Ennio Antonelli

Ennio Cardinal Antonelli with the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano

Coat of arms of Ennio Cardinal Antonelli

Cardinal Ennio Antonelli (born November 18, 1936 in Todi , Province of Perugia , Italy ) is an emeritus Cardinal Curia of the Roman Catholic Church . Before that he was Archbishop of Florence from 2001 to 2008 .

Life

Ennio Antonelli studied in Assisi , Rome and Perugia trays Catholic theology , philosophy and literature . In Rome he acquired the license to teach Catholic theology, in Perugia he received his doctorate in literature and philosophy. In 1960 he received the sacrament of ordination by Archbishop Ilario Alcini . He then worked as a professor and regens at the seminary of Perugia and as a lecturer in art history in Assisi.

1982 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the Bishop of Gubbio . The episcopal ordination received his Decio Lucio Grandoni , Bishop of Orvieto-Todi ; Co- consecrators were Santo Bartolomeo Quadri , then Archbishop of Terni e Narni , and Antonio Fustella , Bishop of Saluzzo . In 1988 he was appointed Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve . In 1995 he gave up his bishopric and became general secretary of the Italian Bishops' Conference .

On March 21, 2001, Ennio Antonelli was appointed Archbishop of Florence by John Paul II , and on October 21, 2003 he was accepted into the College of Cardinals as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte .

Antonelli was a participant in the 2005 conclave , in which Pope Benedict XVI. was chosen. On June 7, 2008, he appointed him to succeed Alfonso López Trujillo as President of the Pontifical Council for the Family . At the same time, the Pope asked him to forward the Archdiocese of Florence as Apostolic Administrator , which he did until October 26, 2008, the day the new Florentine Archbishop Giuseppe Betori took office .

On June 26, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI. the resignation from the office of President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, put forward by Ennio Antonelli for reasons of age. After the resignation of Benedict XVI. Cardinal Antonelli took part in the 2013 conclave , in which Pope Francis was elected.

Memberships

Cardinal Antonelli was a member of the following units of the Roman Curia :

Congregation for the Causes of Saints (since 2012, confirmed in 2013)
Pontifical Council for the Laity (since 2003)
Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care for Migrants and People on the Move (since 2011)
Pontifical Council for Social Communications (since 2003)

Web links

Entry on Ennio Antonelli on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ Conferma del Segretario Generale della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , May 25, 2000, accessed January 9, 2016 (Italian).
^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Firenze (Italia) e Nomina del Successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, March 21, 2001, accessed January 9, 2016 (Italian).
^ Nomina del Presidente del Pontificio Consiglio per la Famiglia. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 7, 2008, accessed January 9, 2016 (Italian).
^ Rinuncia del Presidente del Pontificio Consiglio per la Famiglia e Nomina del Successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 26, 2012, accessed January 9, 2016 (Italian).
^ Nomina di Membri della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, September 15, 2012, accessed January 9, 2016 (Italian).
^ Conferme nella Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 19, 2013, accessed January 9, 2016 (Italian).
^ ^A ^b Nomina di Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, November 24, 2003, accessed January 9, 2016 (Italian).
^ Nomina di Membri e di Consultori del Pontificio Consiglio della Pastorale per i Migranti e gli Itineranti. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 29, 2011, accessed January 9, 2016 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Cesare Pagani (it)	Bishop of Gubbio 1982–1988	Pietro Bottaccioli
Cesare Pagani	Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve 1988–1995	Giuseppe Chiaretti
Silvano Cardinal Piovanelli	Archbishop of Florence 2001-2008	Giuseppe Cardinal Betori
Alfonso Cardinal López Trujillo	President of the Pontifical Council for the Family 2008–2012	Vincenzo Paglia

personal data
SURNAME	Antonelli, Ennio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Antonelli, Cardinal Ennio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian clergyman, cardinal to the Curia and Archbishop of Florence
DATE OF BIRTH	November 18, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	Todi , Perugia Province, Italy

[1] Conferma del Segretario Generale della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , May 25, 2000, accessed January 9, 2016 (Italian).

[2] Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Firenze (Italia) e Nomina del Successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, March 21, 2001, accessed January 9, 2016 (Italian).

[3] Nomina del Presidente del Pontificio Consiglio per la Famiglia. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 7, 2008, accessed January 9, 2016 (Italian).

[4] Rinuncia del Presidente del Pontificio Consiglio per la Famiglia e Nomina del Successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 26, 2012, accessed January 9, 2016 (Italian).

[5] Nomina di Membri della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, September 15, 2012, accessed January 9, 2016 (Italian).

[6] Conferme nella Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 19, 2013, accessed January 9, 2016 (Italian).

[Bulletin-2003-11-24-7] A ^b Nomina di Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, November 24, 2003, accessed January 9, 2016 (Italian).

[8] Nomina di Membri e di Consultori del Pontificio Consiglio della Pastorale per i Migranti e gli Itineranti. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 29, 2011, accessed January 9, 2016 (Italian).