Carlo Caffarra
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His Eminence Carlo Caffarra |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Bologna | |
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| Province | Bologna |
| See | Bologna |
| Appointed | 16 December 2003 |
| Installed | 15 February 2004 |
| Term ended | 27 October 2015 |
| Predecessor | Giacomo Biffi |
| Successor | Matteo Zuppi |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini |
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| Ordination | 2 July 1961 by Guglielmo Bosetti |
| Consecration | 21 October 1995 by Giacomo Biffi |
| Created Cardinal | 24 March 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Carlo Caffarra |
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1 June 1938 Samboseto di Busseto, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Bologna (emeritus) |
Carlo Caffarra (born 1 June 1938 in Busseto) is an Italian cardinal and Roman Catholic Archbishop emeritus of Bologna. He was educated at the Episcopal Seminary of Fidenza, Fidenza and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, graduating with a doctorate in Canon law and has a diploma of specialization in moral theology. He was created Cardinal in the consistory of 24 March 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI.
Caffarra was born in Samboseto di Busseto (province of Parma), Emilia Romagna.
He was ordained priest on 2 July 1961 in Rome. He then returned to his Diocese of Fidenza in 1965, where he was taught moral theology in the seminaries of Fidenza and Parma; and later, at the Studio Teologico bolognese; at the Università Cattolica in Milan; and at the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy, specialising in the moral doctrine of marriage and the bioethics concerning human procreation.
He taught medical ethics at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery in Università Cattolica's campus in Rome. He was a Member of the International Theological Commission from 1974–1984 he also held the position of Consultor of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He was the President of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in 1980 and founded sections of the same institute in the United States, Spain and Mexico.
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