Elio Cardinal Sgreccia

President Emeritus of Life

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jun 1928		Born	Arcevia, Italy
29 Jun 1952	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Fano, Italy
5 Nov 1992	64.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Zama Minor
5 Nov 1992	64.4	Appointed	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family
6 Jan 1993	64.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Zama Minor
1 Jun 1994	66.0	Appointed	Vice President of Life, Roman Curia
3 Apr 1996	67.8	Resigned	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family
3 Jan 2005	76.6	Appointed	President of Life, Roman Curia
17 Jun 2008	80.0	Retired	President of Life, Roman Curia
20 Nov 2010	82.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria
20 Nov 2010	82.5	Elevated to Cardinal
12 Mar 2011	82.8	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria

Consistory - 2010: Created Cardinal (Non-Voting)

Please contact the Cardinal through the Pontifical Academy for Life.

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

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Vincenzo Del Signore †
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyła †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re
Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Elio Cardinal Sgreccia (1993)
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Boleslaw Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

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