Gianfranco Girotti

Gianfranco Girotti, OFM Conv (* April 21, 1937 in Rome, Italy) is a retired Curia Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

Gianfranco Girotti received on 17 February 1963, the sacrament of Holy Orders. He received his doctorate at the Pontifical Lateran University for Doctor of Laws. Girotti earned a diploma as a lawyer at the Roman Rota and a licentiate in Catholic theology at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of St. Bonaventure ( Seraphicum ).

Gianfranco Girotti 1969, employees of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. 1980, it was professor of canon law at the Pontifical Urban University. He was also chaplain of the Roman prison " Regina Coeli ". Girotti was Procurator of the Minorite. He also served as a judge at the Court of Appeal of the Church Lazio and as Vice President of the Associazione Italiana Canonistica. On 11 June 1997 by Pope John Paul II named undersecretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

On 16 February 2002, Pope John Paul II appointed regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary. In addition, Gianfranco Girotti was consultant to the Congregation. On 15 November 2006 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him. Titular Bishop of Meta. He received his episcopal consecration on December 16, 2006 Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone SDB; Co-consecrators were the Kardinalgroßpönitentiar James Francis Stafford and the archivist and librarian of Holy Roman Church, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran.

On June 26, 2012 Benedict XVI accepted. Gianfranco Girotti the argument put forward on grounds of age resignation from the office of regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary on.