Giuseppe Versaldi

Giuseppe Cardinal Versaldi ( born July 30, 1943 in Villarboit, Piedmont) is a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

Giuseppe Versaldi received on 29 June 1967, the ordination Archbishop Albino Mensa and was incardinated in the Archdiocese of Vercelli. He taught canon law and psychology at the Pontifical Gregorian University.

On 4 April 2007, he was named Pope Benedict XVI. bishop of the northern Italian diocese of Alessandria. He received his episcopal consecration on 26 May 2007, the Archbishop of Vercelli, Enrico Masseroni; Co-consecrators were his predecessor, Bishop Fernando Charrier, and the Bishop of Fossano and Cuneo, Natalino Pescarolo. He was also a member of the Vatican's Supreme Tribunal of the signature.

21 September 2011 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him. president of the Vatican's economy Prefecture ( Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See ). In solemn consistory of February 18, 2012 it took Benedict XVI. as cardinal deacon with the title Diakonia Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio in the College of Cardinals.

Memberships

  • Congregation for Bishops ( since 2012; confirmed 2013)
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