Giacomo Biffi
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His Eminence Giacomo Biffi |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna | |
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| Archdiocese | Bologna |
| See | Bologna |
| Installed | 19 April 1984 |
| Term ended | 16 December 2003 |
| Predecessor | Enrico Manfredini |
| Successor | Carlo Caffarra |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio |
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| Ordination | 23 December 1950 by Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B. |
| Consecration | 11 January 1976 by Giovanni Colombo |
| Created Cardinal | 25 May 1985 by Pope John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Giacomo Biffi |
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13 June 1928 Milan, Italy |
| Died | 11 July 2015 (aged 87) Bologna, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | Ubi Fides Ibi Libertas |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Bologna (Emeritus) |
Giacomo Biffi (13 June 1928 – 11 July 2015) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, having served as archbishop there from 1984 to 2003. he was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985.
Biffi was born in Milan and studied at the seminaries of the Archdiocese of Milan. He was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B., Archbishop of Milan, on 23 December 1950. From 1951 to 1960, Biffi taught dogmatic theology at the Seminary of Milan, also publishing numerous works on theology, catechetics and meditation. He received a doctorate in theology from the Faculty of Theology at Venegono in 1955; his thesis was entitled: La colpa e la libertà nell'odierna condizione umana.
From 1960 to 1975, he did pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Milan, serving as a parish priest at Santi Martiri Anauniani in Legnano (1960–1969) and later at Sant'Andrea in Milan (1969–1975). Biffi became Episcopal Vicar for Culture in 1974, and a canon theologian of the metropolitan chapter of Milan on 1 February 1975. He also served as director of the Istituto Lombardo di Pastorale and the Commission for the Ambrosian Rite.
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