Giuseppe Petrocchi

Giuseppe Petrocchi (born 19 August 1948) is an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who has served as the Archbishop of L'Aquila since 2013. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.

His Eminence Giuseppe Petrocchi
Cardinal Archbishop of L'Aquila
Petrocchi in 2018.
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	L'Aquila
See	L'Aquila
Appointed	8 June 2013
Installed	7 July 2013
Predecessor	Giuseppe Molinari
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini (2018–)
Orders
Ordination	14 September 1973 by Marcello Morgante
Consecration	20 September 1998 by Silvano Montevecchi
Created cardinal	28 June 2018 by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name	Giuseppe Petrocchi
Born	19 August 1948 Ascoli Piceno, Italy
Previous post	Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno (1998–2013)
Alma mater	Pontifical Roman Major Seminary Pontifical Lateran University Sapienza University of Rome University of Macerata
Motto	Ante omnia caritas
Coat of arms

Life

Giuseppe Petrocchi was born on 19 August 1948 in Ascoli Piceno.

Petrocchi commenced his ecclesial studies in his home diocese on 4 October 1965 where he finished his high school education before being sent to the Pontifico Seminario Romano Maggiore in September 1967. He completed his studies at the Lateran where he obtained a bachelor's degree before pursuing further studies at Sapienza University of Rome and at the University of Macerata.

He was ordained to the priesthood on 14 September 1973 in the church of San Pietro Martire and began work as a teacher and pastor.[1] Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno on 27 June 1998 and he received episcopal consecration the following 20 September in Ascoli Piceno from Bishop Silvano Montevecchi, the co-consecrators being Bishops Domenico Pecile and Marcello Morgante.[1] He was took possession of his diocese on 18 October.

He was appointed Archbishop of L'Aquila on 8 June 2013 and he was took possession the following month,[2] and received the pallium from the Pope on 29 June 2013 in Saint Peter's Basilica. On 28 June 2018 Pope Francis made Archbishop Petrocchi a cardinal, assigning him the titular church of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini.[3]

On 22 September 2018 Cardinal Petrocchi was appointed a member of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State,[4] of the Congregation for Catholic Education on 6 October 2018,[5] and of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on 27 April 2019.[6] In April 2020 he was appointed to head a second commission that was to study the question of the ordination of women to the diaconate.[7]

See also

• Cardinals created by Francis

References

1. "Annuncio di Concistoro il 29 giugno per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali, 20.05.2018" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
2. "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.06.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
3. "Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli, 28.06.2018" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
4. "Rinunce e nomine, 22.09.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
5. "Rinunce e nomine, 06.10.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
6. "Resignations and Appointments, 27.04.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
7. "Pope creates new expert commission to study women deacons". cruxnow.com. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

External links

• "Petrocchi Card. Giuseppe". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
• Diocese of L'Aquila (in Italian)