Giovanni Lajolo

Giovanni Lajolo (center) with Cardinal Lehmann (2002) at the inauguration of Bamberg Archbishop Ludwig Schick

Coat of arms of Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo

Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo (born January 3, 1935 in Novara , Italy ) is an Italian Cardinal Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Church . From 1995 to 2003 he was Apostolic Nuncio in Germany and from 2006 to 2011 as President of the Governorate of the Vatican City Prime Minister of the Vatican City .

Life

In 1955, after studying philosophy and theology in Novara, Italy and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, he received a licentiate in philosophy and in 1959 a licentiate in Catholic theology . Giovanni Lajolo received the sacrament of ordination for the diocese of Novara on April 29, 1960 through Auxiliary Bishop Ugo Poletti . After receiving his doctorate in 1965, he trained as a diplomat between 1968 and 1969. From 1970 to 1974 he was Attaché / Nunciature Secretary and then an auditor at the Apostolic Nunciature in Bonn . Between 1974 and 1988, the Italian worked in the Vatican State Secretariat in the Council for Public Affairs of the Church.

In 1976 he became head of the Central and Northern Europe Department in the State Secretariat . He was also a close associate of Cardinal Secretary of State Agostino Casaroli . Between 1979 and 1985 Lajolo was secretary of the Vatican delegation in the negotiations on the adjustment of the Concordat with Italy. 1985 to 1989 a professorship at the Pontifical Diplomatic Academy followed .

Pope John Paul II conferred on him the title of Honorary Prelate of His Holiness on June 30th and appointed him Titular Archbishop of Caesariana on October 3rd, 1988 and Secretary of the Administration of the Goods of the Apostolic See. The Pope ordained him episcopal on January 6, 1989, co-consecrators were the later Cardinals Edward Idris Cassidy and José Sánchez .

On December 7, 1995, John Paul II appointed him Apostolic Nuncio in the Federal Republic of Germany . On October 7, 2003 he was appointed Secretary for State Relations in the State Secretariat. There Lajolo headed the Department of External Affairs. In this role, Pope Benedict XVI has him . Confirmed on April 21, 2005. In June 2006 the Pope appointed Lajolo President of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State and the Vatican City Governorate . The handover took place on September 15 of the same year. On November 24, 2007, Benedict XVI took him. as cardinal deacon with the title deaconry Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio in the college of cardinals .

On September 3, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI. - with effect from 1 October 2011 - the Cardinal Lajolo age reasons put forward resignation from the office of President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and of the Governorate of Vatican City at. At the same time he appointed the previous nuncio in Italy and San Marino, Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello , as his successor in both offices.

After the resignation of Benedict XVI. Cardinal Lajolo took part in the 2013 conclave , in which Pope Francis was elected.

On September 9, 2013, Lajolo, in his capacity as a member of the Vatican Congregation for Bishops on behalf of the Vatican, got an idea of the situation in the Diocese of Limburg in discussions with bishops and members of the diocese leadership . The visit serves "fraternal conversation"; it is not an apostolic visitation to examine or remove the bishop. The Limburg bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst himself asked for a visit. The Vatican has “full confidence” in the administration of the bishop, but the unity between the bishop and the people is burdened.

On 19 May 2018 he was retaining his title as Diaconia titular church pro hac vice to Cardinal priests appointed.

Memberships

Honorary and Devotion Grand Cross Bailli of the Sovereign Order of Malta

Roman Curia

Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo is a member of the following institutions of the Roman Curia :

Congregation for Bishops (since 2008; confirmed in 2013)
Pontifical Council for Culture (since 2008)
Property management of the Apostolic See (since 2008)
Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature (since 2010)
Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care for Migrants and People on the Move (since 2004)
Pontifical Commission for the Church in Eastern Europe (since 2004)

Honors

1985: Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

2003: Large Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

2004: Grand Officer of the Star of Romania

2005: Commander with the Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary

2005: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy

2006: Grand Cross pro piis meritis of the Order of Merit Pro Merito Melitensi of the Sovereign Order of Malta

2008: Order of Prince Trpimir , Croatia

Web links

Commons : Giovanni Lajolo - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Lajolo, Giovanni. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed October 16, 2016.
Entry on Giovanni Lajolo on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on October 16, 2016.

Individual evidence

↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 1987 , Città del Vaticano 1987, p. 1918.
^ Nomina del Segretario della Sezione per i Rapporti con gli Stati della Segreteria di Stato. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , October 7, 2003, accessed March 17, 2016 (Italian).
^ Nomine e Conferme nella Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 21, 2005, accessed March 18, 2016 (Italian).
^ Rinuncia del Presidente della Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano e del Governatorato del medesimo Stato, Em.mo Card. Edmund Casimir Szoka. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 22, 2006, accessed March 18, 2016 (Italian).
^ Nomina del Presidente della Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano e del Governatorato dello Stato della Città del Vaticano. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, September 15, 2006, accessed March 18, 2016 (Italian).
^ Rinuncia del Presidente della Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano e Presidente del Governatorato del medesimo Stato e Nomina del Successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, September 3, 2011, accessed March 17, 2016 (Italian).
↑ The visit from Rome has arrived. Frankfurter Neue Presse, September 10, 2013, accessed on March 17, 2016 .
^ Letter from the Congregation for Bishops. (PDF (126 kB)) September 3, 2013, accessed on March 17, 2016 .
↑ Cardinal Lajolo comes on a “fraternal visit”. The visit is intended to support and encourage peace and unity. September 7, 2013, accessed September 8, 2013 .
^ Controversial Bishop Tebartz-van Elst: "Brotherly visit" from the Vatican. Spiegel Online, September 7, 2013, accessed September 8, 2013 .
^ Concistoro per il voto su alcune Cause di Canonizzazione. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, May 19, 2018, accessed May 21, 2018 (Italian).
↑ Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo accepted into the order. Order of Malta, September 7, 2013, accessed September 8, 2013 .
^ ^A ^b ^c Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 12, 2008, accessed March 18, 2016 (Italian).
^ Conferma del Prefetto della Congregazione per i Vescoivi e Nomine e Conferme di Membri e Consultori nel medesimo Dicastero. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 16, 2013, accessed March 18, 2016 (Italian).
^ Nomina di Membri del Supremo Tribunale della Segnatura Apostolica. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 25, 2010, accessed March 17, 2016 (Italian).
^ Nomina di Membri del Pontificio Consiglio della Pastorale per i Migranti e gli Itineranti. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 5, 2004, accessed March 17, 2016 (Italian).
^ Nomina del Segretario della Commissione interdicasteriale permanente per la Chiesa in Europa Orientale. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 8, 2004, accessed March 17, 2016 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Lajos Kada	Apostolic Nuncio in Germany 1995–2003	Erwin Josef Ender
Jean-Louis Tauran	Secretary for Relations with the States 2003–2006	Dominique Mamberti
Edmund Casimir Cardinal Szoka	President of the Governorate of the Vatican City 2006–2011	Giuseppe Cardinal Bertello

personal data
SURNAME	Lajolo, Giovanni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lajolo, Giovanni Cardinal (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian Cardinal to the Curia and former Apostolic Nuncio in Germany
DATE OF BIRTH	January 3, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH	Novara , Italy

[1] Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 1987 , Città del Vaticano 1987, p. 1918.

[2] Nomina del Segretario della Sezione per i Rapporti con gli Stati della Segreteria di Stato. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , October 7, 2003, accessed March 17, 2016 (Italian).

[3] Nomine e Conferme nella Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 21, 2005, accessed March 18, 2016 (Italian).

[4] Rinuncia del Presidente della Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano e del Governatorato del medesimo Stato, Em.mo Card. Edmund Casimir Szoka. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 22, 2006, accessed March 18, 2016 (Italian).

[5] Nomina del Presidente della Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano e del Governatorato dello Stato della Città del Vaticano. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, September 15, 2006, accessed March 18, 2016 (Italian).

[6] Rinuncia del Presidente della Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano e Presidente del Governatorato del medesimo Stato e Nomina del Successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, September 3, 2011, accessed March 17, 2016 (Italian).

[7] The visit from Rome has arrived. Frankfurter Neue Presse, September 10, 2013, accessed on March 17, 2016 .

[8] Letter from the Congregation for Bishops. (PDF (126 kB)) September 3, 2013, accessed on March 17, 2016 .

[9] Cardinal Lajolo comes on a “fraternal visit”. The visit is intended to support and encourage peace and unity. September 7, 2013, accessed September 8, 2013 .

[10] Controversial Bishop Tebartz-van Elst: "Brotherly visit" from the Vatican. Spiegel Online, September 7, 2013, accessed September 8, 2013 .

[11] Concistoro per il voto su alcune Cause di Canonizzazione. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, May 19, 2018, accessed May 21, 2018 (Italian).

[12] Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo accepted into the order. Order of Malta, September 7, 2013, accessed September 8, 2013 .

[Bulletin2008-13] A ^b ^c Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 12, 2008, accessed March 18, 2016 (Italian).

[14] Conferma del Prefetto della Congregazione per i Vescoivi e Nomine e Conferme di Membri e Consultori nel medesimo Dicastero. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 16, 2013, accessed March 18, 2016 (Italian).

[15] Nomina di Membri del Supremo Tribunale della Segnatura Apostolica. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 25, 2010, accessed March 17, 2016 (Italian).

[16] Nomina di Membri del Pontificio Consiglio della Pastorale per i Migranti e gli Itineranti. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 5, 2004, accessed March 17, 2016 (Italian).

[17] Nomina del Segretario della Commissione interdicasteriale permanente per la Chiesa in Europa Orientale. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 8, 2004, accessed March 17, 2016 (Italian).