Antonio Maria Vegliò

Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò (2014)

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Antonio Maria Cardinal Vegliò (born February 3, 1938 in Macerata Feltria , Province of Pesaro and Urbino , Italy ) is an Italian clergyman and cardinal emeritus of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Antonio Maria Vegliò received on 18 March 1962, the sacrament of Holy Orders . He was skilled in canon law doctorate . In 1968 Vegliò entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See . He served in the Apostolic Nunciatures in Great Britain , Peru , the Philippines and Senegal .

On 27 July 1985 it appointed Pope John Paul II. To Titular Archbishop of Aeclanum and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands . The episcopal ordination received his Cardinal Secretary of State Agostino Casaroli on 6 October of the same year; Co- consecrators were Archbishop Achille Silvestrini and Bishop Gaetano Michetti . On October 21, 1989, John Paul II appointed him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Senegal, Cape Verde , Guinea-Bissau and Mali . In 1994 Antonio Maria Vegliò became Apostolic Nuncio for these countries. On October 2, 1997, Vegliò became Apostolic Nuncio in Lebanon and Kuwait . He resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait on December 13, 1999. On April 11, 2001, Pope John Paul II appointed him Secretary of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches .

On February 28, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . to the President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and People on the Road . With the dissolution of the Pontifical Council on January 1, 2017, this activity ended.

In the consistory of February 18, 2012, Benedict XVI took him. as cardinal deacon with the title deaconry San Cesareo in Palatio in the cardinals college . Antonio Maria Vegliò took part in the 2013 conclave where Francis was elected Pope.

Memberships

Cardinal Vegliò is or was a member of the following dicasteries of the Roman Curia :

• Congregation for Divine Worship and the Order of the Sacraments (since 2012)
• Pontifical Council for the Laity (since 2012)
• Pontifical Council for the Family (since 2012)
• Pontifical Commission for the State of the Vatican City (since 2013)

Web links

• Vegliò, Antonio Maria. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed October 22, 2016.
• Entry on Antonio Maria Vegliò on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on October 22, 2016.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nomina del Segretario della Congregazione per le Chiese Orientali. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , April 11, 2001, accessed December 6, 2016 (Italian). 
2. ^ Rinuncia del Presidente del Pontificio Consiglio della Pastorale per i Migranti e gli Itineranti e Nomina del nuovo Presidente. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, February 28, 2009, accessed December 6, 2016 (Italian). 
3. ^ ^{A b c} Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri e degli Organismi della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 21, 2012, accessed December 6, 2016 (Italian). 
4. ^ Nomina di Membro della Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 1, 2013, accessed December 6, 2016 (Italian). 

predecessor	Office	successor
Renato Raffaele Cardinal Martino	President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and People on the Move 2009–2016	Council dissolved