Salvatore De Giorgi

Salvatore Cardinal De Giorgi, 2017

Cardinal coat of arms

Salvatore Cardinal De Giorgi (born September 6, 1930 in Vernole , Province of Lecce , Italy ) is Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo .

Life

Salvatore De Giorgi was in Lecce and Molfetta his theological training and was on June 28 in 1953 by the Bishop of Lecce , Francesco Minerva , for priests ordained . He then served as personal secretary to the Bishop of Lecce for five years. From 1958 to 1973 he worked as a parish chaplain in the Archdiocese of Lecce, but also fulfilled numerous other responsibilities. He was in charge of the association of Catholic Italian university students, advised the community of Catholic teachers, belonged to the diocesan commission for church music and was episcopal vicar for the lay apostolate .

On November 21, 1973, Pope Paul VI appointed him . to titular bishop of Tulana and auxiliary bishop in Oria . He received episcopal ordination on December 27th of the same year by the Bishop of Lecce, Francesco Minerva . Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Taranto , Guglielmo Motolese , and the Bishop of Oria, Alberico Semeraro . On November 29, 1975 he was appointed coadjutor bishop of Oria and on March 17, 1978 succeeded his predecessor Alberico Semeraro as diocesan bishop in this diocese .

On April 4, 1981 Pope called him John Paul II. To the Archbishop of Foggia and gave him the same time the management of dioceses Bovino and Troia . On October 10, 1987, Salvatore De Giorgi became Archbishop of Taranto , where he worked until his resignation on May 11, 1990. He then served as an ecclesiastical advisor at the International Forum of Catholic Action and President of the Italian Association for Spiritual Exercises . On April 4, 1996, Pope John Paul II made him head of the Archdiocese of Palermo. The official inauguration took place on May 25th in the Cathedral of Palermo . In September of the same year he became chairman of the Sicilian Episcopal Conference .

On February 21, 1998, Salvatore De Giorgi was admitted to the College of Cardinals as cardinal priest with the titular church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli . He was a participant in the 2005 conclave , in which Benedict XVI. was chosen. On December 19, 2006, he accepted De Giorgi's resignation due to reasons of age.

In spring 2012, Pope Benedict XVI entrusted him. as a member of a three-person cardinal commission with a special mandate to investigate the so-called Vatileaks affair. The commission is supposed to investigate cases of theft of confidential (papal) documents from the Vatican secret archives .

Memberships in the Roman Curia

Salvatore Cardinal De Giorgi was a member of the following congregations and councils of the Roman Curia :

Congregation for the Clergy
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Order of the Sacraments (since 2005)
Congregation for Bishops (since 2007)
Pontifical Council for the Laity
Pontifical Council for the Family

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Palermo (Italia) e Nomina del Successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 19, 2006, accessed February 17, 2016 (Italian).
^ Nomina di Membri della Congregazione per il Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, February 2, 2005, accessed February 17, 2016 (Italian).
^ Nomina di Membro della Congregazione per i Vescovi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, February 20, 2007, accessed February 17, 2016 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Alberico Semeraro	Bishop of Oria Coadjutor Bishop 1975–1978 Diocesan Bishop 1978–1981	Armando Franco (it)
Giuseppe Lenotti	Archbishop of Foggia 1981–1986	Association with the Bovino diocese
Giuseppe Lenotti	Bishop of Bovino 1981–1986	Affiliation with the Archdiocese of Foggia
Giuseppe Lenotti	Bishop of Troy 1981–1986	Association with the diocese of Lucera
Association of the (arch) dioceses of Foggia and Bovino	Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino 1986–1987	Giuseppe Casale (it)
Guglielmo Motolese (it)	Archbishop of Taranto 1987–1990	Benigno Luigi Papa OFMCap
Salvatore Cardinal Pappalardo	Archbishop of Palermo 1996-2006	Paolo Cardinal Romeo

personal data
SURNAME	De Giorgi, Salvatore
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	De Giorgi, Cardinal Salvatore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian clergyman, archbishop emeritus of Palermo and cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH	September 6, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vernole , Province of Lecce, Italy

[1] Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Palermo (Italia) e Nomina del Successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 19, 2006, accessed February 17, 2016 (Italian).

[2] Nomina di Membri della Congregazione per il Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, February 2, 2005, accessed February 17, 2016 (Italian).

[3] Nomina di Membro della Congregazione per i Vescovi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, February 20, 2007, accessed February 17, 2016 (Italian).