Dionigi Tettamanzi
Dionigi Cardinal Tettamanzi (born March 14, 1934 in Renate , Province of Monza and Brianza , † August 5, 2017 in Triuggio ) was an Italian clergyman and archbishop of Milan .
Life
Dionigi Tettamanzi, the eldest of three children, entered the Seveso Diocesan Seminary at the age of eleven . He then attended the seminary of Venegono Inferiore , where he passed the licentiate examination in Catholic theology in 1957 . On June 28 of the same year he received the sacrament of ordination for the Archdiocese of Milan by its Archbishop and later Pope Giovanni Battista Montini . After further study years he was with a thesis on the duty of the lay apostolate at the Pontifical Gregorian University doctorate .
Subsequently, Tettamanzi worked for more than twenty years as a professor of moral theology at the seminary of Venegono Inferiore and pastoral theology at the Catholic University of Milan and other universities. He was considered an expert on the fundamentals of morals and sexual ethics, marriage and family, bioethical issues and published numerous papers and essays on these topics. In addition, he wrote regularly for the newspapers Avvenire and L'Osservatore Romano . He always took the view that the church must be close to the people and must not escape current debates, which is why he regularly took part in conferences and retreats and repeatedly appeared on television programs. His special focus was on family issues . In addition, Tettamanzi worked as a community chaplain in addition to his teaching activities. In September 1987 he was appointed rector of the Pontifical Lombard Seminary . In late April 1989 he became chairman of the board of directors of Avvenire .
On 1 July 1989. Pope appointed him John Paul II. To the Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo . The episcopal ordination received his Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini on 23 September of the same year. Co -consecrators were Tettamanzi's predecessor Carlo Maccari and the Milanese auxiliary bishop Bernardo Citterio . Only two years later he resigned from this office and took on the role of General Secretary of the Italian Bishops' Conference .
John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Genoa on April 20, 1995 and accepted him on February 21, 1998 as a cardinal priest with the titular church Santi Ambrogio e Carlo in the College of Cardinals . From 1995 to 1998 he was also Vice-President of the Italian Bishops' Conference. During the G8 summit in Genoa in 2001 , Cardinal Tettamanzi called for the benefits of globalization to be made available to workers.
On July 11, 2002, he was appointed Archbishop of Milan. Pope Benedict XVI On June 28, 2011, he accepted his resignation due to reasons of age. He was succeeded by Angelo Scola .
On July 24, 2012 Benedict XVI appointed him. as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Vigevano . He held this office until Maurizio Gervasoni was inaugurated as Bishop of Vigevano on October 5, 2013.
Tettamanzi was a participant in the 2005 conclave and was valid until the election of Benedict XVI. in public as papabile , i.e. as one of the possible successors of the late Pope John Paul II. Even after the resignation of Benedict XVI. participated in the 2013 conclave .
Tettamanzi died in August 2017 at the age of 83 years of a cancer . He was buried in the Milan Cathedral below the Virgo Potens altar , where his predecessor Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, who was in office until 1954, is also buried.
Honors
Dionigi Tettamanzi was Grand Cross Knight of the Papal Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem and bearer of the Order of Constantine . In 2011 he was awarded the Grand Medal of the Ambrogino d'oro .
Memberships
- Congregation for the Clergy (until 2014)
- Congregation for Catholic Education
- Congregation for the Oriental Churches
- Pontifical Council for the Family (since 2009)
literature
- Dionigi Cardinal Tettamanzi , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 51/2011 from December 20, 2011, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
- Tettamanzi, Dionigi. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed October 24, 2016.
- Entry on Dionigi Tettamanzi on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on October 24, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Luciano Moia : Addio a Tettamanzi, pastore col cuore in mano. In: Avvenire . August 5, 2017, accessed August 7, 2017 (Italian).
- ^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Milano (Italia) e Nomina di successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , June 28, 2011, accessed August 7, 2017 (Italian).
- ↑ nouns di Membri e nella conferme Congregation for the Clergy. In: Daily Bulletin. Sala Stampa della Santa Sede (Holy See Press Office), June 9, 2014, accessed June 11, 2014 (Italian).
- ^ Nomine nel Pontificio Consiglio per la Famiglia. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, September 30, 2009, accessed August 7, 2017 (Italian).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Carlo Maccari |
Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo 1989–1991 |
Franco Festorazzi |
| Giovanni Cardinal Canestri |
Archbishop of Genoa 1995–2002 |
Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone SDB |
| Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini SJ |
Archbishop of Milan 2002–2011 |
Angelo Cardinal Scola |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tettamanzi, Dionigi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tettamanzi, Cardinal Dionigi (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian theologian, Archbishop of Milan and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Renate , Province of Monza and Brianza, Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th August 2017 |
| Place of death | Triuggio |