Raffaele Farina

Cardinal Farina

Coat of arms of Raffaele Cardinal Farina SDB

Raffaele Cardinal Farina SDB (born September 24, 1933 in Buonalbergo , Benevento Province , Italy ) is Cardinal Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Farina joined the Order of the Salesians of Don Bosco on September 25, 1954 after finishing school. He received on 1 July 1958, the sacrament of the priesthood and worked from 1968 as a professor and dean at the Pontifical Salesian University , whose rector he was 1977-1983. In 1981 he became secretary of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Studies and in 1986 undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture .

In 1991 he was again appointed rector of the Pontifical University of the Salesians. Pope John Paul II appointed him Prefect of the Vatican Library on May 25, 1997 .

On November 15, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI. Farina as titular bishop of Opitergium . He was ordained bishop on December 16 of the same year by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone SDB; Co-consecrators were the Kardinalgroßpönitentiar , James Francis Cardinal Stafford , and the then archivist and librarian of Holy Roman Church, Jean-Louis Cardinal Tauran .

On June 25, 2007 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him. as archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church. At the same time Farina was raised to titular archbishop pro hac vice . Farina assumed the office of archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church on September 1, 2007.

Raffaele Farina was a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences during his time as Prefect of the Vatican Library . Since 2000 he has been a corresponding member of the Central Management of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica .

On November 24, 2007, Benedict XVI took him. as cardinal deacon with the title deaconry San Giovanni della Pigna in the cardinals college . On June 9, 2012, Benedict XVI. Farina's application to resign from the office of archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church for reasons of age.

After the resignation of Benedict XVI. Cardinal Farina attended the 2013 conclave . On June 24, 2013, Pope Francis appointed him President of the Commission for the Control of the IOR (Vatican Bank).

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

Memberships

Raffaele Cardinal Farina is a member of the following institutions of the Roman Curia :

Congregation for the Causes of Saints (since 2008)
Congregation for Catholic Education (since 2008)
Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Goods of the Church (since 2008)

Honors

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

Web links

Commons : Raffaele Farina - collection of images, videos and audio files

Farina, SDB, Raffaele. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed October 22, 2016.
Entry on Raffaele Farina on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on October 22, 2016.

Individual evidence

↑ Elevatione alla dignità episcopale del Prefetto della Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 15, 2006, accessed February 22, 2016 (Italian).
^ Nomina dell'Archivista e Bibliotecario di Santa Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 25, 2007, accessed February 22, 2016 (Italian).
^ Rinuncia dell'Archivista e Bibliotecario di Santa Romana Chiesa. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 9, 2012, accessed February 22, 2016 (Italian).
↑ Orazio La Rocca: Un salesiano per riformare lo Ior: papa Francesco sceglie il cardinal Farina. La Repubblica, June 26, 2013, accessed February 22, 2016 (Italian).
^ Concistoro per il voto su alcune Cause di Canonizzazione. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, May 19, 2018, accessed May 21, 2018 (Italian).
^ ^A ^b ^c Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 12, 2008, accessed February 22, 2016 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Pietro Braido Angelo Amato	Rector of the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS) 1977–1983 1991–1997	Roberto Giannatelli Michele Pellerey
Jean-Louis Cardinal Tauran	Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church 2007–2012	Jean-Louis Bruguès OP

personal data
SURNAME	Farina, Raffaele
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Farina, Raffaele SDB
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian religious, archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church and cardinal to the Curia
DATE OF BIRTH	September 24, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH	Buonalbergo , Benevento Province, Italy

[1] Elevatione alla dignità episcopale del Prefetto della Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 15, 2006, accessed February 22, 2016 (Italian).

[2] Nomina dell'Archivista e Bibliotecario di Santa Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 25, 2007, accessed February 22, 2016 (Italian).

[3] Rinuncia dell'Archivista e Bibliotecario di Santa Romana Chiesa. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 9, 2012, accessed February 22, 2016 (Italian).

[4] Orazio La Rocca: Un salesiano per riformare lo Ior: papa Francesco sceglie il cardinal Farina. La Repubblica, June 26, 2013, accessed February 22, 2016 (Italian).

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

[Bulletin2008-6] A ^b ^c Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 12, 2008, accessed February 22, 2016 (Italian).