Giacomo Morandi

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Giacomo Morandi
Archbishop-Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla
Church Roman Catholic Church
DioceseReggio Emilia-Guastalla
SeeReggio Emilia-Guastalla
Appointed10 January 2022
PredecessorMassimo Camisasca
Previous post(s)
  • Titular Archbishop of Caere (2017-2022)
  • Undersecretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (2015-17)
  • Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (2017–22)
Orders
Ordination11 April 1990
by  Santo Bartolomeo Quadri
Consecration30 September 2017
by  Angelo De Donatis
Personal details
Born(1965-08-24)24 August 1965
NationalityItalian
Alma mater
MottoDomine tu Omnia scis ("Lord, You know all things")
Coat of arms Coat of arms of Giacomo Morandi.svg
Ordination history of
Giacomo Morandi
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by Santo Bartolomeo Quadri
Date11 April 1990
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator Angelo De Donatis
Co-consecrators
  • Erio Castellucci
  • Luciano Monari
Date30 September 2017
Place Modena Cathedral, Italy
Styles of
Giacomo Morandi
Coat of arms of Giacomo Morandi.svg
Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Archbishop

Giacomo Morandi (born 24 August 1965) is an Italian Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla since 2022. He was elected president of the regional bishops' conference in 2024. [1]

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Morandi served as the undersecretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 2015 to 2017 and then as secretary until 2022. He was made an archbishop in 2017 and retains that as his personal title.

Life

Giacomo Morandi was born in Modena on 24 August 1965.

In 1978 he commenced his studies for the priesthood in Modena and received his ordination on 11 April 1990 from Archbishop Santo Bartolomeo Quadri. He obtained his baccalaureate in theological studies and in 1992 obtained a licentiate in Biblical Sciences at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. In 2008 he obtained a licentiate and a doctorate in theological evangelization at the Pontifical Gregorian as well as in missiology. Morandi also served as a professor at the Institute of Religious Sciences in Modena and as a lecturer on patristic exegesis at an institute in Rome. [2]

Morandi held various pastoral positions in the Modena archdiocese and he served as the vicar for episcopal catechesis and both evangelization and culture from 2005 until 2010 before his appointment in November 2010 as the vicar general for the archdiocese. This assignment ceased in 2015 upon the death of the archbishop at which stage he served as the diocesan administrator from 20 February to 12 September 2015 until the selection of a new archbishop. On 14 September the new archbishop Erio Castellucci reappointed him as the archdiocese's vicar general.

On 27 October 2015, Pope Francis appointed him undersecretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. On 18 July 2017, he appointed him secretary of that body and elevated him to the rank of archbishop with the titular see of Cerveteri. [2] [3] Morandi received his episcopal consecration in the Modena Cathedral on 30 September 2017 from Archbishop Angelo De Donatis, [4] along with co-consecrators Archbishop Erio Castellucci and Bishop Luciano Monari.[ citation needed ] He was reportedly responsible for the Congregation's March 2021 document that explained why the church forbids the blessing of same-sex unions, which was largely respectful of those in such relationships but proved controversial for its assertion that the church "cannot bless sin". [5] [6] [7]

On 10 January 2022, Pope Francis named him as the bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, granting him the use of the personal title of archbishop. [8] His installation there was scheduled for 13 March. [9]

Morandi was named president of the Episcopal Conference of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla in 2024. [1]

Mirandy

Published works

  • Lugo teologico di evangelizzazione, Milano, Edizioni Paoline, 2009, ISBN   978-88-315-3582-3.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
2017 – present
Incumbent
Preceded by TITULAR 
Titular Archbishop of Cerveteri
2017 – present