Giuseppe Sciacca
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The Most Reverend Giuseppe Sciacca |
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| Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura | |
| Appointed | 24 August 2013 |
| Other posts | Adjunct Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura (2013–2016), Auditor General of the Apostolic Camera (2013–), Secretary General of the Governorate of the Vatican City State (2011–2013) |
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| Ordination | 7 October 1978 |
| Consecration | 8 October 2011 by Tarcisio Bertone |
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| Born |
23 February 1955 Catania, Italy |
| Alma mater |
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas University of Catania |
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Styles of Giuseppe Sciacca |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Giuseppe Sciacca (born 23 February 1955) is the current Secretary of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura since his appointment by Pope Francis on Saturday, July 16, 2016, replacing the retiring Archbishop Frans Daneels. Previously, he had served as Adjunct Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura, since Saturday, 24 August 2013. Previously, he had been serving as the Secretary General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State since his appointment by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on 3 September 2011.
Sciacca was born in Catania, Italy. After having completed his initial theological studies in Catania he was sent to Rome for further studies. Sciacca is an alumnus of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas Angelicum where he earned a degree in canon law. He later obtained a degree in philosophy from the University of Catania. He was ordained on 7 October 1978, belonging to the clergy of the Diocese of Acireale, in addition to pastoral ministry carried out in the Collegiate Church of St. Sebastiano in Acireale, has taught Philosophy and History at the State High Schools and canon law at the Theological Institute of Acireale.
After being appointed as defender of the Bond and Promoter of Justice in the Diocesan and Regional Tribunals of Sicily, has been appointed Judge at the same court in Palermo Regional Siculus. On 25 March 1999 he was appointed as a Prelate Auditor of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota. Sciacca is a well-known scholar of the history of the liturgy and of the figure of Pius XII. But he is also a popular Latin scholar.
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