Claudio Maria Celli

Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli

Claudio Maria Celli (born July 20, 1941 in Rimini , Italy ) is Archbishop of the Curia and former President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications .

Life

Celli received on 19 March 1965, the sacrament of Holy Orders . He received his doctorate in the subjects of Catholic theology and canon law . In 1970 Claudio Maria Celli joined the Vatican's diplomatic service and worked as a secretary for the Apostolic Nunciatures in Honduras , Argentina and the Philippines . Then Celli taught canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University .

In 1990 Claudio Maria Celli became Undersecretary of the Section for Relations with States in the Vatican State Secretariat . Pope John Paul II appointed him on December 16, 1995 as secretary of the property administration of the Apostolic See and titular archbishop of Cluentum . The episcopal ordination donated him John Paul II on 6 January 1996. Co-consecrators were the Archbishops of the Curia Jorge María Mejía and Giovanni Battista Re .

On June 27, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI. Celli as President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. On May 26, 2009, Celli was also appointed President of the Board of Directors of the Centro Televisivo Vaticano .

Memberships

Congregation for Bishops (since 2009; confirmed in 2013)
Congregation for the Causes of Saints (since 2016)
Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization (since 2011)
Pontifical Foundation Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice .

Honors

1992: Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Individual evidence

^ Nomina di Membro della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 12, 2016, accessed November 12, 2016 (Italian).
↑ Nomina di Membri del Pontificio Consiglio per la Promozione della Nuova Evangelizzazione , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of January 5, 2011.

Web links

Entry on Claudio Maria Celli on catholic-hierarchy.org

predecessor	Office	successor
John Patrick Foley	President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications 2007-2016	---

personal data
SURNAME	Celli, Claudio Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian clergyman, Curia Bishop and President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
DATE OF BIRTH	July 20, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rimini , Italy

[1] Nomina di Membro della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 12, 2016, accessed November 12, 2016 (Italian).

[2] Nomina di Membri del Pontificio Consiglio per la Promozione della Nuova Evangelizzazione , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of January 5, 2011.