Francesco Monterisi
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His Eminence Francesco Monterisi |
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| Cardinal-Archpriest Emeritus of the Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica | |
Cardinal Monterisi in Sarajevo, 2012
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| Church | Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls |
| Appointed | 3 July 2009 |
| Term ended | 23 November 2012 |
| Predecessor | Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo |
| Successor | James Michael Harvey |
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| Ordination | 16 March 1957 by Reginaldo Giuseppe Maria Addazi |
| Consecration | 6 January 1983 by Pope John Paul II |
| Created Cardinal | 20 November 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon of San Paolo alla Regola |
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| Birth name | Francesco Marco Nicola Monterisi |
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28 May 1934 Barletta, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Alma mater | Pontifical Lateran University, Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy |
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| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
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Francesco Marco Nicola Monterisi (born 28 May 1934) is an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church.
After his elementary and secondary studies in Barletta, he entered the Pontifical Minor Seminary, Rome; and then, the Pontifical Major Seminary. From 1951 to 1958, he studied at the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome, where he obtained a doctorate in theology; after finishing his studies, he returned home. He was summoned back to Rome in 1961 to study diplomacy at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy; at the same time, he studied canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University, where he earned a doctorate in canon law in 1964. Besides his native Italian, he speaks English, French, German and Spanish. Monterisi was ordained to the priesthood on 16 March 1957.
On 24 December 1982, he was appointed Pro-Nuncio to Korea and Titular Archbishop of Alba Maritima. Monterisi received his episcopal consecration on 6 January 1983 from Pope John Paul II, with Archbishops Eduardo Martínez Somalo and Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy serving as co-consecrators.
In 1990 Archbishop Monterisi was appointed delegate for Pontifical Representations. As a result, he was the personnel chief not only for Vatican diplomats but for the whole Roman curia
Pope John Paul named him Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina on 11 June 1993, and Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops on 7 March 1998. While serving at the Congregation for Bishops he was concurrently secretary of the College of Cardinals.
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