Giovanni Lajolo
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Giovanni Lajolo
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| Assumed office 15 September 2006 |
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| Monarch | Benedict XVI |
| Preceded by | Edmund Szoka |
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| Born | 3 January 1935 Novara, Italy |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Caesariana |
Giovanni Lajolo (born 3 January 1935 in Novara, Italy) is the current Cardinal President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of Vatican City State. He served as the Secretary for Relations with States in the Secretariat of State, or foreign minister of Vatican City, from 2003 until his appointment as President in 2006[1]. He speaks Italian, German, English and French.
He studied at the Seminary of Novara and the Pontifical Roman Seminary and the Pontifical Gregorian University where he earned a licentiate in philosophy in 1955 and a licentiate in theology in 1959. He was ordained a priest on 29 April 1960[1]. He entered the University of Munich where he studied for a doctorate in canon law which he was awarded in 1965. Then in 1965 he entered the elite Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy to study diplomacy leaving in 1968.
He entered the service of the Secretariat of State in 1970. He worked in the nunciature in Germany collaborating with Corrado Bafile, future cardinal, from 1970 to November 1974. He was a staff member of the Council for Public Affairs of the Church from November 1974. He was named counselor of nunciature on 1 January 1983. He closely followed the negotiations that led to the signing, in 1984, of the revision of the concordat between Italy and Holy See.
On 3 October 1988, Lajolo was appointed Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See and Titular Archbishop of Caesariana [2] by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on 6 January 1989 from John Paul himself, with Archbishops Edward Idris Cassidy and José Tomás Sánchez serving as co-consecrators, in St. Peter's Basilica. Lajolo was later named Nuncio to Germany on 7 December 1995, and Secretary for Relations with States on 7 October 2003. As Secretary, he served as the foreign minister of the Vatican.
On 22 June 2006, Lajolo was appointed President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and of the Governorate of Vatican City State by Pope Benedict XVI. In virtue of these two posts, he is delegated legislative and executive authority over Vatican City by the pope. Pope Benedict later created him Cardinal Deacon of S. Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio in the consistory of 24 November 2007 [3]. He was granted membership in the Congregation for Bishops, Pontifical Council for Culture, and Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (of which he had once been Secretary) on 12 June 2008 [4].
On 12 June 2008 in addition to his main duties he was appointed by Benedict as a member of congregations in the Roman Curia[4]. These are: the Congregation for Bishops and the Pontifical Council for Culture as well as the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Biographical notes". Holy See. 2008-06-13. http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_lajolo_g_en.html. Retrieved on 2009-01-09.
- ^ Caesariana (Titular See)- Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ Uffici di Presidenza S.C.V.. "President of the Governorate of Vatican City State". Governorate of Vatican City State. http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/State_and_Government/Structure_Governorate/Presidency/President/index.htm. Retrieved on 2009-01-09.
- ^ a b "Nomina Di Cardinali Membri Dei Dicasteri Della Curia Romana" (in Italian). Rinunce e Nomine. Holy See Press Office. 2008-06-12. http://212.77.1.245/news_services/bulletin/news/22278.php?index=22278&lang=en. Retrieved on 2009-01-09.
[edit] External links
- Catholic-Hierarchy.org profile
- Catholic-pages bio
- Cardinal Lajolo(2006),Today's world and the ideology of power. General Debate of the 61st session of the General Assembly of the United Nations
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| Preceded by Jean-Louis Tauran |
Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See 2003 – 2006 |
Succeeded by Dominique Mamberti |
| Preceded by Edmund Szoka |
President of the Governorate of the Vatican 2006 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Edmund Szoka |
President of the Pontifical Commission of the Vatican 2006 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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