Claudio Maria Celli

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Styles of Claudio Maria Celli
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

Claudio Maria Celli (born July 20, 1941) is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications in the Roman Curia.

[edit] Biography

Celli was born in Rimini, and ordained to the priesthood on March 19, 1965. He graduated from the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1966. In 1992, he became Undersecretary of the Relations with States (deputy foreign minister) section of the Vatican Secretariat of State.

On December 16, 1995, Celli was appointed Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See and Titular Archbishop of Cluentum. He received his episcopal consecration on January 6, 1996 from Pope John Paul II, with Archbishops Giovanni Battista Re and Jorge María Mejía serving as co-consecrators.

Pope Benedict XVI later named him as President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications on June 27, 2007. Celli succeeded the long-time incumbent and future cardinal, John Patrick Foley.

He once stated in January 2008 that Catholic media "should not become...instruments of a religious or cultural fundamentalism"^[1]. He continued: "Our media is directed not just to Catholics, but to all men...they don't exist only for–or are directed only to–people who already belong to the Church, rather they should also give careful attention to what exists in the soul of man, in his heart, where sometimes there can be distance from God, or many times, a deep nostalgia for God."

[edit] References

1. ^ Zenit. Catholic Media Also Need "Info-Ethics" January 31, 2008

Preceded by Fr. Jean-Louis Tauran	Undersecretary for Relations with States 1992—16 December 1995	Succeeded by Fr. Celestino Migliore
Preceded by Giovanni Lajolo	Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See 1995—2007	Succeeded by Domenico Calcagno
Preceded by John Patrick Foley	President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications 2007—present	Succeeded by incumbent