Enrico Feroci

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Enrico Feroci
Cardinal
Pastor of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castel di Leva
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Feroci in Rome on 1 September 2017.
Church Roman Catholic Church
Appointed1 September 2019
Other post(s)Cardinal Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castel di Leva (2020–present)
Orders
Ordination13 March 1965
Consecration15 November 2020
by  Angelo De Donatis
Created cardinal28 November 2020
by Francis
Rank Cardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Born
Enrico Feroci

(1940-08-27) 27 August 1940 (age 81)
Pizzoli, Kingdom of Italy
Previous post(s)
Alma mater Pontifical Roman Major Seminary
MottoDomino necessarius est
('The Lord has need of it', Mark 11:3)
Coat of arms Coat of arms of Enrico Feroci.svg
Styles of
Enrico Feroci
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Reference style His Eminence
Spoken style Your Eminence
Informal style Cardinal

Enrico Feroci (born 27 August 1940) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, currently serving as the parish priest of Shrine of Our Lady of Divine Love in Rome, Italy. He has spent his career in the Diocese of Rome, fulfilling pastoral assignments and contributing to the administration of the diocese. From 2009 to 2017 he led the diocesan arm of Caritas, which oversees social service and relief programs.

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Pope Francis raised him to the rank of cardinal on 28 November 2020. In anticipation of that consistory, he received episcopal consecration on 15 November.

Biography

Enrico Feroci was born on 27 August 1940 in Pizzoli. At the age of eleven he entered the Pontifical Roman Minor Seminary and after high school continued at the Roman Major Seminary. He was ordained a priest on 13 March 1965. He worked as an assistant at the Pontifical Roman Minor Seminary for a year and then at the Major Seminary from 1966 to 1968 when he returned to the minor seminary as vice-rector. [1]

He was assistant pastor of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali from 1976 to 1980 and there from 1980 to 2004. For many terms he was Prefect of the IX Prefecture, a member of the Council of Prefects, of the Presbyteral Council, of the Council for Economic Affairs, of the College of Consultors of the Diocese of Rome. His activities included work on the Synod of the Church of Rome from 1987 to 1992 and on the City Mission that preceded the Jubilee of 2000. [1]

On 1 July 2004 he became parish priest of Sant’Ippolito in Piazzale delle Province. On 1 September 2009 the Cardinal Vicar Agostino Vallini appointed him Director of the Diocesan Caritas, and in that post he was also president of the "Caritas Roma" Foundation and of the “Salus Popoli Romani” anti-usury foundation. He also chaired the effort known as Cooperativa Roma Solidarietà (Cooperative Rome Solidarity), which oversees the services promoted by Caritas de Roma. [1] Since 17 December 2011 he has been a consultor to the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People. [2]

On 10 November 2017 the Cardinal Vicar Angelo De Donatis appointed him President of the Public Clerical Association of Oblates Sons of Our Lady of Divine Love, Rector of the Shrine of Our Lady of Divine Love, and, as of 1 September 2018, Rector of the Seminary of Our Lady of Divine Love. He appointed him canon and camerlengo of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran. [1]

On 1 September 2019 he was appointed parish priest of the Parish of the Shrine of Our Lady of Divine Love in Castel di Leva. [1]

On 25 October 2020, Pope Francis announced that he would make Feroci a cardinal during a consistory on 28 November 2020. [3] [4] In anticipation of that consistory, in accordance with the requirement that only all cardinals be bishops, he received his episcopal consecration in his parish church from Cardinal Angelo De Donatis on 15 November, becoming the titular archbishop of Passo Corese, in Latium. [5] The co-consecrators were Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli and Vincenzo Apicella, Bishop of Velletri-Segni. [6] At that consistory, Pope France made him Cardinal Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castel di Leva, his parish church, which the Pope made a titular church at the same time. [7]

Feroci was the first priest of the Diocese of Rome received by Pope Francis after his election to the papacy 13 March 2013. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Annuncio di Concistoro il 28 novembre per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali, 25.10.2020" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 17.12.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Pope announces a consistory for the creation of 13 new cardinals". Vatican News. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Altieri, Christopher (25 October 2020). "Red hats! Pope Francis announces new Cardinals". Catholic Herald. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Ordinato vescovo monsignor Enrico Feroci" [Ordained bishop Mgr Enrico Feroci]. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  6. ↑ Gagliarducci, Andrea (15 November 2020). "Il cardinale eletto Feroci ordinato arcivescovo. De Donatis: "Sei dono per Roma"". ACI Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli, 28.11.2020". Holy See Press Office (in Italian). 28 November 2020. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  8. ↑ La Rocca, Orazio (23 March 2021). "Vaticano, nuove nomine di vescovi e cardinali dei poveri: il Papa sceglie i preti di strada" (in English and Italian). Archived from the original on 23 March 2021.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Titular Archbishop of Passo Corese
31 October 2020 – 28 November 2020		Succeeded by
Michele Autuoro
New title Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castel di Leva
28 November 2020 – present		Incumbent
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