Gianfranco Gardin

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Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. (b. 1944) is the current Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. He was appointed on 11 July 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. He will serve alongside Franc Cardinal Rode who is Prefect.

He was ordained a priest in 1970 and taught moral theology for 15 years in Padua.

From 1980 to 1998, he edited the magazine he founded, Credere oggi, whose title translates as "Believing Today." Gardin is expected to be raised to the level of Archbishop of a titular see as is customary for men in his position.

The Archbishop-elect is the fifth major Curial appointee of the pontificate of Benedict XVI. To date, the pontiff named William Joseph Levada to take his place at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone as his Cardinal Secretary of State, Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith as Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and Ivan Cardinal Dias as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples.

Preceded by András Veres	Archbishop of Cissa 10 July 2006 –1 November 2007	Succeeded by Vacant
Preceded by Piergiorgio Nesti	Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life 10 July 2006 –	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Giovanni Tonucci	Archbishop of Torcello 1 November 2007 –	Succeeded by Incumbent