Gualtiero Bassetti
| His Eminence Gualtiero Bassetti | |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve | |
| Archdiocese | Perugia-Città della Pieve |
| See | Perugia-Città della Pieve |
| Appointed | 16 July 2009 |
| Installed | 4 October 2009 |
| Predecessor | Giuseppe Chiaretti |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia |
| Orders | |
| Ordination |
29 June 1966 by Ermenegildo Florit |
| Consecration |
8 September 1994 by Silvano Piovanelli |
| Created Cardinal |
22 February 2014 by Pope Francis |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 April 1942 Popolano di Marradi, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | in charitate fundati |
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Gualtiero Bassetti (Popolano in Marradi, 7 April 1942) is an Italian archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
Bassetti was ordained a priest on 29 June 1966 by Cardinal Ermenegildo Florit, Archbishop of Florence. On 9 July 1994 he was appointed bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino and consecrated on 8 September 1994 by Cardinal Silvano Piovanelli, Archbishop of Florence. He was named bishop of Arezzo on 21 November 1998. He was named the archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve on 16 July 2009.
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
He was elected head of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Umbria in 2012[1] and is deputy president of the Italian Episcopal Conference.[2]
On 22 February 2014, the archbishop, along with 18 others, was inducted into the College of Cardinals by Pope Francis.[3] Bassetti commented in response to his nomination: "My aims have not changed. I want to visit factories and hospitals, because as the Pope says, we must 'be pastors with the odor of sheep.' This is the time to roll our sleeves back."[2] He also praised the Pope's nomination of Archbishop Loris Capovilla as "a direct reference the Second Vatican Council".[4] La Stampa called it a "surprise nomination".[2] It was the first time a bishop of Perugia had been named a cardinal since Gioacchino Pecci (later Pope Leo XIII) in 1853.[5] His selection was seen, according to John L. Allen, as a demonstration of Francis' preference for "traditionally neglected locales" and for "political moderates".[6] Another observer described him as "instantly papabile, a man cut from the same cloth as Francis".[5] Giovanni Paciullo, Rector of the University for Foreign Students of Perugia, called the nomination a tribute to Bassetti's "constant concern for the least, the excluded, the foreigner ... which brought him into the paths of marginalization and suffering..."[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Perugia, monsignor Gualtiero Bassetti è cardinale". Giornale dell'Umbria. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Galeazzi, Giacomo (15 January 2014). "The importance of Gualtiero Bassetti's nomination". Vatican Insider. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ↑ Pope Francis announces names of new Cardinals - Vatican Radio, 12 January 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Papa Francesco nomina cardinale l'arcivescovo di Perugia Gualtiero Bassetti". La Nazione (Umbia). 12 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Winters, Michael Sean (January 13, 2014). "The New Cardinals". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- ↑ Allen Jr., John L. (January 13, 2014). "Four new echoes in 'Francis revolution'". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
External links
- Christmas sermon, 2013(Italian)
- Catholic Hierarchy