Giuseppe Betori
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His Eminence Giuseppe Betori |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Florence | |
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| Archdiocese | Florence |
| Diocese | Florence |
| Appointed | 8 September 2008 |
| Installed | 26 October 2008 |
| Predecessor | Ennio Antonelli |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello |
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| Ordination | 26 September 1970 by Siro Silvestri |
| Consecration | 6 May 2001 by Camillo Ruini |
| Created Cardinal | 18 February 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Giuseppe Betori |
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25 February 1947 Foligno, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | Deo et Verbo Gratiae |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Florence |
Giuseppe Betori (born 25 February 1947 in Foligno, Italy) is an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He is the archbishop of Florence and the former Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference.
Ordained priest in 1970. He received a licentiate in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and a doctorate in Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute. He was Professor of anthropology biblical exegesis; Dean of the Theological Institute of Assisi. He also served as undersecretary of Italian Episcopal Conference.
He was nominated by Pope John Paul II as Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference and was simultaneously appointed Titular Bishop of Falerone. He received episcopal consecration on 6 May 2001. He was confirmed as Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference, for a further five-year term, on 6 April 2006.
Betori was appointed to replace Ennio Antonelli, who had been appointed as president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, as archbishop of Florence by Pope Benedict XVI on 8 September 2008. He received the pallium from Pope Benedict on 29 June 2009, the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul in Rome. [1]
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