Marco Tasca

Marco Tasca, O.F.M. Conv. is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, a member of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual who served as the 119th Minister General of the Order from 2007 to 2019. He was appointed as the Archbishop of Genoa on 8 May 2020.

The Most Reverend

Marco Tasca

O.F.M. Conv.
Archbishop of Genoa
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseGenoa
SeeGenoa
Appointed8 May 2020
Installed11 July 2020
PredecessorAngelo Bagnasco
Orders
Ordination19 March 1983
by Filippo Franceschi
Consecration11 July 2020[1]
by Angelo Bagnasco
Personal details
Birth nameMarco Tasca
Born (1957-06-09) 9 June 1957
Sant'Angelo di Piove di Sacco, Padua, Italy
Previous postMinister General of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (2007-19)
Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Saint Bonaventure (2007-19)
Alma materSalesian Pontifical University
MottoOstende nobis Patrem
Coat of arms
Styles of
Marco Tasca
Reference styleHis Grace
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleArchbishop

Early life

Marco Tasca was born on 9 June 1957 in Sant’Angelo di Piove in the province of Padua, Italy, to Antonio and Santa Tasca. He entered the Order at Camposampiero on 29 September 1968 and attended lower primary school and the Seraphic Seminary of Pedavena in the province of Belluno and then the Lyceum-Minor Seminary in Brescia.[2]

He made his novitiate at the Basilica of St. Anthony (1976-1977) and professed his first vows on 17 September 1977. He then studied theology at the Sant'Antonio Dottore Theological Institute, earning his bachelor's degree in 1982. On 28 November 1981 he professed his solemn vows. In 1982, he lived at the Seraphicum in Rome while attending courses toward a licentiate at the Salesian Pontifical University.[2]

Priest

He was ordained to the priesthood on 19 March 1983 in his home town by Bishop Filippo Franceschi, Bishop of Padua. In 1986 he completed his licentiate in psychology at the Salesian University, and two years later a licentiate in pastoral theology at the same university. He returned to Padua and was rector of the Minor Seminary in Brescia from 1988 to 1994 and rector of the Post-Novitiate in Padua from 1994 to 2001.

He was Professor of Psychology and Catechetics at the “Sant’Antonio Dottore” Theological Institute. At the Provincial Chapter of 2001 he was elected Custos Capitularis and Guardian of Camposampiero at Padua. He held those posts until he was elected Minister Provincial in 2005. He is Vice-President of the Major Superiors' Conference of Italy and President of the Franciscan Movement of the North-East.[2]

On 26 May 2007, at the Sacred Convent in Assisi, the Ordinary General Chapter elected him to a six-year term as Minister General, the 119th successor to St. Francis. He was reelected to a second term in January 2013.[3] He ended his service as Minister General on 17 May 2019.[4]

He was elected on three occasions as one of ten members of the Union of Superiors General to participate in a Synod of Bishops, at the 2012 Synod on the New Evangelization, at the 2015 Synod on the Family, and at the 2018 Synod on Youth. In 2018 he supported the idea of allowing women superiors to participate as well.[5]

Archbishop

On 8 May 2020, Pope Francis appointed him to succeed Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco as Archbishop of Genova.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on 11 July by Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco and simultaneously took formal canonical possession of the archdiocese.[1]

References
  1. Arquidiocese de Genova (28 May 2020). "24 DE JUNHO: SAUDAÇÃO AO CARD. BAGNASCO. 11 DE JULHO: A CONSAGRAÇÃO EPISCOPAL E A ENTRADA DO PADRE TASCA Genova". Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  2. "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.05.2020" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. "Franciscan Friars Minor re-elect Marco Tasca as successor to St. Francis". Rome Reports. 29 January 2013. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  4. "Former Minister General Friar Marco Tasca Appointed Archbishop of Genoa" (Press release). Curia Generalizia OFMConv. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  5. Wooden, Cindy (16 October 2018). "Superiors general see no reason why women shouldn't have vote at synod". Catholic News Service. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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