Giuseppe Petrocchi

His Eminence
Giuseppe Petrocchi
Archbishop of L'Aquila
Petrocchi on 11 July 2018 in Rome.
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 (1948-08-19) 19 August 1948
Ascoli Piceno, Italy
Previous post Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno (1998-2013)
Alma mater
Motto Ante Omnia caritas
Coat of arms

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.

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 doing additional studies at the college in Rome and the one in Macerata.

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

Pope Francis named him as the Archbishop of L'Aquila on 8 June 2013 and he was enthroned in his new see the following month.[2] He received the pallium from the pope on 29 June 2013 in Saint Peter's Basilica. Pope Francis made Petrocchi a cardinal on 28 June, assigning him the titular church of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  • "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)
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Domenico Pecile		 Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno
27 June 1998 - 8 June 2013		 Succeeded by
Mariano Crociata
Preceded by
Giuseppe Molinari		 Archbishop of L'Aquila
8 June 2013 -		 Incumbent
Preceded by
Carlo Caffarra		 Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini
28 June 2018 -		 Incumbent
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