Domenico Calcagno

His Eminence Domenico Calcagno
President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
Appointed	7 July 2011
Predecessor	Attilio Nicora
Other posts	Cardinal-Deacon of Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina
Orders
Ordination	29 June 1967 by Giuseppe Siri
Consecration	9 March 2002 by Dionigi Tettamanzi
Created Cardinal	18 February 2012
Rank	Cardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Birth name	Domenico Calcagno
Born	(1943-02-03) 3 February 1943 Tramontana, Italy
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post	Bishop of Savona-Noli (2002–2007) Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (2007–2011)
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Styles of Domenico Calcagno
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Domenico Calcagno (born 3 February 1943) is the current president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 7 July 2011. He had previously served as the secretary of the dicastery since 2007.

Calcagno was born in Tramontana (Archdiocese of Genoa, the province of Alessandria) in 1943. After studying arts at the diocesan seminary, he attended the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, earning a degree in dogmatic theology. He was ordained a priest on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul 29 June 1967 by Cardinal Giuseppe Siri.

After several years of parish ministry, he was appointed as professor of Theology at the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy and, later, at the Higher Institute of Religious Studies of Liguria. He served as the president of the diocesan clergy institute and was the episcopal vicar for "new activities". At the national level he held positions that included: Secretary of the Italian Priests Commission, Inspector of the Italian Episcopal Conference for Institutes of Religious Sciences, Director of National Missionary Cooperation between Churches, and, most recently, the Treasurer of the Bishops Conference.

Pope John Paul II appointed him bishop of Savona-Noli on 25 January 2002.^[1] He was consecrated on 9 March. He served as Bishop of Savona until Pope Benedict appointed him Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See and archbishop ad personam on 7 July 2007. On 7 July 2011 he became its president.^[2]

It was announced on 6 January 2012 that he would be created a cardinal on 18 February along with 21 others. He was created and proclaimed as Cardinal-Deacon assigned to the church of Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina.

He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis.

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