Federico Lombardi
Federico Lombardi SJ (born August 29, 1942 in Saluzzo , Piedmont ) is the former head of the Vatican press office and former general director of the Vatican Radio station .
Life
Federico Lombardi comes from Saluzzo in Piedmont and grew up in Turin . He entered the Jesuit order on November 12, 1960 and studied philosophy in Gallarate (1962–1965), mathematics in Turin (1965–1969) and theology at the Philosophical-Theological University of Sankt Georgen in Frankfurt am Main (1969–1973). In 1972 he received the sacrament of ordination . His uncle Riccardo Lombardi was also a Jesuit and a well-known Italian popular missionary.
He then worked from 1973 to 1977 at the Jesuit newspaper La Civiltà Cattolica and was deputy editor-in-chief from 1977 to 1984 . 2018 he returned as local superior - to the top of organized in a household editors - back. From 1984 to 1990 he held the office of Provincial of the Italian Jesuit Province. In 1991 he went to Rome as program director at Vatican Radio . In 2001 he became director of Centro Televisivo Vaticano and in 2005 director general of Vatican Radio.
After the resignation of Joaquín Navarro-Valls he was on July 11, 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. Appointed Head of the Vatican Press Office. As the press spokesman for the Holy See, he is one of the most famous people in the Vatican . On January 22, 2013, he passed the management of the Vatican television center Centro Televisivo Vaticano (CTV) to Dario Edoardo Viganò . In 2008 the 35th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus elected Lombardi as one of the four general assistants “ad providentiam”.
On March 1, 2016, he resigned as Director General of Vatican Radio. His successors as press spokesman for the Vatican are the American Greg Burke and the Spaniard Paloma García Ovejero, each from August 1st, 2016. Lombardi was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Vatican Foundation Joseph Ratzinger - Benedict XVI after his retirement . appointed.
Awards
On April 18, 2013, Lombardi was named “Communicator of the Year” by the Allianz Group for his press work on the resignation and election of the Pope .
On February 22, 2017, Lombardi was appointed officer of the French Legion of Honor by the Vatican Ambassador of France , Philippe Zeller, at the headquarters of the French Embassy at the Holy See in the Vatican .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Johannes Schidelko: The omnipresent Jesuit. Catholic News Agency , accessed March 23, 2015 .
- ^ Father Lombardi on his 70th birthday. Vatican Radio website. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
- ↑ Home New director at the Vatican TV website Radio Vatican. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
- ↑ General Counselors of the Society of Jesus Website of the Jesuit Curia in Rome. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
- ↑ Comunicato della Segreteria per la Comunicazione. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 22, 2016, accessed March 1, 2016 (Italian).
- ↑ A man, a woman: Pope appoints new press officers. In: German service from Radio Vatican . July 11, 2016, accessed July 11, 2016 .
- ^ Rosie Scammell: Pope appoints ex-Fox News correspondent as Vatican spokesman. In: the Guardian. July 11, 2016, accessed July 11, 2016 .
- ^ Allianz Awards Fr. Federico Lombardi as Communicator of the Year. Website provided by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications in cooperation with the media offices of the Holy See. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
- ↑ Father Lombardi honored with French Order of Merit. Vatican Radio , February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
- ↑ shed the insignes d'Officier de la Legion d'Honneur au Père Federico Lombardi. Press release from the French Embassy to the Holy See, February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lombardi, Federico |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lombardi SJ, Federico |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Roman Catholic theologian and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saluzzo , Italy |