Edoardo Menichelli

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Edoardo Menichelli
Cardinal
Archbishop Emeritus Ancona-Osimo
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Menichelli in October 2015.
ArchdioceseAncona-Osimo
SeeAncona-Osimo
Appointed8 January 2004
Installed7 March 2004
Term ended14 July 2017
PredecessorFranco Festorazzi
Successor Angelo Spina
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria a Tor Fiorenza (2015–)
Orders
Ordination3 July 1965
Consecration9 July 1994
by  Achille Silvestrini
Created cardinal14 February 2015
by Pope Francis
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Edoardo Menichelli

(1939-10-14) 14 October 1939 (age 84)
Serripola, San Severino Marche, Macerata, Kingdom of Italy
Previous post(s) Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto (1994–2004)
MottoSub lumine Matris (In the light of the Mother)
Coat of arms Coat of arms of Edoardo Menichelli.svg
Ordination history of
Edoardo Menichelli
History
Priestly ordination
Date3 July 1965
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator Achille Silvestrini
Co-consecrators Antonio Valentini Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti
Date3 July 1994
Cardinalate
Elevated by Pope Francis
Date14 February 2015
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Edoardo Menichelli as principal consecrator
Stefano Russo28 May 2016
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Edoardo Menichelli
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Spoken style Your Eminence
Informal style Cardinal

Edoardo Menichelli (born 14 October 1939) is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo from 2004 to 2017. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 14 February 2015.

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Biography

Early life

Edoardo Menichelli was born in Serripola in San Severino Marche in province of Macerata and the Diocese of San Severino Marche on 14 October 1939. He studied theology and philosophy at institutional seminars of San Severino Marche and Fano and then at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, where he obtained a licentiate in pastoral theology.

Priesthood and career

On 3 July 1965 he was ordered a priest of the Diocese of San Severino Marche. He then became assistant pastor in the parish of St. Joseph in San Severino Marche and taught religion in state schools. On 30 September 30, 1986, with the unification of the Diocese of San Severino Marche with the Archdiocese of Camerino, he was assigned to the new Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche.

From 1968 to 1991 he served in the Roman Curia in the Apostolic Signatura, then from 1992 to 1994 in the secretariat for the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, where he met the Cardinal Achille Silvestrini and became his secretary.

Episcopate

On 10 June 10, 1994, he was appointed by Pope John Paul II as Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto. He was consecrated bishop on 9 July in Rome by Cardinal Silvestrini, with Archbishops Antony Valentini and Piergiorgio Nesti as co-consecrators. He spent ten years in Chieti. On 8 January 2004, Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, and he took possession of the archdiocese on 7 March. He has been secretary of the Committee for the family of the Italian Episcopal Conference and has headed committees for the family, ecumenism and the pastoral care of leisure for the Marche bishops' conference.

On 15 October 2014, on reaching his 75th birthday, he submitted his resignation as require by canon law but Pope Francis has extended the appointment for one year. [1]

Cardinalate

On 4 January 2015 Pope Francis announced Menichelli would be made a cardinal at a consistory on 14 February. [2] He was assigned the titular church of Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria a Tor Fiorenza. [3]

He was appointed a member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers.

Pope Francis accepted his resignation as archbishop on 14 July 2017. [4]

On 30 September 2017 Francis named him a member of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Larici, Letizia (14 October 2014). "Ancona, l'arcivescovo Menichelli compie 75 anni e si dimette ha consegnato la lettera al Papa". Il Messagero (in Italian). Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Annuncio di Concistoro per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Consistory: list of titular church assignments". Vatican Radio. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Angelo Spina nuovo arcivescovo di Ancona-Osimo, succede al cardinale Menichelli". La Stampa (in Italian). 14 July 2017. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Brickhaus, Hannah (30 September 2017). "Pope Francis re-names Cardinal Burke to Vatican's highest court". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
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Preceded by Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto
1994–2004		Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo
2004–2017		Succeeded by
Preceded by
titular church established
 Cardinal Priest of Sacri Cuori di Gesu e Maria a Tor Fiorenza Incumbent
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