Vincenzo Paglia

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia (2015)

Paglia's archbishop's coat of arms

Vincenzo Paglia (born April 20, 1945 in Boville Ernica , Province of Frosinone , Italy ) is a Curial Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Vincenzo Paglia is one of the founding staff of the spiritual community of Sant'Egidio, established in 1968 . As a member of the community dedicated to caring for the elderly, the sick, the disabled and the poor, as well as working for peace and overcoming all forms of armed conflict, he was socially and politically involved in numerous apostolates and was her ecclesiastical assistant for many years.

Vincenzo Paglia was ordained a priest on March 15, 1970 in Rome . He was appointed Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia by Pope John Paul II on March 4, 2000 . The Archpriest of the Lateran Basilica , Camillo Cardinal Ruini , donated him the episcopal ordination on April 2nd of the same year. Co-consecrators were Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re and his predecessor Franco Gualdrini . The inauguration in the diocese of Terni-Narni-Amelia took place two weeks later.

As a member of the Italian Bishops' Conference , he was President of the Episcopal Commission for Ecumenism and Interdenominational Dialogue. During his time as diocesan bishop Paglia was President of the Catholic Biblical Federation of Italy.

On June 26, 2012, he was received by Pope Benedict XVI. appointed as the successor of Cardinal Ennio Antonelli as President of the Pontifical Family Council and Archbishop ad personam .

Pope Francis appointed him on 15 August 2016 relating to the establishment of the dicastery for the laity, family and life to the Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Institute John Paul II. For Studies on Marriage and Family and President of the Pontifical Academy for Life . With the dissolution of the Pontifical Council for the Family on September 1 of the same year, his activity as its president ended.

Memberships

Vincenzo Paglia is a member of the following institution of the Roman Curia :

Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization (since 2011)
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (since 2017)
Congregation for the Causes of Saints (since 2018)

Fonts

Carta a Un Amigo Que No Cree , Ciudad Nueva 2006, ISBN 950-586-205-9 (Spanish)
The seven words of Jesus on the cross , Echter-Verlag Würzburg 2011, ISBN 3-429-03402-7
The Word of God Every Day 2014/2015 , Echter-Verlag Würzburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-429-03762-8

Literature on the person

Guido Horst : symbol of the change of course. The specialist for the intimate. Series about the Curia (Part V) , in: Die Tagespost , issue of September 16, 2018, p. 10.

Web links

Commons : Vincenzo Paglia - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry for Vincenzo Paglia on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ New Vatican archivist and family manager. Vatican Radio , June 29, 2012, archived from the original on August 20, 2016 ; accessed on August 20, 2016 .
^ Vatican reform: new tasks for Archbishop Paglia. Vatican Radio, August 17, 2016, archived from the original on September 20, 2016 ; accessed on August 20, 2016 .
^ Nomina del Gran Cancelliere del Pontificio Istituto “Giovanni Paolo II” per Studi su Matrimonio e Famiglia e nomina del Presidente della Pontificia Accademia per la Vita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , August 17, 2016, accessed August 18, 2016 (Italian).
↑ Nomina di Membri del Pontificio Consiglio per la Promozione della Nuova Evangelizzazione , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of January 5, 2011.
^ Nomina di Membri della Congregazione per l'Evangelizzazione dei Popoli. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, October 4, 2017, accessed October 4, 2017 (Italian).
^ Nomina di Membri della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 11, 2018, accessed January 11, 2018 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Franco Gualdrini	Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia 2000–2012	Giuseppe Piemontese OFMConv
Ennio Cardinal Antonelli	President of the Pontifical Council for the Family 2012–2016	Council dissolved
Ignacio Carrasco de Paula	President of the Pontifical Academy for Life since 2016	-

personal data
SURNAME	Paglia, Vincenzo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop, Archbishop of the Curia
DATE OF BIRTH	April 20, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH	Boville Ernica , Frosinone Province, Italy

[1] New Vatican archivist and family manager. Vatican Radio , June 29, 2012, archived from the original on August 20, 2016 ; accessed on August 20, 2016 .

[2] Vatican reform: new tasks for Archbishop Paglia. Vatican Radio, August 17, 2016, archived from the original on September 20, 2016 ; accessed on August 20, 2016 .

[3] Nomina del Gran Cancelliere del Pontificio Istituto “Giovanni Paolo II” per Studi su Matrimonio e Famiglia e nomina del Presidente della Pontificia Accademia per la Vita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , August 17, 2016, accessed August 18, 2016 (Italian).

[4] Nomina di Membri del Pontificio Consiglio per la Promozione della Nuova Evangelizzazione , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of January 5, 2011.

[5] Nomina di Membri della Congregazione per l'Evangelizzazione dei Popoli. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, October 4, 2017, accessed October 4, 2017 (Italian).

[6] Nomina di Membri della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 11, 2018, accessed January 11, 2018 (Italian).