His Eminence Ennio Antonelli |
|
---|---|
President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family | |
Cardinal Antonelli (right) greeting then Italian President Giorgio Napolitano
|
|
See | S. Andrea delle Fratte |
Appointed | 7 June 2008 |
Term ended | 26 June 2012 |
Predecessor | Alfonso López Trujillo |
Successor | Vincenzo Paglia |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2 April 1960 by Ilario Alcini |
Consecration | 29 August 1982 by Decio Lucio Grandoni |
Created Cardinal | 21 October 2003 |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest Sant'Andrea delle Fratte |
Personal details | |
Birth name | Ennio Antonelli |
Born |
Todi, Italy |
18 November 1936
Nationality | Italian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Previous post |
|
Motto | voluntas dei pax nostra |
Coat of arms |
Styles of Ennio Antonelli |
|
---|---|
Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
See | Florence (emeritus) |
Ennio Antonelli (born 18 November 1936) is an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and retired President of the Pontifical Council for the Family.
Born in Todi, he first attended seminary there, and then in Assisi and the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome, where he was awarded a licentiate in sacred theology. He later earned a doctorate in classics at the University of Perugia. He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Todi in 1960.
He eventually became rector of the Seminary of Perugia and a professor of classics in Assisi before being consecrated a bishop in 1982, when Pope John Paul II named him to head the diocese of Gubbio. In 1988 he was advanced to Archbishop of Perugia-Città del Pieve, from which see he stepped down in 1995 to become Secretary-General of the Italian Episcopal Conference.
He served in this position until March 2001, when he was named to the see of Florence, whose archbishop is traditionally named a cardinal, and he was duly elevated in the consistory of 2003, becoming Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte.
He resigned as Archbishop of Florence on 7 June 2008, on becoming President of the Pontifical Council for the Family.
On 29 January 2011 Cardinal Antonelli was appointed a member of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants.