Crescenzio Sepe
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His Eminence Crescenzio Sepe |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Naples | |
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| Province | Naples |
| See | Naples |
| Appointed | 20 May 2006 |
| Installed | 1 July 2006 |
| Predecessor | Michele Giordano |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Dio Padre misericordioso |
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| Ordination | 12 March 1967 by Antonio Cece |
| Consecration | 26 April 1992 by Pope John Paul II |
| Created Cardinal | 21 February 2001 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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2 June 1943 Carinaro, Caserta, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | in nomine domini |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Naples |
Crescenzio Sepe (born 2 June 1943) is an Italian Cardinal and Archbishop of Naples. He was Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples until 20 May 2006. Earlier, he served as a priest in Italy and Brazil.
Born at Carinaro, in the province of Caserta, he was ordained for the Diocese of Aversa on 12 March 1967 and holds degrees in theology and canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University and in philosophy from the University of Rome La Sapienza. He taught theology at the Lateran and Urbanian Pontifical Universities and then studied at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.
He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See and was posted to Brazil from 1972 to 1975, when he was recalled to the Secretariat of State, becoming Assessor for General Affairs in 1987. Sepe was appointed Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy and Titular Archbishop of Gradum on 2 April 1992.
On 3 November 1997, he was named General Secretary of the Central Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000. He was President of Peregrinatio ad Petri Sedem from 8 November 1997 until July 2001. On 9 April 2001 he was named Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. He is also the Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Urban University. He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Deacon of Dio Padre misericordioso by Pope John Paul II in the Consistory of 21 February 2001. He was one of the Cardinal electors who participated in both the 2005 and 2013 conclaves that selected Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis respectively.
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