San Giovanni Maria Vianney, Rome

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St. John Maria Vianney
Chiesa di San Giovanni Maria Vianney (in Italian)
Sancti Ioannis Mariæ Vianney (in Latin)
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San Giovanni Maria Vianney, Rome
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41°51′41″N12°40′14″E / 41.8614°N 12.6705°E / 41.8614; 12.6705
LocationVia Lentini 6, Rome
Country Italy
Denomination Roman Catholic
Tradition Roman Rite
Website Official website
History
Status Titular church
Dedication John Vianney
Architecture
Architectural type Church
Style Modernist
Groundbreaking 1952
Administration
DistrictLazio
Province Rome
Clergy
Cardinal protector Rainer Maria Woelki

The church of San Giovanni Maria Vianney is a church in Rome, the Borghesiana area, wide Monreale. It was built in the eighties, in the place of an earlier church built above ground in 1952, and solemnly consecrated by Cardinal Ugo Poletti on 4 November 1990; It is dedicated to Saint John Mary Vianney, known simply as "the holy Cure of Ars", which was inspired of the Prado, priestly Association International which took charge of the parish in his first decades of life.

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The church is home parish, erected on 26 July 1963, with the decree of the Cardinal Vicar Clemente Micara Quo efficacius, initially entrusted to the Institute of the Prado, then, since 1974, to the clergy of the Diocese of Treviso, and finally, since 1999, to the priests of the diocese of Rome. On 27 February 1983, the church was visited by Pope John Paul II. Currently the parish priest is Msgr. Marco Gandolfo.

In the consistory of 18 February 2012, it was instituted by Pope Benedict XVI the title of cardinal of St. John Mary Vianney. The current Cardinal Priest is Cardinal Rainer Woelki.

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