Mauro Piacenza

Cardinal Mauro Piacenza ( born September 15, 1944 in Genoa, Italy ) is a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

Piacenza received on 21 December 1969 Giuseppe Cardinal Siri ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Genoa. In 1973 he was Confessor of the Great Seminary, a position he held until 1978. He then became chaplain at the University of Genoa, before being appointed in 1990 to the Curia. 2000 Piacenza undersecretary of the Congregation for the Clergy.

Pope John Paul II appointed him on 13 October 2003 as Titular Bishop of Victoriana and as President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church. On November 15, 2003, he received episcopal ordination by Tarcisio Bertone. On 28 August 2004, he was also President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology. Both offices extinguished with his appointment as Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy, the Holy Father Benedict XVI. pronounced on 7 May 2007. At the same time, the pope gave him the title of a Titularerzbischofs. On 7 October 2010, he was named Benedict XVI. Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy.

In solemn consistory of November 20, 2010 Pope Benedict XVI took him. as cardinal deacon with the title Diakonia San Paolo all Tre Fontane on the College of Cardinals.

Pope Benedict XVI. appointed him in December 2011, also as President of the Foundation of pontifical right, the Church in Need. Following the resignation of Benedict XVI. Cardinal Piacenza took part in the conclave of 2013.

Pope Francis appointed him on September 21, 2013 to Major Penitentiary at Grace Court, the Apostolic Penitentiary.

Cardinal Piacenza is honor - Konventualkaplan of the Sovereign Order of Malta.