Federico Lombardi
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The Reverend Father Federico Lombardi S.J. |
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| Director Emeritus of the Holy See Press Office | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 11 July 2006 |
| Term ended | 1 August 2016 |
| Predecessor | Dr. Joaquín Navarro-Valls |
| Successor | Greg Burke |
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| Ordination | 1972 |
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| Birth name | Federico Lombardi |
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29 August 1942 Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Catholic (Roman Rite) |
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| Date of ordination | 1972 |
Federico Lombardi, S.J. (born 29 August 1942) is an Italian Catholic priest and the former director of the Holy See Press Office. He serves as the postulator for the beatification and canonization cause of Father Bernardo Mattio.
Lombardi was born in Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy, and was trained in mathematics and studied theology in Germany. He became a Jesuit priest in 1972, and then worked for the influential Jesuit-run magazine, La Civiltà Cattolica, and served as superior of the Jesuits' Italian province.
Lombardi was named program director (1991) and later director general (2005) of Vatican Radio. He was also made general director of the Vatican Television Centre in 2001; a position he held until 2013 and in which he was succeeded by Dario Edoardo Viganò.
On 11 July 2006 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him director of the Vatican Press Office, replacing Joaquín Navarro-Valls, a layman who had held the post for 22 years. Lombardi's appointment to the Press Office of the Holy See merged with it the leadership of Vatican Radio and Vatican Television Center as well, as he continues to hold those directorships.
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