Baldassare Cardinal Reina

Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Assunta e San Giuseppe a Primavalle

Apostolic Administrator of Ostia

Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}

Motto: Caritas Patiens Est

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Nov 1970		Born
8 Sep 1995	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
27 May 2022	51.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
27 May 2022	51.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania
29 Jun 2022	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania
6 Jan 2023	52.1	Appointed	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
6 Apr 2024	53.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Ostia, Italy
6 Oct 2024	53.8	Appointed	Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
25 Oct 2024	53.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Aquae in Mauretania
25 Oct 2024	53.9	Appointed	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}
7 Dec 2024	54.0	Elevated to Cardinal
7 Dec 2024	54.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Assunta e San Giuseppe a Primavalle

MicroData Summary
Baldassare Reina
Baldassare Cardinal Reina
(born 26 Nov 1970)
Vicar General of Roma {Rome}

Ad Limina - March 2024 (Italy, Lazio): Bishop
Consistory - 2024: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place San Giovanni Gemini, Diocese of Agrigento (Girgenti)
Ordained Priest Santa Croce, Co-Cathedral, Villaseta, Diocese of Agrigento (Girgenti)
Ordained Bishop San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

Please contact the Cardinal through the Diocese of Roma {Rome}.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Carmelo Ferraro
Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti)
Principal Consecrator:
Angelo Cardinal De Donatis
Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Francesco Cardinal Montenegro
Archbishop Emeritus of Agrigento
Augusto Paolo Cardinal Lojudice
Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Angelo Cardinal De Donatis (2015)
Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
Pope Francis (1992)
(Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. †)
Antonio Cardinal Quarracino † (1962)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Bishop Anunciado Serafini † (1935)
Bishop of Mercedes
Archbishop Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland † (1935)
Archbishop of Paraná
Archbishop Filippo Cortesi † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Siraces
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Renato Tarantelli Baccari (2025)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q112147156

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 27 May 2022
ob/c2: CB, 27 May 2022
c34: CB, 10 Jun 2022
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 252, Number 20,948
c1: AM, 7 Jul 2022
fn: AM, 30 Sep 2022
ab: Bollettino, 6 Jan 2023
apad: CB, 10 May 2024
tarc: Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 115, Page 109
card: Bollettino, 6 Oct 2024
vgen: AM, 14 Oct 2024
ab: Bollettino, 25 Oct 2024
ab: Bollettino, 7 Dec 2024

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