Angelo Bagnasco
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His Eminence Angelo Bagnasco |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Genoa | |
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| Archdiocese | Genoa |
| See | Genoa |
| Appointed | 29 August 2006 |
| Installed | 24 September 2006 |
| Predecessor | Tarcisio Bertone, SDB |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio |
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| Ordination | 29 June 1966 by Giuseppe Siri |
| Consecration | 7 February 1998 by Dionigi Tettamanzi |
| Created Cardinal | 24 November 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Angelo Bagnasco |
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14 January 1943 Pontevico, Brescia, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | Christus spes mea |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Genoa |
Angelo Bagnasco (Italian pronunciation: [ˈandʒelo baɲˈɲasko]; born 14 January 1943) is an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He is the Archbishop of Genoa and the President of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI), and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2007.
He is considered to be conservative in his views and a theological ally of his predecessor in the CEI, Cardinal Camillo Ruini.
Bagnasco was born to Alfredo and Rosa Bagnasco in Pontevico (Brescia), where his family was evacuated during World War II. He said in an interview: "I became an altar boy in my parish in the historic center of Genoa, in Piazza Sarzano, when I was six years old. My old parish priest was Abbot Giovanni Battista Gazzolo, first, and afterwards Monsignor Carlo Viacava while his deputy was a young curate, Don Gianni Zamiti—the latter two are still alive and overjoyed that their little altar boy has become their archbishop—who supervised us on afternoons in the parish club where we went to play. The desire to become a priest was born precisely when I was in elementary school, but I didn’t confide it to anybody. Afterwards I went to a co-ed middle school, always with that desire in my heart".
He attended the liceum of classics at the archdiocosean seminary of Genoa, and was ordained to the priesthood on 29 June 1966 by Cardinal Giuseppe Siri. While a priest in Genoa, he received a degree in philosophy from the University of Genoa, served as professor of metaphysics and contemporary atheism at the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy, and led the archdiocesan liturgical and catechesis offices. He was once the diocesan representative to the FUCI (the Italian Catholic Federation of University Students) and led efforts for the pastoral care of students in the region.
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