Francesco Coccopalmerio
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His Eminence Francesco Coccopalmerio |
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| President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | |
| Appointed | 15 February 2007 |
| Predecessor | Julián Herranz Casado |
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| Ordination | 28 June 1962 by Pope Paul VI |
| Consecration | 22 May 1993 by Carlo Maria Martini |
| Created Cardinal | 18 February 2012 by Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
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| Birth name | Francesco Coccopalmerio |
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6 March 1938 San Giuliano Milanese |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | Iustus Ut Palma Florebit |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Emience |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Francesco Coccopalmerio (6 March 1938) is a prelate of the Catholic Church who has been President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 15 February 2007.
Coccopalmerio was born in San Giuliano Milanese, Italy, where his parents were living during World War II, on 6 March 1938 and raised in Sernio, his mother's home town. He was ordained a priest on 28 June 1962 by the Archbishop of Milan Giovanni Montini (later Pope Paul VI). He received a licentiate in theology in 1963. He received a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1968. In 1976 he obtained a Doctorate in Law at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan.
He held positions in the Archdiocese of Milan until 1994. He was professor of Canon Law at the Faculty of Theology in northern Italy from 1966 to 1999. Since 1981, he has been Professor in the Faculty of Canon Law at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
On 10 April 1993 Pope John Paul II appointed Coccopalmerio an Auxiliary Bishop of Milan with the titular see of Coeliana. He was consecrated bishop on 22 May of that year. Within the Italian Episcopal Conference he is one of the leading voices on legal issues and ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue. Since 2000, Coccopalmerio has been a member of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura.
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