Baldassare Reina

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Baldassare Reina
Vicar General of the Diocese of Rome
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Appointed6 October 2024
Predecessor Angelo De Donatis
Other post(s)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination8 September 1995
by  Carmelo Ferraro
Consecration27 May 2022
by  Angelo De Donatis
Created cardinal7 December 2024
by Pope Francis
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born (1970-11-26) 26 November 1970 (age 54)
San Giovanni Gemini, Italy
Nationality Italian
Motto
  • Caritas patiens est
  • (Love is patient)
Coat of arms Coat of arms of Baldassare Reina (cardinal).svg

Baldassare Reina (born 26 November 1970) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who since October 2024 has been vicar general of the Diocese of Rome, where beginning in 2022 he served six months as an auxiliary bishop and 21 months as vicegerent. Before 2022 he worked in his native Archdiocese of Agrigento in Sicily, including nine years as rector of the major seminary.

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Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 7 December 2024.

Biography

Baldassare Reina was born on 26 November 1970 in San Giovanni Gemini, in the province of Agrigento. He entered the minor seminary of Agrigento in 1981 and studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, earning a bachelor's degree in sacred theology in 1995. On 8 September 1995 he was ordained a priest for the diocese of Agrigento by Bishop Carmelo Ferraro. He obtained a licentiate in biblical theology at the Gregorian in 1998. [1]

From 1998 to 2001 he was diocesan assistant of Catholic Action and vice-rector of the Agrigento seminary. From 2001 to 2003 he was parish priest of Beata Maria Vergine dell'Itria parish in Favara. From 2003 to 2009 he was prefect of studies at the San Gregorio Agrigentino Theological Institute and from 2009 to 2013 parish priest of San Leone in Agrigento. From 2013 to 2022 he was rector of the Agrigento seminary. [1] Within his archdiocese he was, for various periods, professor of sacred scripture at the Higher Institute of Religious Sciences, a permanent professor at the San Gregorio Agrigentino Theological Institute, director of the Archdiocesan Culture Office, a canon of the cathedral chapter, and a member of the priests council and the college of consultants. [1]

He joined the staff of the Dicastery for the Clergy in 2022. [2]

On 27 May 2022, Pope Francis appointed him titular bishop of Acquae in Mauretania and auxiliary bishop of Rome. [1] He received his episcopal consecration alongside two other new auxiliaries of Rome on 29 June in the Basilica of St. John Lateran from Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, Vicar of the Diocese of Rome. He was given responsibility for the pastoral care of the western sector of the Diocese. [3]

On 6 January 2023, Pope Francis named him vicegerent of the Diocese of Rome [4] and raised him to the rank of archbishop. [5] At the Vicariate of Rome he was responsible for the administration of assets, legal affairs, the general secretariat, and the protection of minors and vulnerable persons. When the office of the vicar general for the Diocese of Rome became vacant on 6 April 2024, Reina as vicegerent assumed the responsibilities of that office on a provision basis.[ citation needed ] On the same day he was named apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Ostia. His appointments for the Diocese of Rome occurred as Pope Francis undertook a reorganization of its organization and management, with Reina selected to put Francis' new program into effect. [6] [7]

On 6 October 2024, Pope Francis announced that he planned to make Reina a cardinal on 8 December, a date that was later changed to 7 December, [8] and that Reina was now the vicar general of the Diocese of Rome. [9] On 25 October Pope Francis added the role of Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint John Lateran to his responsibilities and raised him to the rank of archbishop. [10]

On 7 December 2024, Pope Francis made him a cardinal, assigning him as a member of the order of cardinal priests the title of Santa Maria Assunta e San Giuseppe a Primavalle. [11]

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  2. ↑ "Papa Francesco ha nominato tre nuovi vescovi ausiliari per la diocesi di Roma: Riccardo Lamba, Baldassare Reina e Daniele Salera". Diocese of Rome (in Italian). 27 May 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
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  9. ↑ "Annuncio di Concistoro l'8 dicembre per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali, 06.10.2024" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 6 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
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