Domenico Calcagno

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Domenico Cardinal Calcagno (born February 3, 1943 in Parodi Ligure , Province of Alessandria , Italy ) is an Italian Cardinal Curia of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Archbishop Domenico Calcagno (2007)
Coat of arms as a cardinal

After studying the Humanities at the Seminary of Genoa Domenico Calcagno was for further studies to Rome sent. He graduated from the Pontifical Gregorian University with a degree in dogmatics . On June 29, 1967, Calcagno received the sacrament of ordination through Cardinal Giuseppe Siri .

After a few years in pastoral care, Domenico Calcagno became a lecturer in Catholic theology at the Genoese location of the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy . Then he was a lecturer at the Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose in Genoa. Calcagno was President of the Diocesan Institute for Clergy Support and Episcopal Vicar for “New Activities”. He was also active in the Italian Bishops' Conference as President of the Commission for Priests and as Inspector of the Institutes for Religious Studies . He was then director of the Commission for Mission and Cooperation between Churches and an economist at the Italian Bishops' Conference. He is a member of the Order of Constantine , a secular knightly order made up of Roman Catholic members.

On 25 January 2002 appointed him Pope John Paul II. The bishop of Savona-Noli . He was ordained bishop on March 9, 2002 by the Archbishop of Milan , Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi ; Co- consecrators were the retired Genoese archbishop, Giovanni Cardinal Canestri , and the apostolic nuncio in Italy and San Marino and later cardinal , Archbishop Paolo Romeo . On July 7th, 2007 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . as secretary of the administration of property of the Apostolic See and raised him to the rank of archbishop ad personam . Domenico Calcagno resigned as Bishop of Savona-Noli on the same day. On January 5, 2011 Benedict XVI appointed him. as Consultor of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care .

On July 7, 2011 he was by Benedict XVI. appointed President of the Administration of Goods of the Apostolic See. With this office he also took over the management of the Pontifical Foundation Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice and the Peregrinatio ad Petri Sedem . He is a member of the Cardinal Commission of the Istituto per le Opere di Religione, succeeding Cardinal Nicora (since 2013)

In the solemn consistory of February 18, 2012, Benedict XVI took him. as cardinal deacon with the title deaconry Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina in the cardinals college . After Benedict's resignation, Cardinal Calcagno took part in the 2013 conclave . In this conclave, according to Sandro Magister , among others, he supported the election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis.

Cardinal Calcagno has been a member of the Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City , the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care since April 21, 2012, and of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life since March 29, 2014 and for societies of apostolic life . Domenico Calcagno is a member of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .

On June 26, 2018, Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation from the office of President of the Property Administration of the Apostolic See.

Private

Domenico Calcagno has a private collection of 13 firearms that have been registered with the competent authority of Savona and that already existed before the move to the Vatican, but are not kept there.

Infidelity investigation

In May 2016, the Savona Public Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation into Calcagno for embezzlement, “this case is still ongoing.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nomina del Vescovo di Savona-Noli (Italia). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , January 25, 2002, accessed February 9, 2016 (Italian).
  2. ^ Nomina del Segretario dell'Amministrazione del Patrimonio della Sede Apostolica. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, July 7, 2007, accessed February 9, 2016 (Italian).
  3. ^ Nomina di Membri e di Consultori del Pontificio Consiglio per gli Operatori Sanitari. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 5, 2011, accessed February 9, 2016 (Italian).
  4. ^ Rinuncia del Presidente dell'Amministrazione del Patrimonio della Sede Apostolica (APSA) e Nomina del nuovo Presidente. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, July 7, 2011, accessed February 9, 2016 (Italian).
  5. ↑ Head of the papal property administration gives up the task. kipa / apic, July 7, 2011, accessed February 9, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Cardinals Commission for IOR renewed. Vatican Radio , February 16, 2013, archived from the original on November 11, 2013 ; accessed on February 9, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Assegnazione dei Titoli o delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, February 18, 2012, accessed February 9, 2016 (Italian).
  8. ↑ Pope emeritus surprisingly Cardinal Calcagno. catholic.info, June 26, 2018, accessed April 1, 2020 .
  9. ^ Nomina di Membri dei Dicasteri e degli Organismi della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 21, 2012, accessed February 9, 2016 (Italian).
  10. ^ Conferma del Prefetto della Congregazione per gli Istituti di Vita Consacrata e le Società di Vita Apostolica e Nomine e Conferme di Membri nel medesimo Dicastero. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, March 29, 2014, accessed February 9, 2016 (Italian).
  11. ^ Rinuncia del Presidente dell'Amministrazione del Patrimonio della Sede Apostolica e nomina del nuovo Presidente. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , June 26, 2018, accessed June 27, 2018 (Italian).
  12. ↑ Paul Badde: The cardinal who idolizes weapons. welt.de, April 12, 2012, accessed on August 17, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Cardinal acknowledges his collection of weapons. kath.net, April 12, 2012, accessed August 17, 2018 .
  14. ^ Investigations against Cardinal Domenico Calcagno. Catholic.de, May 17, 2016, accessed August 17, 2018 .
  15. ↑ Investigations against the head of the Vatican property administration - after loss due to property speculation. domradio.de, May 17, 2016, accessed on August 17, 2018 .
predecessor Office successor
Dante Lafranconi Bishop of Savona-Noli
2002–2007 		Vittorio Lupi
Attilio Cardinal Nicora Prefect of the Administration of Goods of the Apostolic See
2011–2018 		Nunzio Galantino
personal data
SURNAME Calcagno, Domenico
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Calcagno, Domenico Cardinal (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Cardinal Curia of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Parodi Ligure , Alessandria Province , Italy