Mario Zenari

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Mario Zenari
Cardinal
Apostolic Nuncio to Syria
Mario Zenari.jpg
Zenari in 2022.
Church Roman Catholic Church
Appointed30 December 2008
Predecessor Giovanni Battista Morandini
Other post(s)Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri
Previous post(s)
  • Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka (2004–08)
  • Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d'Ivoire, Niger and Burkina Faso (1999–2004)
  • Permanent Observer to the Office of the U.N. and Specialized Institutions in Vienna (1994–99)
  • Permanent Observer to the U.N. Industrial Development Organization (1994–99)
  • Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (1994–99)
  • Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (1994–99)
  • Titular Archbishop of Iulium Carnicum (1999–2016)
Orders
Ordination5 July 1970
by  Giuseppe Carraro
Consecration25 September 1999
by  Angelo Sodano
Created cardinal19 November 2016
by Pope Francis
Rank Cardinal Deacon
Personal details
Born
Mario Zenari

(1946-01-05) 5 January 1946 (age 78)
MottoLevate Oculos Vestros
(Lift up your eyes)
Coat of arms Coat of arms of Mario Zenari.svg
Ordination history of
Mario Zenari
History
Priestly ordination
Date5 July 1970
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator Angelo Sodano
Co-consecrators Flavio Roberto Carraro, OFM Cap.
Marcello Zago, OMI
Date25 September 1999
Cardinalate
Elevated by Pope Francis
Date19 November 2016
Styles of
Mario Zenari
Coat of arms of Mario Zenari.svg
Reference style His Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal style Cardinal

Mario Zenari (born 5 January 1946) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal since 2016. He has served his entire ecclesiastical career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, holding senior positions beginning in 1999. He has been Apostolic Nuncio to Syria since 30 December 2008. He was nuncio to Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2008.

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Life

Mario Zenari was born in 1946 in Rosegaferro. He received his ordination to the priesthood on 5 July 1970 in Verona from Bishop Giuseppe Carraro.

To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1976. [1]

Diplomatic career

On 7 February 1994, Pope John Paul II appointed him to several diplomatic positions as papal representative to non-governmental organizations in Vienna. [2] And on 15 June he was given the title monsignor as a Prelate of Honour of His Holiness. [3]

He was named Titular Archbishop of Iulium Carnicum and apostolic nuncio to Burkina Faso, Niger, and Côte d'Ivoire on 12 July 1999. [4] He received his episcopal consecration on 25 September 1999 from Cardinal Angelo Sodano. [5]

On 10 May 2004, he was named the nuncio to Sri Lanka. [6] On 30 December 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him nuncio to Syria [7] where he was stationed during the Syrian Civil War that began in 2011.

Pope Francis on 9 October 2016 announced that he would make Zenari a cardinal in a papal consistory scheduled for 19 November 2016, citing his work for the "beloved and martyred Syria". [8] He was made a Cardinal Deacon on that day and assigned to the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri. [9] Francis made him a member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches on 23 December 2017. [10]

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References

  1. "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy . Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF) (in Italian). Vol. LXXXVI. 1994. p. 452. Rappresentante Permanente della Santa Sede presso l'Agenzia Internazionale dell'Energia Atomica, Osservatore Permanente della Santa Sede presso l'Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per lo Sviluppo Industriale e presso l'Ufficio delle Nazioni Unite e Capo della Delegazione della Santa Sede presso le Istituzioni della Conferenza sulla Sicurezza e Cooperazione in Europa a Vienna
  3. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXVI. 1994. p. 1014.
  4. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXXI. 1999. p. 920.
  5. "Mario Cardinal Zenari [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  6. "Rinunce e Nomine, 10.05.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 10 May 2004. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Titular Archbishop of Iulium Carnicum
1999–2016
Succeeded by
Pedro Sergio de Jesús Mena Díaz
Preceded by Cardinal Deacon of Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri
2016–present
Incumbent
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Apostolic Nuncio to the Ivory Coast, Niger and Burkina Faso
1999–2004
Succeeded by
Preceded by Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
2004–2008
Succeeded by
Preceded by Apostolic Nuncio to Syria
2008–present
Incumbent