Mauro Cardinal Piacenza

Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

Cardinal-Priest of San Paolo alle Tre Fontane

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Sep 1944		Born
21 Dec 1969	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Genova, Italy
13 Oct 2003	59.0	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church
13 Oct 2003	59.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Victoriana
15 Nov 2003	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Victoriana
28 Aug 2004	59.9	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology
7 May 2007	62.6	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy
7 May 2007	62.6	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Victoriana
7 Oct 2010	66.0	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
20 Nov 2010	66.1	Elevated to Cardinal
20 Nov 2010	66.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Paolo alle Tre Fontane
2 Apr 2011	66.5	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Paolo alle Tre Fontane
28 Feb 2013	68.4	Ceased	Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
16 Mar 2013	68.5	Confirmed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
21 Sep 2013	69.0	Appointed	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
3 May 2021	76.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Paolo alle Tre Fontane
6 Apr 2024	79.5	Retired	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

MicroData Summary for Mauro Piacenza
(VIAF: 165422761; WikiData: Q614498)
Mauro Cardinal Piacenza (born 15 Sep 1944) Major Penitentiary Emeritus of Apostolic Penitentiary

Consistory - 2010: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Genova, Archdiocese of Genova, Italy
Ordained Bishop San Lorenzo, Cathedral, Genova, Archdiocese of Genova {Genoa}, Italy

Please contact the Cardinal through the Apostolic Penitentiary.

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Ordained Priest by:
Giuseppe Cardinal Siri †
Archbishop of Genova
Principal Consecrator:
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B.
Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Darío Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos †
Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano
Bishop Alberto Tanasini †
Titular Bishop of Suelli

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Krzysztof Józef Nykiel (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Carlo Chenis, S.D.B. † (2007)
Patriarch Francesco Moraglia (2008)
Archbishop Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.SS.R. (2008)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Genova, Archdiocese of Genova, Italy
Ordained Bishop	San Lorenzo, Cathedral, Genova, Archdiocese of Genova {Genoa}, Italy

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 7 May 2007
ab: Bollettino, 7 Oct 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Number 14,483
c: Bollettino, 16 Mar 2013
ab: Bollettino, 21 Sep 2013
ab: Bollettino, 3 May 2021

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