His Eminence Dominique Mamberti |
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Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura | |
See | Sagone |
Appointed | 8 November 2014 |
Predecessor | Raymond Leo Burke |
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Ordination | 20 September 1981 by Jean-Charles Thomas |
Consecration | 3 July 2002 by Angelo Sodano |
Created Cardinal | 14 February 2015 by Pope Francis |
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Birth name | Dominique François Joseph Mamberti |
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Marrakech, Morocco |
7 March 1952
Nationality | French |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Motto | Eritis mihi testes (You shall be My witnesses) |
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Priestly ordination
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Ordained by | Jean-Charles Thomas |
Date of ordination | 20 September 1981 |
Episcopal consecration
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Principal consecrator | Angelo Sodano |
Co-consecrators | André Jean René Lacrampe |
Date of consecration | 3 July 2002 |
Cardinalate
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Elevated by | Pope Francis |
Date of elevation | 14 February 2015 |
Bishops consecrated by Dominique Mamberti as principal consecrator
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Luis Mariano Montemayor | 6 August 2008 |
Gerardo Antonazzo | 8 April 2013 |
Styles of Dominique Francois Mamberti |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
Dominique François Joseph Mamberti (born 7 March 1952) is the Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura in the Roman Curia. He was elevated to the cardinalate by Pope Francis in 2015.
Dominique Mamberti was born in Marrakesh, Morocco, on 7 March 1952 and was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Ajaccio, France, on 20 September 1981. He has academic degrees in civil and canon law. He entered the Holy See's diplomatic service and worked in the apostolic nunciatures in Algeria, Chile and Lebanon, in the Holy See's office at United Nations headquarters in New York City and in the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State (Holy See).
Mamberti is considered an expert on Latin America, the United Nations, Africa, the Middle East and Islam.
On 18 May 2002, Pope John Paul II appointed him Titular Archbishop of Sagona and Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan and Apostolic Delegate to Somalia. He received episcopal consecration from Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano on 3 July 2002. On 19 February 2004, he was also appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Eritrea, and Somalia was removed from his remit.