Francesco Cardinal Monterisi

Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}

Cardinal-Priest of San Paolo alla Regola

Motto: Fortitudo Mea Dominus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 May 1934		Born
16 Mar 1957	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy
24 Dec 1982	48.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Alba Maritima
24 Dec 1982	48.5	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea
6 Jan 1983	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Alba Maritima
20 Jun 1987	53.0	Appointed	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
11 Jun 1993	59.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 Mar 1998	63.7	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops
7 Mar 1998	63.7	Appointed	Secretary of the College of Cardinals
3 Jul 2009	75.0	Appointed	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
20 Nov 2010	76.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Paolo alla Regola
20 Nov 2010	76.4	Elevated to Cardinal
12 Feb 2011	76.7	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Paolo alla Regola
23 Nov 2012	78.4	Retired	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
3 May 2021	86.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Paolo alla Regola

MicroData Summary
Francesco Monterisi
Francesco Cardinal Monterisi
(born 28 May 1934)
Archpriest Emeritus of Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}

Consistory - 2010: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Barletta, Archdiocese of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy
Ordained Priest Cathedral, Barletta, Archdiocese of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Cardinal through the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}.

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Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Reginaldo Giuseppe Maria Addazi, O.P. †
Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie)
Principal Consecrator:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Eduardo Martínez Somalo †
Titular Archbishop of Thagora
Archbishop Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy †
Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Giovanni Ricchiuti (2005)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Patriarch Fouad Boutros Twal (1992)
Archbishop Alessandro D’Errico (1999)
Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio (1999)
Archbishop Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin † (1999)
Bishop Cesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.I. † (1999)
Bishop Pierre Trần Ðình Tứ (1999)
Bishop Rafael Cob García (1999)
Archbishop Mathew Moolakkatt, O.S.B. (1999)
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin (1999)
Bishop José Luis Redrado Marchite, O.H. (1999)
Bishop Alfonso Badini Confalonieri (2001)
Bishop José María Yanguas Sanz (2006)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Barletta, Archdiocese of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy
Ordained Priest	Cathedral, Barletta, Archdiocese of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

VIAF: 90381970
WikiData: Q721621

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 3 Jul 2009
r: Bollettino, 23 Nov 2012
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 77, Number 6,241
ab: Bollettino, 3 May 2021
op.loc: AM, 10 Jan 2023

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