Edoardo Menichelli
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His Eminence Edoardo Menichelli |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo | |
| Archdiocese | Ancona-Osimo |
| See | Ancona-Osimo |
| Appointed | 8 January 2004 |
| Predecessor | Franco Festorazzi |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria a Tor Fiorenza |
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| Ordination | 3 July 1965 |
| Consecration | 9 July 1994 by Achille Silvestrini |
| Created Cardinal | 14 February 2015 by Pope Francis |
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| Birth name | Edoardo Menichelli |
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14 October 1939 Serripola, San Severino Marche, Macerata, Italy |
| Previous post | Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto (1994-2004) |
| Motto | Sub lumine Matris ("In light of the Mother") |
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| Ordination history of Edoardo Menichelli | |
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Priestly ordination
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| Date of ordination | 3 July 1965 |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Achille Silvestrini |
| Co-consecrators | Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti |
| Date of consecration | 3 July 1994 |
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Cardinalate
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| Elevated by | Pope Francis |
| Date of elevation | 14 February 2015 |
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Bishops consecrated by Edoardo Menichelli as principal consecrator
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| Stefano Russo | 28 May 2016 |
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Styles of Edoardo Menichelli |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Edoardo Menichelli (born 14 October 1939) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo since 2004. Pope Francis elevated him to the position of cardinal on 14 February 2015.
Edoardo Menichelli was born in Serripola in San Severino Marche in province of Macerata and the Diocese of San Severino Marche on 14 October 1939. He studied theology and philosophy at institutional seminars of San Severino Marche and Fano and then at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, where he obtained a licentiate in pastoral theology.
On 3 July 1965 he was ordered a priest of the Diocese of San Severino Marche. He then became assistant pastor in the parish of St. Joseph in San Severino Marche and taught religion in state schools. On 30 September 30, 1986, with the unification of the Diocese of San Severino Marche with the Archdiocese of Camerino, he was assigned to the new Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche.
From 1968 to 1991 he served in the Roman Curia in the Apostolic Signatura, then from 1992 to 1994 in the secretariat for the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, where he met the Cardinal Achille Silvestrini and became his secretary.
On 10 June 10, 1994, he was appointed by Pope John Paul II as Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto. He was consecrated bishop on 9 July in Rome by Cardinal Silvestrini, with Archbishops Antony Valentini and Piergiorgio Nesti as co-consecrators. He spent ten years in Chieti. On 8 January 2004, Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, and he took possession of the archdiocese on 7 March. He has been secretary of the Committee for the family of the Italian Episcopal Conference and has headed committees for the family, ecumenism and the pastoral care of leisure for the Marche bishops' conference.
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