the World Youth Day 2013, celebrated in Rio de Janeiro from July 23 to 28; hosted Pope Francis during the celebration. He was named member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity on February 6, 2014.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 22, 2014; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of S. Maria Madre della Provvidenza a Monte Verde in that same consistory. On Saturday April 12, 2014, he took possession of his title. On May 22, 2014, he was named member of the Congregation for Catholic Education. Named member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on September 13, 2014. Participated in Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 5 to 19, 2014, on the theme "The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization", by papal appointment. On March 10, 2021, the pope named him member of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. On June 1, 2022, the pope named him member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
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Birth. April 7, 1942, Popolano di Marradi, diocese of Faenza (now Faenza-Modigliana), Italy. He is the eldest of the three children of Arrigo Bassetti and Flora Nannini. Two of his cousins, Giuseppe and Luca Bassetti, are priests.
Education. After spending his infancy in Fantino, archdiocese of Florence, in 1956 he entered the Archiepiscopal Seminary of Florence.
Priesthood, Ordained, June 29, 1966, at the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, by Cardinal Ermenegildo Florit, archbishop of Florence. Named vice pastor of the parish of San Michele a San Salvi, Florence, in that same year. From 1968, he was assistant and later responsible for the vocational pastoral at the Minor Seminary of Florence; in 1972, he became its rector. In 1979, he was named rector of the Major Seminary of Florence. In 1990, he became pro-vicar general of the archdiocese of Florence; and in 1992, vicar general.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, July 9, 1994. Consecrated, September 8, 1994, at the metropolitan cathedral basilica of S. Lorenzo, Florence, by Cardinal Silvano Piovanelli, archbishop of Florence, assisted by Antonio Bagnoli, bishop emeritus of Fiesole, and by Giovanni Bianchi, bishop emeritus of Pescia. His episcopal motto is In charitate fundati. He entered the diocese on September 18, 1994. Transferred to the see of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, November 21, 1998. He entered the diocese on February 6, 1999. In 2001, he was named delegate for the seminaries of Italy; confirmed in March 2006. Member of the Episcopal Commission for the Clergy and Consecrated Life of the Italian Episcopal Conference. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Perugia-Città della Pieve, July 16, 2009. Received the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI on June 29, 2010, at the papal Vatican basilica. Member of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity. Vice-president of the Italian Episcopal Conference. Named member of the Congregation for Bishops on December 16, 2013.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 22, 2014; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of S. Cecilia in that same consistory. On May 22, 2014, he was named member of the Congregations for Bishops, and for the Clergy; and of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Took possession of his title on Sunday June 8, 2014, at 5:30 p.m. On February 26, 2016, Pope Francis asked him to deliver the meditations at the Way of the Cross on Good Friday, March 25, 2016, in the Roman Colosseum. He presided over the solemn eucharistic celebration at the opening of the 7th Centennial of the Pardon of Assisi programmed for August 2, 2016, at 11 a.m. On May 24, 2017, Pope Francis named him president of the Italian Episcopal Conference. On August 6, 2019, the pope named him member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. On April 7, 2022, he turned 80 years old and lost the right to participate in the conclave. On May 24, 2022, he ceased as president of the Italian Episcopal Conference. On May 27, 2022, the pope accepted his resignation from the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve.
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Birth. November 29, 1947, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Son of Mario Poli, a railroad machinist born in La Scala, diocese of San Miniato, Tuscany, Italy, and his wife, Josefa Felisa Zambotti, an Argentinean, who was a seamstress and whose family had also migrated from Italy. The family lived in Buenos Aires but for a period they moved to Casale Monferrato, in Piedmont.
Education. Completed his primary education at the state schools. Secondary education at the parish school "San Pedro Apóstol". He frequented the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires, where he obtained the title of licentiate in social services. At 22, he entered the Metropolitan Seminary of the Immaculate Conception of Buenos Aires (Villa Devoto), where he studied philosophy and theology. At the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina "Santa María de los Buenos Aires" (UCA) he obtained a doctorate in theology. At the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) he obtained a licentiate in social service.
Priesthood. Ordained, November 25, 1978, at the metropolitan cathedral of Buenos Aires, by Cardinal Juan Carlos Aramburu, archbishop of Buenos Aires. Incardinated in the archdiocese of Buenos Aires. Vicar in the parish of San Cayetano (Liniers) from 1978 to 1980. From 1980 to 1991, in the Metropolitan Seminary, he was superior of the community; later, economous; and finally, assessor of studies. From 1980, he taught ecclesiastical history at the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA). Chaplain of the Missionary Servants of the Holy Spirit from 1988 to 1991. Ecclesiastical assistant of the lay association "Fraternidades y Agrupaciones Santo Tomás de Aquino" from 1988 to 1992. Director of the Vocational Institute "San José" (propaedeutic course at the major seminary). Member of the College of Consultors and of the Presbyteral Council.
Episcopate. Elected titular bishop of Abidda and appointed auxiliary of Buenos Aires, February 8, 2002. Consecrated, April 20, 2002, Buenos Aires, by Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., archbishop of Buenos Aires, assisted by Cardinal Juan Carlos Aramburu, archbishop emeritus of Buenos Aires, by Mario José Serra, titular bishop of Mentesa, by Joaquín Mariano Sucunza, titular bishop of Satabi, auxiliary of Buenos Aires, and by Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo, bishop of San Martín. His episcopal motto is Da cor docile. He continued teaching at the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. Transferred to the see of Santa Rosa, June 24, 2008. He was installed on the following August 30. In the Argentine Episcopal Conference he was a member of the Episcopal Commissions for Catholic Education and for Ministers and is currently president of the Episcopal Commission for Catechesis and Biblical Pastoral. He is national chaplain of the Scout Catholic Pastoral Commission (COPASCA). Promoted to the metropolitan and primatial see of Buenos Aires, March 28, 2013. Named ordinary for the Catholic faithful of Oriental Rite that reside in Argentina and are without an ordinary of their own rite on May 4, 2013. Named member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches on February 19, 2014.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 22, 2014; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of S. Roberto Bellarmino in that same consistory. Took possession of his title on February 23, 2014. On May 22, 2014, he was named member of Congregation for the Oriental Churches and of the Pontifical Council for the Laity. Participated in the 14th General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which took place at the Vatican from October 4 to 25, 2015 on the theme "The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and in the contemporary world". On November 11, 2017, he was elected first vice-president of the Executive Commission of the Argentinean Episcopal Conference.
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Poli, in Spanish, archdiocese of Buenos Aires; Arzobispo de Buenos Aires partió a Roma para ser creado Cardenal por el Papa Francisco, ACI/EWTN Noticias, 8 Feb. 14 / 08:03 pm; Obispos de Argentina agradecen al Papa el don del futuro Cardenal Poli, ACI, 19 Feb. 14 / 03:32 pm; Argentina: Cardenal Poli anuncia fecha de beatificación de Mama Antula, ACI, Buenos Aires, 12 Mar. 16 / 11:40 pm; Nadie puede poner límite al amor de Dios que perdona, dice Cardenal Poli, ACI, Buenos Aires, 27 Mar. 16 / 11:07 pm; FOTOS: Que San Cayetano dé a argentinos un "corazón de carne", pide Cardenal Poli, ACI, Buenos Aires, 08 Ago. 16 / 03:14 pm; Cardenal Poli presidirá Misa "por una sociedad sin esclavos, ni excluidos" en Argentina by Giselle Vargas, ACI, Buenos Aires, 22 Sep. 16 / 09:50 am; Cardenal Poli advierte avance de la ideología de género en Scouts de Argentina por Bárbara Bustamante, ACI, Buenos Aires, 09 Feb. 17 / 05:04 pm; Nadie puede sentirse excluido de hacer algo por el prójimo, dice Cardenal argentino by Giselle Vargas, ACI, Buenos Aires, 26 May. 17 / 12:29 pm; Cardenal Poli por San Cayetano: La verdadera riqueza de nuestro pueblo es la espiritual by Bárbara Bustamante, ACI, Buenos Aires, 09 Ago. 17 / 02:11 pm; Sirvan a la salvación de sus hermanos, alienta Cardenal Poli a nuevos sacerdotes, ACI, Buenos Aires, 07 Nov. 17 / 08:12 pm; Arzobispo de Buenos Aires llama a “trabajar por una cultura de vida” en Viernes Santo, ACI Prensa, 31 de marzo de 2018 9:30 am; Aborto: card. Poli (presidente vescovi Argentina), “non è segno di progresso cercare di risolvere i problemi eliminando una vita umana”, Servizio Informazione Religiosa, 10 aprile 2018 @ 20:00; Cardenal pide defender la vida de todos los argentinos: “Para Dios no hay excluidos”, ACI Prensa, 25 de mayo de 2018 7:33 pm; Cardenal Poli desmiente ser autor de mensaje sobre aborto difundido en redes sociales, ACI Prensa, 14 de junio de 2018 7:28 pm; Fiesta de San Cayetano: Cardenal exhorta a senadores votar por la vida en Argentina by Giselle Vargas, ACI Prensa, 7 de agosto de 2018 6:47 pm; El aborto siempre será un drama, afirma Cardenal Poli en multitudinaria Misa por la Vida, ACI Prensa, 8 de agosto de 2018 8:45 pm; Videomensaje del Papa Francisco al cardenal Mario Aurelio Poli, Ecclesia Digital, 28 de octubre de 2018; Cardenal Poli presidirá Misa y Rosario por la Vida en el Día del Niño por Nacer, ACI Prensa, 24 de marzo de 2019 11:30 am; Argentina: El arzobispo de Buenos Aires preside la Misa de la fiesta de san Cayetano, Zenit, agosto 08, 2019 19:35; El cardenal Poli propuso un pacto social “que no sea funcional ni coyuntural, El País, La Capital, Mar del Plata, 14 de septiembre de 2019; Con la presencia de Mario Poli, una cumbre interreligiosa recordó el aniversario de la elección del Papa Francisco, Infobae, 13 de marzo de 2020; Cardinal calls for choosing people over economy as Argentina’s lockdown extended by Inés San Martín, Crux, Rosario, Argentina, May 26, 2020; Un mensaje de agradecimiento Coronavirus en Argentina: la carta del cardenal Mario Poli y los obispos para los trabajadores de la salud, Clarín, 03/08/2020 - 17:12; Aprire le porte a speranza e provvidenza, L'Osservatore Romano, 06 agosto 2020; Card. Poli en San Ramón: "Imitar la virtud que nos anima a salir adelante", Agencia Informativa Católica Argentina (aica), Buenos Aires, 1 de septiembre, 2020; Exclusivo: el documento que presentó uno de los máximos jefes de la Iglesia Católica argentina para que un cura procesado por abuso cumpla arresto domiciliario by Federico Fahsbender. infobae, 7 de Noviembre de 2020; El Card. Poli a la Virgen de Luján: "No nos desampares, Madre", AICA, Buenos Aires, 8 de mayo, 2021, with video; La situación social y el aborto, ejes de la tensión entre el Gobierno y la Iglesia by Jaime Rosemberg and Mariano De Vedia, La Nación, 23 de mayo de 2021 03:53; Iglesia pide fraternidad y diálogo al celebrarse fiesta patria en Argentina, EFE, swissinfo.ch, 25 mayo 2021 - 14:57; Denuncian al cardenal Poli ante el Vaticano por respaldar a los tres obispos acusados de encubrir, Télam, 6/15/2021; El cardenal Poli: La oración común es bálsamo para nuestras heridas, Vatican News, 24 julio 2021, 15:48; Cardenal Poli: "No existe peor pobreza que aquella que priva de la dignidad del trabajo", Religión Digital, 07.08.2021; Cercanía y afecto de los sacerdotes de Buenos Aires con el cardenal Mario Poli, AICA, Buenos Aires, 4 de mayo, 2022; Mensaje del Papa y una reunión con Poli en Roma, El Día, Jueves 5 de mayo, 2022; Respaldo a Poli: "No quiero que lo ensucien, es una víctima", dijo el Papa, Gaceta Mercantil, 06 de mayo de 2022, with video; El día en que el Papa Francisco hizo temblar a la Iglesia en la Argentina by Sergio Rubin, tn.com.ar, 08 de mayo 2022, 05:55hs; Tras sus objeciones al cardenal Poli, el papa Francisco recibió al arzobispo Víctor Fernández by Mariano De Vedia, es-us-vida/yahoo.com, sáb., 14 de mayo de 2022 8:54 p. m.; Escándalo en la iglesia porteña: cardenal Mario Poli negó acusaciones y habló de "denuncias subjetivas y calumniosas", Clarín, 17/05/2022 19:45; El cardenal Poli defiende a los clérigos implicados en el escándalo inmobiliario en Buenos Aires, Religión Digital, 18.05.2022; El mensaje de Mario Poli en el Te Deum: “Hay que pensar en el prójimo cuando falta el pan en las familias” by Washington Uranga, Página 12, 26 de mayo de 2022 - 00:40; Argentina. Cardeal Poli a assembleias sinodais: "ninguém nos seja indiferente", Vatican News, 13 julho 2022, 15:00, with audio; Cardenal de Argentina dice que cada día “el pan se hace más inalcanzable”, Los Tiempos, 08/08/2022 a las 1h29; Se va un arzobispo clave de la Iglesia Católica: sus diferencias con el Papa y los candidatos para reemplazarlo by Sergio Rubin, Clarín, 28/11/2022 19:36; Fin de la era Mario Poli y un futuro incierto by Washington Uranga, Página 12, 4 de diciembre de 2022 - 00:44; Cardenal Poli cuenta que el Papa aceptó su renuncia y recuerda ejemplo de Benedicto XVI by Walter Sánchez Silva, ACI Prensa, 7 de abril de 2023 / 2:55 p. m., with video; Francisco recibió al cardenal Mario Poli y crece la expectativa por la sucesión del arzobispo by Mariano De Vedia, La Nación, 20 de abril de 2023 10:50.
Birth. December 5, 1943, Ansong, diocese of Suwon, province of Gyeonggi, Korea. From a Catholic family for five generations. They are descendants of Peter Yeom Seok-tae and his wife, Kim Maria, who were arrested and executed in 1850 for their Catholic faith. He is the fourth of the six children of Yeom Han-jin (1908-1983) and Baek Geum-waul (1908-1995). His two younger brothers Yeom Soo-wan and Yeom Soo-eui also became priests and currently lead two parishes in Seoul.
Education. Entered the Seminary of Seoul in 1958; he studied at the Catholic University of Korea, graduating in 1970; later, he obtained a master's degree in Education in Counseling Psychology from Korea University. He also studied at the East Asian Pastoral Institute in the Philippines.
Priesthood. Ordained, December 8, 1973, Seoul, by Cardinal Stephen Sou-hwan Kim, archbishop of Seoul. Incardinated in the archdiocese of Seoul. Vice-pastor of two communities from 1971 to 1973; professor and president of Songshin High School, minor seminary of the archdiocese of Seoul, from 1973 until 1977. Pastor in three different parishes between 1977 and 1987. Procurator of the Major Seminary of Seoul from 1987 until 1992. Chancellor of the archdiocesan curia of Seoul from 1992 until 1998. Pastor in Mok-dong. Vicar foraneous and member of the presbyteral council between 1998 and 2001.
Episcopate. Elected titular bishop of Tibiuca and appointed auxiliary of Seoul, December 1, 2001. Consecrated, January 25, 2002. in the Chang Choung Dong Stadium, Seoul, by Archbishop Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk of Seoul, assisted by Andrew Choi Chang-mou, archbishop of Kwangju, and by John Chang-yik, bishop of Ch'unch'on. In the same ceremony was consecrated Joseph Lee Han Teok, S.J., titular bishop of Tibuzabeto and auxiliary of Seoul. His episcopal motto is Amen Veni Domine Iesu. Vicar general and episcopal vicar for the pastoral and the apostolate of the mass media. Member of the Permanent Council and of the Commission for Missions, and for the Commission for the Pastoral of Health.of the Korean Episcopal Conference; as well as president of the Committee for the Apostolate of the Lay. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Seoul on May 10, 2012. He was installed and took possession of the see on the following June 25. He was the 13th archbishop of Seoul. Received the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI on June 29, 2012 at the papal Vatican basilica.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 22, 2014; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of S. Crisogono in that same consistory. On May 22, 2014, he was named member of the Congregations for the Evangelization of Peoples and for the Clergy. On Saturday October 4, 2014, he took possession of the title of S. Crisogono. Participated in Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 5 to 19, 2014, on the theme "The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization", by papal appointment. On October 28, 2021, the pope accepted his resignation from the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Seoul. To succeed him the pope named Peter Chung Soon-Taick, O.C.D., until then titular bishop of Tamazuca and auxiliary of Seoul.
Webgraphy. Photograph and biography, in Italian, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede; photograph and biography, in English, Holy See Press Office; his arms, Araldica Vaticana; Andrew Yeom Soo-jung: A pastor of martyrdom and reconciliation by Paolo Affatato, Vatican Insider, 01-13-2014; SKorea Catholic cardinal makes 1st visit to NKorea by Hyung-Jin Kim, The Seattle Times, May 20, 2014 at 10:25 PM; Cardinal Yeom: We will be able to send priests to North Korea by Gianni Valente, Rome, Vatican Insider,December 10, 2015; Korean cardinal prays for peace amid escalating tensions, UCA News, March 24, 2016; Pyongyang Diocese celebrates 90th anniversary, UCA News, March 23, 2017; Cardinal Yeom leads Way of Cross for Korean youth, UCA News, April 13, 2017; Seoul celebrates Fatima centenary with praying the rosary, UCA News, May 12, 2017; Vatican Radio's new Korean section to be a 'role model', UCA News, June 8, 2017; Seoul Archdiocese joins Korean capital's solar city project, UCA News, January 5, 2018; Archdiocese in Burkina Faso to get help from Seoul, UCA News, February 26, 2018; Seoul cafe becomes 'shrine' to persecuted Christians, UCA News, March 15, 2018; Card. Yeom: Los cristianos somos instrumentos de paz en la península coreana, Vatican News, Ciudad del Vaticano, 26 abril 2018, 18:18, with audio; Card. Yeom: I hope to go to Pyongyang soon by Thomas Han, Seoul, AsiaNews, 05/04/2018, 12.10; Asia/Corea del Sud - GMG coreana, il Card. Yeom: "Nel cuore dei giovani vedo la presenza di Cristo" Agenzia Fides, Seoul, mercoledì, 27 giugno 2018; Jornada de la Juventud Coreana es ocasión para descubrir el consuelo de Dios, afirma Arzobispo, ACI Prensa, 9 de agosto de 2018 3:59 pm; Il Cardinale Yeom: il nuovo vertice a Pyongyang sia “pietra miliare verso la pace”, Agenzia Fides, Seul, venerdì, 7 settembre 2018; Il Cardinale Yeom: "Con la denuclearizzazione, un balzo in avanti per la pace", Agenzia Fides, Seul, mercoledì, 19 settembre 2018; Seoul Archdiocese reaches out to survivors of Indonesia’s disaster by Robin Gomes, Vatican News, 03 October 2018, 13:11; Il Cardinale Yeom: "Preghiamo di poter inviare sacerdoti e celebrare i Sacramenti al Nord, Agenzia Fides, Seul, mercoledì, 10 ottobre 2018; Il Cardinale Yeom: "Accompagnerò Papa Francesco se andrà in Corea del Nord", Agenzia Fides, Seul, mercoledì, 7 novembre 2018; Igreja na Coreia relança campanha pela abolição da pena de morte, Vatican News, Cidade do Vaticano, 06 dezembro 2018, 15:05, with audio; Orthodox patriarch prays for Korean Peninsula, UCA News, Seoul, South Korea, December 13, 2018; Il Cardinale Yeom: “A Natale, costruiamo la pace in Corea”, Agenzia Fides, Seoul, venerdì, 21 dicembre 2018; Korean pilgrims march for peace at World Youth Day. Cardinal Yeom and Bishop Chung join prayers for the unification of Korea, UCA News, Seoul, South Korea, January 28, 2019; Every human life is noble, says Korean cardinal, ucanews.com, Seoul, South Korea, March 21, 2019; Korean cardinal concerned about abortion ruling, ucannews.com, Seoul, South Korea, April 16, 2019; Fátima: Arcebispo de Seul apela à paz na Península Coreana by Domingos Pinto, Vatican News, Lisboa, 14 outubro 2019, 12:43, with audio; Seoul Archdiocese celebrates day of prayer, UCA News, Seoul, June 19, 2020 04:32 AM GMT; Catholics pray for reconciliation on 70th anniversary of the Korean War by Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency, Jun 25, 2020 / 05:20 am MT; Per una politica del perdono, L'Osservatore Romano, 26 giugno 2020; Card. Yeom: Dedichiamo la diocesi di Pyongyang alla Madonna di Fatima by Thomas Han, AsiaNews.it, Corea, 26/06/2020, 14.24; Cardinal invites Korea’s Catholic congressmen to work for life and peace, Vatican News, 10 July 2020, 17:13; Korean cardinal sends message of peace, UCA News, Seoul, August 12, 2020 10:35 AM GMT; Per la conversione, la liberazione e la salvezza del popolo coreano by Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, L'Osservatore Romano, 17 agosto 2020; Korean Cardinal backs pro-democracy movement in Myanmar, UCA News, Seoul, March 25, 2021 07:10 AM GMT; Korean Catholics join pope's vaccine-sharing campaign, UCA News, April 14, 2021 05:00 PM GMT; Asia/Corea del Sud - Patto di cooperazione missionaria: gli aiuti della Chiesa di Seul al Burkina Faso, Agenzia Fides, Seoul, mercoledì, 2 giugno 2021; Cardeal Yeom: rezemos por uma verdadeira unidade e paz na península coreana, Vatican News, 02 julho 2021, 13:09, with audio; Cardinal asks Eucharistic Congress to pray for Korean peace, UCA News, September 13, 2021 10:26 AM; Cardinal Yeom to retire as archbishop of Seoul, Yonhap, The Korea Herald, Nov 30, 2021 - 09:23; Korean Catholics bid farewell to retired Seoul archbishop, UCA News, December 01, 2021 10:10 AM GMT; Asia/Corea del Sus - Il commiato del Cardinale Yeom: "Un gioioso viaggio guidato dallo Spirito Santo", Agenzia Fides, mercoledì, 1 dicembre 2021; Korean Church marks fourth centenary of Vatican congregation, UCA News, May 11, 2022 03:07 AM GMT.
Birth. January 7, 1942, Campiglia dei Berici, diocese of Vicenza, Italy. Son of Mario Ezzati and Asunta Andrello.
Education. Basic education at the communal school of his native town; middle studies at the Salesian school of Penango, Asti; in 1959, he arrived in Chile and entered the Congregation of St. John Bosco of St. Francis de Sales (Salesians), at the novitiate of Quilpué; on January 31, 1961, he emitted the first religious profession; then, he studied philosophy and pedagogy at the Salesian institute affiliated with the Catholic University of Valparaíso; from 1964 to 1966, he taught at Liceo Camilo Ortúzar Montt, in Santiago; then, he studied theology at the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome, where he obtained a licentiate in sacred theology; later, after his ordination, he studied at Institut de Pastorale Catéchetique, Strasbourg, France, where he earned a master's degree in religious science. He also obtained the title of Profesor de Estado en Religión y Filosofía from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. On December 30, 1966, he took his perpetual vows; he belonged to the Salesian province of Chile.
Priesthood. Ordained, March 18, 1970. Between 1971 and 1972, he was responsible of the pastoral of the Salesian Institute in Valdivia. From 1973 to 1977, he was superior of the Salesian community and rector of the Salesian school in Concepción. In 1978, he returned to Santiago, where he stayed until 1983. During that time, he was director of the major seminary of his congregation; provincial counselor; professor of fundamental pastoral at the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile; member and director of the Centro de Estudios y Experiencias Catequísticas (CEEC). In 1984, he participated in the general chapter of his congregation and was named provincial inspector of the Salesians in Chile; as such, he was elected vice president of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men and Women Religious of Chile (CONFERRE). In 1990, he participated for the second time in the general chapter of the congregation; and during his term as provincial superior in 1991, he was called to the Vatican to collaborate with Archbishop Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, of the Fathers of Schönstatt, secretary of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Valdivia, June 28, 1996. Consecrated, September 8, 1996, by Cardinal Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M., archbishop of Santiago de Chile, assisted by Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia, bishop of Temuco, and by Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, of the Fathers of Schönstatt, archbishop-bishop of Valparaíso. His episcopal motto is Para Evangelizar. Attended Special Assembly for America of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, November 16 to December 12, 1997. On July 10, 2001, he was transferred to the titular see of La Imperial and named auxiliary of Santiago and apostolic administrator of Valdivia; he occupied the latter post until the following December 8, when Sergio Contreras Navia, bishop emeritus of Temuco, assumed the administration. In Santiago, he was also vicar general of the archdiocese. On April 24, 2006, President Michelle Bachelet of Chile, at the request of the National Congress, promulgated Law N.º 20.100, which granted him the Chilean citizenship by special grace. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Concepción, December 27, 2006; took possession of the see on March 11, 2007, succeeding Archbishop Antonio Moreno, who had resigned for reasons of health. Attended the Fifth General Conference of the Latin American Episcopate that took place in Aparecida, Brazil, from May 13 to 31, 2007. Received the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI in the papal Vatican basilica on June 29, 2007. Participated in the Fifth General Conference of the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopate (CELAM) celebrated in Aparecida, Brazil, in 2007. Between 2009 and 2010, he was one of the five bishops charged with the apostolic visitation to the Legion of Christ. In November 2010, he was elected president of the Episcopal Conference of Chile for a triennium; reelected for another triennium on November 7, 2013; ceased on November 11, 2016. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Santiago, December 15, 2010. Diocesan administrator of the see of Concepción until his successor took possession. Took possession of the archdiocese of Santiago on January 15, 2011. Received the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI on June 29, 2011, in the papal Vatican basilica. Named member of the Congregation for Catholic Education on November 30, 2013.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 22, 2014; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of SS. Redentore a Val Melaina in that same consistory. On May 22, 2014, he was named member of the Congregation for Catholic Education and of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. Participated in Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 5 to 19, 2014, on the theme "The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization". Took possession of the title of SS. Redentore a Val Melaina, Via Monte Ruggero, 63, Rome, on Saturday October 11, 2014. Participated in the 14th General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which took place at the Vatican from October 4 to 25, 2015 on the theme "The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and in the contemporary world". The cardinal informed the clergy of the Archdiocese of Santiago in a letter dated January 19, 2017 that Pope Francis asked him to continue indefintely in that post after having turned seventy five years old that month. On June 17, 2017, the pope named him special papal envoy to the celebration of the centennial of the birth of Blessed Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez, in program in San Salvador, El Salvador, on August 15, 2017. On March 23, 2019, the pope accepted his resignation from the pastoral government of Santiago de Chile. The pope named apostolic administrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the archdiocese of Santiago de Chile Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap., until then bishop of Copiapó. Lost the right to participate in the conclave when turned eighty years old on January 7, 2022.
Webgraphy. Photograph and biography, in Italian, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede; photograph and biography, in English, Holy See Press Office; photograph and biography, in Spanish, Wikipedia; his arms, Araldica Vaticana; photograph and biography, in Spanish, archdiocese of Santiago; Entrevista y toma de posesión Mons. Ricardo Ezzati, Caetera Tolle, published on Jan 28, 2011, YouTube; Ricardo Ezzati: Un nuevo Cardenal para Chile, Iglesia de Santiago, published Feb 19, 2014, YouTube; Creación cardenalicia Cardenal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello / Celebración completa, Iglesia de Santiago, published on Feb 26, 2014, YouTube; Ricardo Ezzati fue investido como Cardenal por el Papa Francisco, CNN Chile, published on Feb 22, 2014, YouTube; Sacerdotes deben "morir" al prestigio y al orgullo, dice Arzobispo, ACI, 07 Ago. 12 / 08:39 pm; El arzobispo de Santiago: Ser cardenal es un signo de servicio al Papa, Zenit, el mundo visto desde Roma, 13 de enero de 2014; Cardenal Ezzati: 'Un hijo en el seno materno no puede ser descartado', Zenit, Ciudad del Vaticano, 25 febrero 2016; Chile: Cardenal Ezzati pide defender vida y familia en reforma constitucional by Bárbara Bustamante, ACI, Santiago, 10 May. 16 / 05:55 pm; Video: La vida es el don más grande de misericordia, afirma Cardenal by Carolina Requena, ACI, Santiago de Chile, 03 Ago. 16 / 12:20 pm; El cardenal Ricardo Ezzati celebró 20 años de su ordenación episcopal, Zenit, Roma, 9 septiembre 2016; El Papa ratifica al Cardenal Ezzati como Arzobispo de Santiago de Chile indefinidamente, ACI, Santiago, 08 Feb. 17 / 08:21 pm; Cardenal Ezzati en encuentro de Educación en Roma, Arzobispado de Santiago, Chile, 09 Febrero 2017; El cardenal Ezzati: con el Papa hemos hablado de todos los temas, ninguno vedado by Sergio Mora, Zenit, Roma, 20 febrero 2017; La ideología de género es de algunos, no de la gente común, indica el cardenal Ezzati by Sergio Mena, Zenit, Roma, 20 febrero 2017; Vale la pena ser católico, afirma Cardenal en congreso sobre laicos y la vida pública, by Bárbara Bustamante, ACI, Santiago, 05 Jun. 17 / 08:20 pm; Arzobispo explica cómo debe ser el diálogo de la Iglesia en un mundo secularizado by Giselle Vargas, ACI, Santiago, 26 Jul. 17 / 04:07 am; Patrono dei poveri. Il cardinale Ezzati inviato papale in Salvador per il centenario della nascita di monsignor Romero, L'Osservatore Romano, 17 agosto 2017; Superemos el laicismo agresivo, exhorta Cardenal chileno en Te Deum por fiestas patrias by Giselle Vargas, ACI, Santiago, 18 Sep. 17 / 02:35 pm; 66 refugiados sirios llegan a un Chile solidario y acogedor, dice Cardenal Ezzati by Giselle Vargas, ACI, Santiago, 14 Oct. 17 / 08:18 pm; Ayudar en la visita del Papa será una oportunidad de encuentro con Jesús, afirma Cardenal, ACI, Santiago, 20 Nov. 17 / 07:30 pm; Cile. Card. Ezzati: parole del Papa stimolo a guardare avanti con speranza, Vatican News, 17 gennaio 2018, 08:33, with video; Arzobispo de Santiago de Chile es operado del corazón en Roma, ACI Prensa, 7 de marzo de 2018 4:32 pm; La felicidad de Chile depende del esfuerzo de todos, dice Cardenal al nuevo presidente by Giselle Vargas, ACI Prensa, 12 de marzo de 2018 5:51 pm; El cardenal Ricardo Ezzati presidió la solemne Oración Ecuménica por Chile y el Nuevo Gobierno, Ecclesia Digital, 13 de marzo de 2018; Miles de jóvenes dan inicio a las celebraciones de Semana Santa, Ecclesia Digital, 26 de marzo de 2018; La resurrección ayuda a superar desconfianzas y caminar en la fe, dice Cardenal by Giselle Vargas, ACI Prensa, 2 de abril de 2018 6:19 pm, with video; Cardenal sobre ideología de género: Llamar perro a un gato tiene muy poco sentido, ACI Prensa, 7 de abril de 2018 1:15 pm; Cardenal alienta a confiar en el Espíritu Santo que guía nuevos caminos para la Iglesia by Giselle Vargas, ACI Prensa, 17 de abril de 2018 2:43 pm; Cardenal Ezzati: Es grave que hayan engañado al Papa Francisco en caso Barros, ACI Prensa, 19 de abril de 2018 6:05 pm; Cardenal Ezzati pide rezar por las víctimas de abusos de la Iglesia en Chile, ACI Prensa, 24 de abril de 2018 7:17 pm; Cardenal Ezzati en Corpus Christi: La Eucaristía hará resurgir nuestras comunidades, ACI Prensa, 4 de junio de 2018 5:09 pm; Abusos sexuales: Entregan lista de sentencias canónicas ejecutadas por cardenal Ezzati, Ecclesia Digital, ACI Prensa, 5 de junio de 2018; Cardenal Ezzati nombra 7 nuevos vicarios para la Arquidiócesis de Santiago de Chile, ACI Prensa, 28 de junio de 2018 9:42 pm; Chilean cardinal called to testify for suspected abuse cover-up by Junno Arocho Esteves. The Boston Pilot, CONS, Vatican City, 7/25/2018; Arzobispo de Santiago es citado a declarar por presunto encubrimiento de abusos by Giseelle Vargas, ACI Prensa, 25 de julio de 2018 9:31 am; Cile. Card. Ezzati: mai nascosto o ostacolato la giustizia by Debora Donnini, Vatican News, Città del Vaticano, 26 luglio 2018, 12:36; Cardenal Ezzati anuncia que no presidirá Te Deum por fiestas patrias en Chile, Ecclesia Digital, ACI Prensa, 4 de agosto de 2018; Cardenal Ezzati delega funciones como Gran Canciller de universidad by Giselle Vargas, ACI Prensa, 6 de agosto de 2018 2:29 pm; Chile: Offenbar noch kein Urteil im Schadensersatzprozess gegen Erzbistum, Vatican News, 23 Oktober 2018, 17:02; Cardenal Ezzati por abusos: Hoy más que nunca pedimos perdón al Señor, ACI Prensa, 15 de marzo de 2019 1:30 pm; El cardenal Ezzati, jubilado; el capuchino español Aós, administrador apostólico de Santiago de Chile, Ecclesia Digital, 23 de marzo de 2019; El Papa acepta la renuncia del cardenal chileno Ezzati by Patricia Ynestroza, Ecclesia Digital, Ciudad del Vaticano, 23 de marzo de 2019; Papa Francisco acepta renuncia de Cardenal Ezzati como Arzobispo de Santiago de Chile by Bárbara Bustamante, ACI Prensa, 23 de marzo de 2019 8:34 am; Cardenal Ezzati: Toda denuncia de abusos ha sido enfrentada by Giselle Vargas, ACI Prensa, 23 de marzo de 2019 1:36 pm; Pope accepts resignation of embattled Chilean cardinal by Juno Arocho Esteves, Vatican City, The Boston Pilot, CNS, 3/23/2019; Presence of disgraced cardinals at ordination of new bishop causes uproar in Chile by Inés San Martín, Crux, Rome, Jun 24, 2019; Juan Carlos Cruz, víctima de Karadima: «Errázuriz debería estar tras las rejas y Ezzati también, por todo lo que han encubierto» El Desconcierto, 11.04.2021; Venerdì 7 gennaio, l'arcivescovo emerito di Santiago di Cile Ricardo Ezzati cumpie 80 anni. Il cardinale elettori scendono a 119, Il Sismografo, domenica 2 gennaio 2022; Il Cardinale Ezzati compie 80 anni: gli elettori scendono a quota 119 by Marco Mancini, ACI Stampa, Santiago, 07 gennaio, 2022 / 12:30 AM.
Birth. January 25, 1945, Konéan, diocese of Kaya, Burkina Faso (then Upper Volta). Son of Pierre Zudwende Ouédraogo and Jeanne Pegrima. Two of his half-brothers, Gilbert Ouédraogo and Tasséré Ouédraogo, died accidentaly on March 19, 2022.
Education. He attended the Minor Seminary of Pabré in Ouagadougou, from 1959 to 1967; and the Major Seminary of Koumi, in Bobo-Dioulasso. He obtained a doctorate in canon law at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, where he studied from 1978 to 1982).
Priesthood. Ordained, July 14, 1973; incardinated in the diocese of Kaya. After ordination, he was assistant parish priest of the Cathedral of Kaya (1973-1978); Further studies in Rome (1978-1982). Returned to Kaya and was assistant parish priest of the Cathedral, 1983 to 1984; parish priest of the Cathedral and member of the Regional Ecclesiastical Tribunal, 1984 to 1991; vicar general and head of the Foundation of the Minor Seminary, 1992 to 1995; rector of the Minor Seminary, 1993 to 1995. From 1989 to 1996, he served as national director of the Pontifical Mission Works; and from 1995 to 1996, as pastor of the parish of Our Lady of the Assumption of Pisilla. He was also a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Ouahigouya, July 5, 1996. Consecrated, November 23, 1996, by Jean-Marie Untaami Campaoré, archbishop of Ouagadougou, assisted by Léon Soulier, bishop of Limoges, and by Constantin Guirma, bishop emeritus of Kaya. His episcopal motto is In Vinculo Caritatis, annuntiemus Iesum Christum (Unis dans l'amour annonçons Jesus Christ). President of the Conference of Bishops of Burkina Faso and of Niger, 2001 to 2007. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Ouagadougou, May 13, 2009. He took possession of the see on June 13, 2009. He received the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI on June 29, 2009, at the papal Vatican basilica.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 22, 2014; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of S. Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino in that same consistory. Took possession of his title on Sunday April 27, 2014. On May 22, 2014, he was named member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. Participated in Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 5 to 19, 2014, on the theme "The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization", by papal appointment. On July 29, 2019, he was elected head of Symposium of African and Madagascar Bishops' Conferences (SECAM). On March 31, 2020, it was announced that he had contracted the Covid-19 and was recovering in a hospital in Ouagadougou.
Bibliography. Bransom, Jr., Charles N. Revue des ordinations épiscopales. Mango, Florida : Bransom, 1997, n. 5-6, p. 49-50.
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Il card. Ouédraogo: “Comunità religiose nel mirino dei terroristi, li combattiamo con il dialogo” by Filippo Passantino, Servizio Informazione Religiosa, 29 gennaio 2020; African cardinal tests positive for coronavirus as pandemic spreads across the continent by Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency, Vatican City, Mar 31, 2020 / 10:28 am; Africa/Burkina Faso - Il Cardinale Philippe Ouédraogo positivo al Covid-19; aumentano i casi in Africa, Agenzia Fides, Ouagadougou, mercoledì, 1 aprile 2020; Burkina Faso: El cardenal Philippe Ouedraogo hospitalizado by Marina Droujinina, Zenit, abril 01, 2020 17:37; Burkina Faso: l'appel à l'unité du cardinal Ouedraogo, atteint du covid-19, Vatican News, 07 avril 2020, 15:20; Hospitalized African Cardinal calls for solidarity with coronavirus sufferers by Fr. Benedict Mayaki, SJ, Vatican News, 08 April 2020, 16:04; Africa/Burkina Faso - Il Cardinale Ouédraogo: “Auspico un’ondata di solidarietà internazionale per combattere il coronavirus”, Agenzi Fides, Ouagadougou, mercoledì, 15 aprile 2020; After recovering from COVID-19, African cardinal calls for debt relief for continent by Elise Ann Allen, Crux, Rome, Jun 2, 2020; Africa - “Africa ed Europa uniti per rilanciare la cooperazione multilaterale”, auspicano i Vescovi dei 2 continenti, Agenzia Fides, Roma, venerdì, 12 giugno 2020; África. Cardenal Ouédraogo: debemos ser custodios los unos de los otros by Ana Ponce, Vatican News, Ciudad del Vaticano, 27 julio 2020, 14:52; Cardenal con COVID-19 ofrece su enfermedad por el fin del terrorismo en su país, ACI Prensa, 8 de octubre de 2020 - 6:39 PM; Fratelli tutti : la réaction du cardinal Ouédraogo, Service Français-Afrique, Vatican News, Cité du Vatican, 14 octobre 2020, 12:18; Église catholique du Burkina : Le cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo présente le « Document de Kampala », lefaso.net, Kampala, jeudi 21 janvier 2021 à 19h52min; Burkina Faso : Le Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo contre le mariage homosexuel by Alice Suglimani Thiombiano, Burkina 24, 4 avril 2021; Il cardinale africano guida la protesta: cattolici, opponetevi alle benedizioni delle coppie gay by Franca Giansoldati, Il Messaggero, Vaticano, martedì 6 Aprile 2021; Top African cardinal uses Easter homily to slam gay marriage by Guy Aimé Eblotié, La Croix International, Burkina Faso, April 9, 2021; African cardinal urges resistance to Western ideologies, Catholic Sun, CNS, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, April 14, 2021; Asia/Corea del Sud - Patto di cooperazione missionaria: gli aiuti della Chiesa di Seul al Burkina Faso, Agenzia Fides, Seoul, mercoledì, 2 giugno 2021; AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - I Vescovi: “Porgiamo le condoglianze per le vittime del massacro di Solhan”, Agenzia Fides, Ouagadougou, giovedì, 10 giugno 2021; Burkina Faso: Cardinal Ouédraogo calls for solidarity over deadly attack, Vatican News, RECOWA/CERAO – Abuja, Nigeria, 14 June 2021, 11:45; Le Cardinal Ouédraogo dit «non» aux politiques anti-natalistes by Camille Mukoso, SJ, Vatican News, Cité du Vatican, 18 août 2021, 13:11; Cardeal de Burkina Fasso: a oração é a resposta às armas by Michele Raviart, Vatican News, 12 outubro 2021, 10:55; SECAM President, Cardinal Ouédraogo, urges the Church in Africa to side with those who suffer by Paul Samasumo, Vatican News, Vatican City, 03 January 2022, 15:47; Head of the Catholic Church in Africa concludes official visit to Expo 2020 Dubai African Business, February 25th 2022; Le cardinal phillipe Ouédraogo perd accidentellement deux de ses demi-frères by Wend-n-bogdé Harold Alex Kabore, lobspaalga.com, 20 mars 2022; Africa - “Il mondo, l’Africa in particolare, ha fame, occorre superare la logica dell’egoismo”: il Presidente del SECAM nel messaggio di Pentecoste, Agenzia Fides, Rona, sabato, 4 giugno 2022; Burkina Faso cardinal calls for support of victims of jihadist attacks by Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux, Yaoundé, Aug 18, 2022; Africa/Burkina Faso - Il Cardinale Ouédraogo: “La nostra risposta al Kalashnikov è la preghiera”, Agenzia Fides, Ouagadougou, martedì, 4 ottobre 2022; Burkina Faso: l'archevêque de Ouagadougou appelle à démolir «les murs de la haine et de l’égoïsme», RFI, 24/12/2022 - 23:39.
Birth. March 11, 1939, Laoag, Philippines. His parents were public school teachers. He is the youngest of four children.
Education. Entered the Order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Special College, San Jose Seminary, Quezon City, 1954-1956; St. Peter's Novitiate, Mission, Texas, 1956-1957; San Jose Seminary Quezon City, 1957-1960 (philosophy); Oblate College (Catholic University of America), Washington, DC, 1960-1964 (STB, MA Religious Education); University of Santo Tomas, Manila (post graduate studies in Educational Management); St. Louis University, Missouri, 1976-1977 (Theology of Religious Life).
Priesthood. Ordained, June 5, 1964, Washington, D.C., United States of America. Assistant parish priest, cathedral of Cotabato, 1964. From 1964 to 1968, professor, at Notre Dame College/University, Cotabato City; from 1965 to 1966, dean of studies, at the Archdiocesan Seminary, Cotabato City; from 1966 to 1968, dean of Student Affairs at Notre Dame University, Cotabato City; from 1969 to 1970, vice-rector for Academic Affairs, at Notre Dame University; from 1970 to 1976, president of Notre Dame University, Cotabato City; from 1973-1975, chairman, Mindanao Educational Conference Planning Board; from 1973 to 1976, president, Notre Dame Educational Association; in 1977, spiritual director at the Oblate House of Theology, Quezon City; from 1977 to 1979, parish priest, at Jolo Parish, Sulu; from 1978 to 1979, chairman, OMI Provincial Renewal Team; from 1979 to 1980, superior, Oblate House of Theology, Quezon City.
Episcopate. Elected bishop prelate of Kidapawan, July 23, 1980. Consecrated, October 28, 1980, at the cathedral of Kidapawan, by Bruno Trorpigliani, titular archbishop of de Malliana, nuncio in Philippines, assisted by Philip Francis Smith, archbishop of Cotabato, and by Federico O. Escaler, bishop prelate of Ipil. His episcopal motto is Caritas congaudet veritati. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Nueva Segovia, March 22, 1986. Elected member of the General Council of the Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, Rome, 1994. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Cotabato, May 30, 1998. He received the pallium from Pope John Paul II on June 29, 1998, at the papal Vatican basilica. President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) from 1999 to 2003. He was secretary-general of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences from 2005 to 2011. He is known to have championed justice and peace issues during the martial law years in the 1970s and 1980s. He has been at the forefront of peace efforts in the southern Philippines over the past two decades (1).
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 22, 2014; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of S. Maria "Regina Mundi" a Torre Spaccata in that same consistory. On Thursday April 24, 2014, he took possession of his title. On May 22, 2014, he was named member of the Pontifical Councils Iustitia et Pax and for Interreligious Dialogue. On January 17, 2015, he was named special papal envoy to the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the finding of the "hidden Christians of Japan", programmed in Nagasaki on March 14 to 17, 2015. On November 6, 2018, the pope accepted his resignation from the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Cotabato. The pope named to succeeded him Angelito R. Lampon, O.M.I., until then titular bishop of Valliposita and apostolic vicar of Jolo. Cardinal Quevedo was apostolic administrator of the archdiocese of Cotabato until January 30, 2019, when his successor was installed. On March 11, 2019, he turned eighty years old and lost the right to participate in the conclave.
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(1) In a 2003 paper titled "Injustice: the Root of Conflict in Mindanao," Archbishop Quevedo said the root cause of the Moro rebellion in the southern Philippines was "injustice" to the Moro people's "identity, political sovereignty, and integral development". "Through the years I have gained some understanding of the Moro viewpoint that has significantly influenced, even altered, my Christian viewpoint ... being with Muslim students and professionals for many years," the archbishop wrote.
Birth. November 29, 1958, La Vallée, diocese of Jacmel, Haïti. From a poor family. He is the eldest of four children. Two of them are Gertrude and Edguert.
Education. He entered the Grand Seminary of Notre-Dame of Port-au-Prince in 1985, where he studied philosophy and theology; later, from 1994 to 1996, he studied and obtained a licentiate degree in pastoral theology at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. He is fluent in Italian as well as French and Creole; he also speaks English and understands Spanish.
Priesthood. Ordained, September 22, 1991, by Guire Poulard, bishop of Jacmel. Incardinated in the diocese of Jacmel. From 1991 to 1994, he was vicar of the cathedral of St. Jacques and St. Philippe, Jacmel. Director of the diocesan service for the pastoral of catechesis from 1993 to 1994. Further studies in Rome, 1994 to 1996. In 1996, he became administrator of the diocesan catechetical and pastoral formation. In 1999, he was assigned to the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception of the city "Des Oranger" in Jacmel, and was professor of pastoral theology at the Grand Seminary Notre-Dame from 2000 to 2004. In 2000, he taught at the Diocesan Institute for Education and Human Promotion of Jacmel.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Fort-Liberté April 8, 2004. Consecrated, June 6, 2004, at the cathedral of Saint-Joseph, Fort-Liberté, by Hubert Constant, archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, assisted by Guire Poulard, bishop of Jacmel, and by Joseph Serge Miot, archbishop coadjutor and apostolic administrator of Port-au-Prince. His episcopal motto is Servir Dieu et l'homme dans l'amour (Servire Deo et populo in caritate). Transferred to the see of Les Cayes, August 15, 2011. Apostolic administrator of Fort-Liberté until the installation of his successor, Bishop Max Leroy Mésidor, on July 28, 2012. He was member of the Episcopal Commission for Mission and chairman of the Episcopal Commission on Catechesis. President of the Haitian Episcopal Conference since December 2011. He is currently chief mediator among fifty opposition groups and representatives of the president of Haïti.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 22, 2014; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of S. Giacomo in Augusta in that same consistory. He is the first Haitian cardinal in history (1). On May 22, 2014, he was named member of the Pontifical Council Iustitia et Pax and of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. Took possession of his title on Saturday June 7, 2014, at 5:30 p.m. Participated in Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 5 to 19, 2014, on the theme "The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization". On July 13, 2016, he was named member of the Secretariat for Communications. On June 8, 2022, he was involved in a traffic accident on a road in the south of Haïti; his condition is not serious but he had a broken arm.
Webgraphy. Photograph and biography, in Italian, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede; his arms, Araldica Vaticana; biography, in French, Wikipedia; his photograph and biography, in English, Haiti: One Table, Many Partners to life; Haïti a son premier cardinal au sein de l'église catholique romaine internationale, AlterPresse, dimanche 12 janvier 2014; Monseigneur Chibly Langlois, premier cardinal haïtien de l'histoire, Kiskeya, YouTube, published on Jan 12, 2014; Mgr. Chibly Langlois1er Cardinal Haitien 1ere Interview, Haiti Actualités, YouTube, published on Jan 13, 2014; Réactions du Nonce Apostolique, Mgr Bernardito Auza, à la nomination du Cardinal Langlois, Kiskeya, YouTube, published on Jan 13, 2014; Conozca al que será el primer Cardenal de Haití en la historia ACIPrensa, 13 Ene. 14 / 12:53 pm; Haiti's new cardinal known as tireless worker, advocate for people by Ezra Fieser, Catholic News Service, Jan. 15, 2014; Haiti celebrates first cardinal by Jacqueline Charles, The Miami Herald, Friday, 01.31.14; Haití: el futuro cardenal intenta el diálogo entre el gobierno y la oposición, Zenit, 11 de febrero de 2014; Il neo-cardinale Langlois: segno di speranza per gli ultimi by Paolo Lambruschi , Avvenire, 24 febbraio 2014; El papa Francisco no se ha olvidado de Haití y quiere que la gente no se olvide by H. Sergio Mora, Zenit, 11 de junio de 2014; Haïti, huit ans après le séisme: le regard du cardinal Langlois, entretien réalisé par Manuella Affejee, vaticannews.va, Cité du Vatican, 12 janvier 2018, 17:10, with audio; Attrito tra le autorità di Haiti e i Vescovi; il Card. Langlois a Santo Domingo, Agenzia Fides, Port au Prince, lunedì, 2 luglio 2018; Chibly Langlois, cardinal Haïtien célèbre la messe de l’épiphanie à Kourou, France Guyane, Lundi 6 Janvier 2020 - 18h04; « Il y a comme une impuissance notoire de la part de nos autorités… », dénonce le cardinal Chibly Langlois Le Nouvelliste, 2021-04-16; Haiti, il cardinale Chibly Langlois gravemente ferito nel terremoto, ACI Stampa, Port-au-Prince, 14 agosto, 2021 / 7:19 PM; Cardenal Chibley Langlois queda herido tras terremoto de 7.2 grados en Haití by Diego López Marina, ACI Prensa, 14 de agosto de 2021 11:24 p.m.; Cardinal Chibly Langlois, injured in the earthquake in Haiti Haití by Ángel Morillo, Prensa CELAM, Sunday, August 15, 2021; Le Cardinal Chibly Langlois ouvre le Synode (2021- 2023), iciHaiti.com, 25/10/2021 09:43:43; Le cardinal Chibly Langlois, de l’Église catholique romaine en Haïti, blessé dans un accident de la route, AlterPresse, Port-au-Prince, 08 juin 2022; Le cardinal Chibly Langlois victime d’un accident de la route, Rezo Nòdwès, 8 juin 2022; Haïti: Cardinal Chibly Langlois blessé dans un accident de circulation by Jean Allens Macajoux, Vant Bèf Info, juin 8, 2022; Haitian Cardinal, survivor of 2021 earthquake, injured in car accident, Aleteia, 06/09/22; Hospitalizan a cardenal tras sufrir grave accidente de tránsito en Haití by Diego López Marina, ACI Prensa, 10 de junio de 2022 3:06 pm; Le cardinal Langlois victime d’un accident de la route, « se porte très bien », annonce l’archidiocèse des Cayes by Rezo Nòdwès, Rezo Nòdwès, 16 juillet 2022; Cardenal Chibly Langlois: «El peor trauma de Haití es la mala gestión de la solidaridad» by María Martínez López, Alfa & Omega, 22 de Febrero de 2023.
(1) According to Ezra Fieser, Catholic News Service, "Haitian Catholic leaders see the choice as recognition of the church's work following a devastating earthquake that struck four years ago to the day of the papal announcement. The quake killed an estimated 220,000 people and left 1.5 million homeless. It killed the archbishop of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and toppled the city's iconic cathedral."
Birth. October 14, 1915, Pontelongo, diocese of Padua, Italy. Son of Rodolfo Capovilla, a functionary of Società Belga Zuccherifici, and Letizia Callegaro. He had a sister, Lia. He was baptized in the archpriestal church of Pontelongo. The father died in 1922, causing the mother and the two children go through a very difficult period of precariousness and wanderings until final settling in Mestre in 1929.
Education. Studied at the Patriarchal Seminary of Venice.
Priesthood. Ordained, May 23, 1940, Venice, by Cardinal Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D., patriarch of Venice. Incardinated in the patriarchate of Venice. He performed various tasks in the parish of S. Zaccaria and in the patriarchal curia, where he was capitular master of ceremonies in the Basilica of San Marco; he also was catechist in middle schools and chaplain of the Onarmo in Porto Marghera; he performed his ministry as minors' prison chaplain and as chaplain of the infectious hospital. During the Second World War he served in the military aviation (1). In 1945, he was named Sunday preacher at "Radio Venezia", ministry that he performed until 1953. In 1949, he was named director of the diocesan weekly "La Voce di San Marco" and redactor of the Venetian page of "Avvenire d'Italia", the newspaper of the Italian bishops. He was inscribed in the "Album of Journalists" in 1950. Secretary to Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, patriarch of Venice, and later Pope John XXIII, from March 15, 1953 to June 3, 1963. Privy chamberlain supernumerary of His Holiness, December 11, 1955. Conclavist to Patriarch Roncalli in the conclave of 1958, in which the patriarch was elected pope. After the election, he continued as secretary of the pope until the death of the pontiff, having been confirmed in the post the same evening of the election, October 28, 1958. Domestic prelate of His Holiness, December 12, 1958. Privy chamberlain participant of His Holiness, March 22, 1960. Canon of the chapter of the patriarchal Vatican basilica in 1960. Pope Paul VI named him prelate di anticamera and expert to the Second Vatican Council.
Episcopate. Elected archbishop of Chieti, June 25, 1967; the see of Chieti had united in perpetuity the administration of the diocese of Vasto (now archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto). Consecrated, July 15, 1967, at the patriarchal Vatican basilica, by Pope Paul VI, assisted by Augusto Gianfranceschi, bishop of Cesena, and by Jacques-Paul Martin, titular bishop of Neapoli di Palaestina, canon of the chapter of the patriarchal Vatican basilica and official of the Secretariat of State. His episcopal motto was Oboedientia et Pax (the same as Pope John XXIII). Transferred to the titular see of Messembria (which was the titular see of Archbishop Roncalli) and named prelate of Loreto and pontifical delegate to the Lauretano Shrine, September 25, 1971. Resigned the posts on December 10, 1988. He resided in Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, the native town of Pope John XXIII.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 22, 2014; received the title of S. Maria in Trastevere on that same day. He was not able to participate in the consistory because of age and health reasons. Received the red biretta and the cardinalitial ring on March 1, 2014, at 4 p.m., at the parish church of Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, delegate of Pope Francis, imposed the biretta and presided over the concelebrated Mass that followed. On November 29, 2015, he took possession of his title by procurator. At 98 years old, he immediately was the oldest member of the College of Cardinals, and (having already reached age 80) was not eligible to participate in a conclave.
Death. May 26, 2016, in the afternoon, in the clinic Beato Palazzolo, Bergamo. In a moving farewell note, the late cardinal asked for "no public funeral," just a private chapel Mass for closest friends. After learning the news of the death of the cardinal, Pope Francis prayed for the eternal repose of his soul and sent Francesco Beschi, bishop of Bergamo, a telegram of condolence (2). Bishop Beschi presided over the funeral Mass and preached the homily. Archbishop Bruno Forte of Chieti-Vasto delivered the eulogy at the end of the ceremony. Buried, according to his will, in a poor pine coffin beside Padre David Maria Turoldo, O.S.M., in the small cemetery adjacent to the Abbey of Fontanella, near Sotto il Monte (3).
Bibliography. Capovilla, Lois Francesco. I miei anni con Papa Giovanni XXIII. Conversazione con Ezio Bolis. Milano : Rizzoli, 2013; Loris Capovilla. Umiltà e dialogo. Edited by Marco Boato. Padova : Edizioni Messaggero, 2016; Capovilla, Lois Francesco ; Salvi, Renzo. Nell’aurora del Concilio. Loris F. Capovilla, Assisi, papa Giovanni … il mondo. Assisi : Cittadella Editrice, 2016; David Maria Turoldo, Loris Francesco Capovilla. Nel solco di papa Giovanni. Lettere inedite. Edited by Marco Roncalli and Antonio Donadio. Milano : Servitium, 2017.
Webgraphy. Biography, in Italian, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede; biography, in English, Wikipedia; photographs and biography, in Italian, Santi e Beati; Il segretario di Giovanni XXIII: «La scomunica al Líder Máximo? Non c'è mai stata» by Gian Guido Vecchi, Corriere della Sera, 28 marzo 2012 | 20:40; 50 anni fa si apriva il Concilio Vaticano II: intervista a mons. Loris Capovilla , YouTube, published on May 3, 2012; At 96, Blessed John XXIII's secretary tells tales of his famous boss by Francis X. Rocca, Catholic News Service, May 4, 2012; John XXIII's secretary, Catholic News Service, video, YouTube, published on May 12, 2012; John XXIII's secretary, part 2, Catholic News Service, video, YouTube, published on May 12, 2012; Francis' phone call to Capovilla in memory of John XXIII by Marco Tosatti, Vatican Insider, 04/ 2/2013; Papa Francesco telefona a monsignor Loris Capovilla, YouTube, published on Apr 3, 2013; El custodio de la memoria: Loris F. Capovilla, nuevo cardenal by Luis Marín de San Martín, OSA, Revista Ecclesia, 12 enero, 2014; Mons. Capovilla fue secretario personal de Juan XXIII y con 98 años será Cardenal más anciano de la Iglesia, ACI/EWTN Noticias, 13 Ene. 14 / 11:36 pm; Capovilla: raggio di sole al tramonto by Marco Roncalli, Avvenire, 14 gennaio 2014; At 98, Blessed John XXIII's secretary to be oldest living cardinal by Francis X. Rocca, Catholic News Service, Feb-4-2014; Loris Capovilla will not receive the biretta in Rome by Andrea Tornielli, Vatican Insider, 02/19/2014; Il card. Capovilla: Francesco, come Papa Giovanni, vuole cardinali santi, Radio Vaticana, 2014-02-24; Berretta cardinalizia per Capovilla, Avvenire, 1 marzo 2014; Capovilla: «Sono 79 anni che conosco Roncalli...» by Giorgio Malavasi, Gente Veneta, Lunedì, 14 Aprile 2014; Capovilla su Roncalli: «Non chiamatelo Papa 'buono'», Vatican Insider, 18/04/2014; Cardenal Capovilla: Juan XXIII murió con la mirada de un niño by Rocío Lancho García, Zenit, 25 de abril de 2014; Morto Capovilla segretario di Giovanni XXIII by Marco Roncalli, avvenire.it, 26 maggio 2016; Fallece el cardenal Capovilla, secretario del papa Juan XXIII, Zenit, Ciudad del Vaticano, 26 mayo 2016; A Sotto il Monte le esequie del cardinale Capovilla, Radio Vaticana, 2016-05-30; I funerali del cardinale Capovilla, L'Osservatore Romano, 31 maggio 2016; La mia ora non può tardare. Gli ultimi pensieri del cardinale Capovilla, L'Osservatore Romano, 31 maggio 2016; Nel segno di Roncalli. Esce il carteggio inedito fra Turoldo e Capovilla, L'Osservatore Romano, 23 maggio 2017; Promessa mantenuta. Mezzo secolo fa l’ordinazione episcopale di Loris Francesco Capovilla, L'Osservatore Romano, 19 luglio 2017; L’ombra buona di Giovanni XXIII. Incontri - Loris Capovilla by Elio Guerriero, L'Osservatore Romano, 24 ottobre 2019; Quando Capovilla salvò i soldati dal lager by Renzo Salvi, Chiesa di Milano, giovedì 20 Aprile 2023.
(1) When the Armistice in 1943 occurred, he was in the airport "Natale Palli" in Parma. He is still remembered for his humanitarian work intended to spare as many
airmen as possible from internment in Germany. Sixty years after the end of the conflict, La Gazzetta di Parma (February 7, 2005) remembered him with the article by Giorgio
Torelli "Così don Loris sfidò i tedeschi" (Thus Don Loris defied the Germans).
(2) This is the text of the telegram, taken from the Press Office of the Holy See:
A Sua Eccelenza Rev.ma Mons. Francesco Beschi
Vescovo di Bergamo
Nell'apprendere la notizia del decesso del venerato Cardinale Loris Francesco Capovilla, desidero esprimere le mie condoglianze a Lei, all'intera comunità diocesana -- di cui
si sentiva ormai parte viva -- alle suore delle Poverelle di Ca'Maitino in Sotto il Monte, che lo hanno amorevolmente assistito, ai parenti, agli amici e agli estimatori del
benemerito Porporato. Penso con affetto a questo caro fratello che nella sua lunga e feconda esistenza ha testimoniato con gioia il Vangelo e servito docilmente la Chiesa, dapprima
nella diocesi di Venezia, poi con premuroso affetto accanto al Papa San Giovanni XXIII, della cui memoria fu zelante custode e valido interprete. Nel suo ministero episcopale,
specialmente a Chieti-Vasto e a Loreto, fu sempre pastore totalmente dedito al bene dei sacerdoti e dei fedeli tutti, nel segno di una solida fedeltà alla bussola del Concilio
Vaticano secondo. Elevo la mia preghiera al Signore affinché, per intercessione della Beata Vergine Maria e di San Marco Evangelista, accolga questo suo fedele servitore nel
gaudio e nella pace eterna, e di cuore imparto a quanti ne piangono la scomparsa la Benedizione Apostolica.
Birth. December 14, 1929, Calatayud, diocese of Tarazona, Spain. Son of Luis Sebastián Cebrián (1893-1980) and María Aguilar (+ after 1988).
Education. Studied at Instituto de Enseñanza Media, Calatayud. Entered the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians) in Vic in 1945; professed on September 8, 1946; studied philosophy and theology in the Claretian seminaries of Solsona and Valls respectively. After his ordination, he was sent to Rome to specialize in theology; in 1956, he went to Belgium to study at the Catholic University of Louvain, where he took courses in contemporary philosophy, fundamental theology and pastoral of the sacraments; in 1957, he obtained a doctorate in theology at the Pontifical Athenaeum of S. Tommaso d'Aquino (Angelicum) in Rome, with the highest grades and a thesis on the Divine Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary entitled Maternitatis divinae diversa ratio apud Didacum Alvarez et Franciscum Suarez.
Priesthood. Ordained, June 28, 1953, by Cardinal Benjamín Arriba y Castro, archbishop of Tarragona. Further studies in Rome and Louvain. Professor of theology at the Claretian Seminaries of Valls, Salamanca and Rome. In 1967, he became professor of theology at the Pontifical University of Salamanca; in 1970, he was named dean of the Theological Faculty; and in September 1971, he was elected rector magnífico of the university for four years; he was reelected almost unanimously by the University Claustro for another four years concluding on July 17, 1979.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of León, August 22, 1979. Consecrated, September 29, 1979, at the cathedral of the Assumption, León, by Cardinal Vicente Enrique y Tarancón, archbishop of Madrid, assisted by Gabino Díaz Merchán, archbishop of Oviedo, and by José Delicado Baeza, archbishop of Valladolid. His episcopal motto was Veritas in caritate. Resigned the pastoral government of the see of León, July 38, 1983. Secretary of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, 1982-1988. Promoted to archbishop coadjutor of Granada, April 8, 1988. Vice president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, 1993-1999; and 2002-2005. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Pamplona y Tudela, March 26, 1993. He received the pallium from Pope John Paul II on June 29, 1993, at the papal Vatican basilica. Apostolic administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, September 15, 2003 to May 29, 2004. Resigned the government of the metropolitan see of Pamplona y Tudela, July 31, 2007. On May 15, 2008, the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life named him pontifical commissary for the Union Lumen Dei, with faculties of president general. He resided in Málaga. He was a prolific writer and has published numerous works (1).
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 22, 2014; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of S. Angela Merici in that same consistory. He had reached age 80 before becoming a cardinal, so was not eligible to participate in a conclave. On June 4, 2014, he was awarded the Prize HO 2014 from the organization Hazte Oí. On Sunday September 21, 2014, he took possession of the title of S. Angela Merici. Participated in Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 5 to 19, 2014, on the theme "The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization", by papal appointment.
Death. January 24, 2019, in Málaga, Spain, from an ictus he had suffered the day before that had left half of his body paralyzed. Upon learning the news of the death of the cardinal, Pope Francis asked Cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary of State, to send a telegram of condolence to Francisco Pérez González, archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela. He was buried in the crypt of chapel of the Virgen de los Reyes, in the southern nave of the Cathedral of Málaga (2).
Bibliography. Sebastián, Fernando. Memorias con esperanza. Madrid : Ediciones Encuentro, 2016.
Webgraphy. Photograph and biography, in Italian, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede; photograph and biography, in English, Holy See Press Office; photograph and biography, in Spanish, Spanish Episcopal Conference; biography, in Spanish, Wikipedia; Mons. Sebastián: 'Nunca he esperado ser cardenal, ni lo he deseado', Zenit, 13 de enero de 2014; El preferido de Tarancón by Juan G. Bedoya, El País, Madrid, 12 ene 2014 - 22:17 CET; Málaga suma su décimo cardenal by Ignacio A. Castillo, La Opinión de Málaga, 15.01.2014 05:00; «La homosexualidad es una deficiente sexualidad que se puede normalizar con tratamiento», Fernando Sebastián, el nuevo cardenal español, que reside en Málaga, cree que Francisco es un ejemplo para el resto de gobernantes by Jesús Hinojosa, Diario SUR Digital, Málaga, 19.01.14 - 02:22; Nota acerca de las declaraciones del cardenal electo Fernando Sebastián sobre la homosexualidad, Revista Ecclesia, 2 febrero, 2014; New Spanish cardinal to be probed for 'anti-gay' incitement, ucanews, February 6, 2014; Futuro Cardenal Sebastián: Es un reto fundamental anunciar el Evangelio en medio del laicismo, ACI/Europa Press, 18 Feb. 14 / 11:17 am; Futuro Cardenal Sebastián: Ni las izquierdas ni las derechas apoyan de verdad a la familia, ACI/Europa Press, 19 Feb. 14 / 10:36 am; Archivan investigación por declaraciones del Cardenal Sebastián sobre homosexualidad, ACI/Europa Press, Málaga, 04 Abr. 14 / 11:43 am; Cardenal Sebastián ensalza labor de HazteOír "que trabaja por el bien de la Iglesia y de la humanidad", ACI/Europa Press, 10 Jun. 14 / 03:25 am; Cardenal anima a "desautorizar firmemente" actos violentos en nombre del Islam by Blanca Ruiz, ACI, Madrid, 23 Nov. 15 / 01:44 pm; Cardenal Sebastián: 'En España, no hemos logrado instalarnos en la visión del Vaticano II' by Iván de Vargas, Zenit, 5 febrero 2016; El cardenal Sebastián analiza en COPE la Amoris laetitia y la crisis de la familia by José Luis Restán Martínez, Ecclesia Digital, 22 de diciembre de 2016; Cardenal Sebastián: “El nacionalismo es siempre victimista, porque ante es egoísta”, Actuall, 07/11/2017; Monseñor don Fernando Sebastián cerrará el Año Jubilar Diocesano en Cádiz, Ecclesia Digital, 3 de septiembre de 2018; El arzobispo emérito de Pamplona, Fernando Sebastián, ingresado en estado grave tras sufrir un ictus, Navarra.com, 21 Enero, 2019 - 18:05; Fallece el Arzobispo emérito de Pamplona, Fernando Sebastián, Pamplonaactual, Pamplona-Iruña, 24 enero, 2019; Fallece el cardenal Fernando Sebastián, Conferencia Episcopal Española, 24 de enero de 2019; España: Fallece el Cardenal Fernando Sebastián, Arzobispo emérito de Pamplona y Tudela, Zenit, enero 24, 2019 20:54; Al cardenal Fernando Sebastián. In memoriam by Isabel Orellana Vilches, Zenit, enero 24, 2019 23:35; Muere el cardenal Fernando Sebastián, el hombre del papa Francisco en España by Juan G. Bedoya, El País, 25 ENE 2019 - 08:36 EST; E' morto a 89 anni il Cardinale spagnolo Fernando Sebastian Aguilar by Mario Mancini, ACI Stampa, Pamplona, 25 gennaio, 2019 / 10:00 AM; Gracias, D. Fernando. Editoriales de ECCLESIA sobre don Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Ecclesia Digital, 25 de enero de 2019; Muerte del cardenal Sebastián: mensajes en twitter de los obispos Gil Tamayo y Luis Argüello, Ecclesia Digital, 26 de enero de 2019; Funeral del cardenal Fernando Sebastián, en Málaga, Ecclesia Digital, 26 de enero de 2019; Funeral en la Fundación Pablo VI en memoria de don Fernando Sebastián by Sandra Vázquez González, Directora de Comunicación, Fundación Pablo VI, Ecclesia Digital, 31 de enero de 2019; El extraordinario don y servicio de don Fernando Sebastián, Editiorial de Ecclesia Digital, 31 de enero de 2019.
(1) Among his works are: Al servicio de la Iglesia, 1961; Vida de perfección en la Iglesia, 1967; Renovación conciliar de la vida religiosa,
1969; Vida evangélica, 1969; Secularización y vida religiosa, 1970; Antropología y teología de la fe cristiana, 1973; Nueva evangelización, 1991;
Escritos sobre la fe, la Iglesia y el hombre, 1996; La verdad del Evangelio. Cartas a los españoles perplejos en materia de cristianismo, 2003; Conferencias,
2004; Documentos pastorales (1993-2003), 2004; Testigo del Evangelio, 2004; Sembrando la palabra, 2008.
(2) This is the text of the inscription on his vault, kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta:
FERNANDO SEBASTIAN AGUILAR, CMF
CALATAYUD (ZARAGOZA), 1929
MALAGA, 2019
ARZOBISPO DE PAMPLONA
1993 - 2007
ADMINISTRADOR APOSTOLICO DE MALAGA
1991 - 1993
A M D G
Birth. February 15, 1933, Roseau, Dominica. He was one of the nine children of Major Edward Mosley Felix, chief of the Dominica Police Force, and Melanie Cadette.
Education. He received his primary education at the Roseau Boys School, and his secondary education at the Dominica Grammar School; he was a fine soccer player, representing the Grammar School with distinction. In 1950, he left Dominica to study for the priesthood at St. John Vianney Seminary in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. From 1962, he studied at St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada, where he obtained a diploma in Adult Education, graduating in 1963; and in 1967, he completed a masters in sociology and anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America. He did post graduate studies in sociology at the University of Bradford, Yorkshire, England, graduating in 1970.
Priesthood. Ordained, April 8, 1956, Dominica, by Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P., archbishop of Port of Spain. He was the first diocesan priest from Roseau, and the first Catholic priest to be ordained in Dominica. Pastoral work in Dominica from 1956 to 1962. Further studies in Canada, the United States of America and England from 1962 to 1970. While studying in England he ministered to the Dominican immigrant community in Bradford and, aware of their difficult economic situation, helped them organize a credit union. After completing his studies in 1970, Father Felix was appointed tutor at the Seminary of St. John Vianney and lecturer in sociology at the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine, Port of Spain. In 1972, he returned to Dominica and was appointed headmaster of the St. Mary's Academy, which was then having very serious racial problems because of the Black Power movement; he was successful solving the problems. Appointed associate general secretary of the Caribbean Conference of Churches.
Episcopate. Elected archbishop of Castries, St. Lucia, July 17, 1981. Consecrated, October 5, 1981, at the cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Castries, by Paul Fouad Tabet, titular archbishop of Sinna, apostolic delegate to the Antilles, assisted by Gordon Anthony Pantin, archbishop of Port of Spain, and by Samuel Emmanuel Carter, archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica. His episcopal motto is Ut omnes unum sint. He was president of the Caribbean Conference of Churches from 1981 to 1986; as well as president of the Antilles Episcopal Conference from 1991 to 1997. He received the pallium from Pope John Paul II on June 29, 1982, at the papal Vatican basilica. In 1986, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws from St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London, in 1992. Apostolic administrator of the diocese of Bridgetown, Barbados. He was also awarded the Dominica Meritorious Service Medal in 1999. He received the St. Lucia Medal of Honor in 2002. Resigned the pastoral government of the metropolitan see of Castries, February 15, 2008. He continues his ministry to the poor in the villages of Dominica. He was member of the Pontifical Council for Family Life, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialog, and the Synodal Council for America.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 22, 2014; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of S. Maria della Salute a Primavalle in that same consistory. He had reached the age of 80 before becoming a cardinal, so was not eligible to participate in a conclave. On Saturday May 31, 2014, at 6:30 p.m., he took possession of his title, which is situated at Via Tommaso De Vio, 5, Rome. On December 12, 2014, the government of Saint Lucia issued two stamps for the value of 3 and 5 dollars honoring the cardinal.
Webgraphy. Photograph and biography, in Italian, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede; photograph and biography, in English, Wikipedia; Antilles cardinal-designate wants to remain 'country parish priest' by Raymond Syms Catholic News Service, Jan. 22, 2014; Archbishop Kelvin Felix Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre.
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