Angelo Amato
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His Eminence Angelo Amato, S.D.B. |
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| Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints | |
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Cardinal Amato in 2015.
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| See | Santa Maria in Aquiro |
| Appointed | 9 July 2008 |
| Predecessor | José Saraiva Martins, CMF |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro |
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| Ordination | 22 December 1967 |
| Consecration | 6 January 2003 by Pope John Paul II |
| Created Cardinal | 20 November 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
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| Birth name | Angelo Amato |
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8 June 1938 Molfetta, Apulia, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | Sufficit gratia mea (My grace is sufficient) |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Angelo Amato, S.D.B. (born 8 June 1938) is a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. He served as Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 2002 to 2008 and became a cardinal in 2010.
Amato was born in Molfetta, Apulia, Italy. He entered the Salesians after completing his novitiate at a Salesian high school. He studied philosophy and theology.
He was ordained a priest on 22 December 1967, becoming a member of the Salesians of Saint John Bosco. He studied at the Salesian Pontifical University gaining a licenitate in philosophy, specializing in Christology. In 1972 he began to teach at the Salesian as an assistant. In 1974 he obtained his doctorate at the Pontifical Gregorian University with a dissertation on The Tridentine pronouncements on the need for sacramental confession in canons 6–9, Session XIV.
In the years 1978 to 1979 he was a fellow of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in Thessaloniki in Greece, at the monastery Orthodox Moní Vlatádon, home of the renowned Institute of patriarchal patristic studies. In 1988 he spent a sabbatical year in Washington, DC, USA, where he began to study the theology of religions.
He was professor of dogmatics at the Salesian Pontifical University, and for twelve years (from 1981 to 1987 and then 1993 to 1997) was dean of the Faculty of Theology.
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