Piero Marini

Piero Marini ( born January 13, 1942 in Valverde Pavia ) is an Italian Curia, Archbishop and President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses.

Life

Marini came in 1953 in the seminary of Bobbio, and was ordained a priest on 27 June 1965. Afterwards he worked as secretary to Archbishop Annibale Bugnini on the implementation of the liturgical reform of Vatican II with.

Pope John Paul II awarded him on April 2, 1986 Title papal prelate of honor and appointed him on 24 February 1987 Master of Ceremonies for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Pope. From then on, Marini was responsible for the organization and conduct of all services by the year 2007, which were publicly celebrated by the Pope.

John Paul II appointed Marini on February 14, 1998 Titular Bishop of Martirano and gave him on 19 March of the same year the episcopal ordination. Co-consecrators were the Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano and Archbishop of Krakow, Cardinal Franciszek Macharski. On 29 September 2003 he was elevated while maintaining his Titularbistums per hac vice Titular Archbishop.

Marinis designs of the Pope worship, sometimes with popular music and exotic elements, were more conservative circles in the Vatican as a way to broadway. During Pope John Paul II during his activities relatively free hand left him, changed his successor, Benedict XVI. Marinis designs according to their own ideas.

On 1 October 2007, Pope Benedict XVI. Piero Marini as president of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses and at the same time certain Guido Marini as the new papal master of ceremonies.

In 2009 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Theology of the University of Fribourg in Switzerland for his commitment.

Honors

• 2003: Grand Cross of the Order of Isabel la Católica
• 2013: Grand Silver Medal with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria