Bruno Forte

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The Most Reverend

Bruno Forte
Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto
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ArchdioceseChieti-Vasto
SeeChieti-Vasto
Appointed26 June 2004
Installed25 September 2004
Predecessor Edoardo Menichelli
Orders
Ordination18 April 1973
by  Corrado Ursi
Consecration8 September 2004
by  Joseph Ratzinger
Personal details
Born
Bruno Forte

(1949-08-01) 1 August 1949 (age 75)
Naples, Italy
NationalityItalian
Denomination Roman Catholic
Alma mater University of Naples Federico II
MottoLumen vitae Christus
Coat of arms Coat of arms of Bruno Forte.svg

Bruno Forte (born 1 August 1949) is an Italian Roman Catholic theologian and ecclesiastic, currently Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto.

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Biography

Archbishop Forte was born in Naples. He was ordained a priest on 18 April 1973. He studied at Tübingen University associated with Hans Küng, Joseph Ratzinger and Walter Kasper. He also spent time in Paris, before gaining a Laurea degree in philosophy from Naples University. [1]

He is described by the Catholic Herald as being known in Italy and the rest of the Catholic world as a "prolific and remarkably well-connected theologian", while Rocco Palmo considered him to be "more progressive" than Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. [2]

In 2000, he oversaw the preparation of the Vatican document, "Memory and Reconciliation: The Church and the Faults of the Past", which led to the famous liturgy in St Peter's Basilica in which John Paul II asked God's forgiveness for 2,000 years of sins. John Paul II asked him to preach the Vatican's Lenten Spiritual Exercises in 2004. [1]

He was appointed as Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto by Pope John Paul II on 26 June 2004. He was consecrated bishop by Cardinal Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) on 8 September 2004; he is one of only 26 bishops consecrated by the former Pope.

After the election of Pope Benedict XVI Forte was seen by some[ who? ] as a possible successor to become Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, before William Levada was chosen.

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Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style His Excellency
Religious style Monsignor
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On 5 January 2011 he was appointed among the first members of the newly created Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation. [3]

On Monday, 14 October 2013, the Archbishop was appointed by Pope Francis to serve as the Special Secretary of the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on "The challenges of the family in the context of evangelization", scheduled from 5–19 October 2014. [4]

On Wednesday, 16 July 2014, Archbishop Forte was appointed by Pope Francis to serve a five-year term as a Consultant to the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (for Religious). [5]

In October 2014, Pope Francis added him to the group responsible for summarizing the first week of discussions at the Synod on the Family. According to John L. Allen, the resulting document was "widely known to carry the imprint of Italian Archbishop Bruno Forte, one of the more noted theological minds in the Italian hierarchy". [6]

In November 2016, Mgr Forte was elected President of the Abruzzo and Molise regional section of the Episcopal Conference of Italy. On 11 January 2021 he was succeeded by the cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Explainer: who is Archbishop Bruno Forte?". The Catholic Herald . Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Coppen, Luke (24 October 2014). "The Explainer: who is Archbishop Bruno Forte?".
  3. ↑ DI MEMBRI DEL PONTIFICIO CONSIGLIO PER LA PROMOZIONE DELLA NUOVA EVANGELIZZAZIONE Archived 8 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "RINUNCE E NOMINE, 14.10.2013". Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine, 16.07.2014". Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  6. ↑ Allen, John L. Jr. (15 October 2014). "Synod of Bishops 2014: The drama is back". Crux. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Vescovi Abruzzo-Molise: Ceam, il card. Petrocchi è il nuovo presidente" [Bishops of Abruzzo-Molise: Ceam, cardinal Petrocchi is the new President]. Società per l'Informazione Religiosa (in Italian). 11 January 2021. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
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