Mauro Piacenza
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| Appointed | 21 September 2013 |
| Predecessor | Manuel Monteiro de Castro |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Paolo alle Tre Fontane |
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| Ordination | 21 December 1969 by Giuseppe Siri |
| Consecration | 15 November 2003 by Tarcisio Bertone |
| Created Cardinal | 20 November 2010 by Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
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| Birth name | Mauro Piacenza |
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15 September 1944 Genova, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Mauro Piacenza JCD (born 15 September 1944) is an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as Penitentiary Major of the Apostolic Penitentiary at the Vatican, appointed by Pope Francis on 21 September 2013. He was previously Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy in the Roman Curia from 7 October 2010 to 21 September 2013. He had formerly served as Secretary of that Congregation from 2007 until becoming Prefect.
Piacenza was born in Genoa. After studying at the Major Archiepiscopal Seminary of Genoa, he was ordained to the priesthood by Giuseppe Siri on 21 December 1969. He then completed his studies in Rome, attending the Pontifical Lateran University, where he obtained a doctorate, summa cum laude, in canon law.
After serving as a parochial vicar, he worked as chaplain to the University of Genoa. Piacenza taught canon law at the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy, and held several other curial posts, serving as the archbishop's press officer. He was the diocesan assistant of the ecclesial Movement of Cultural Commitment. He served as professor of contemporary culture and history of atheism at the Ligurian Higher Institute of Religious Studies as well as professor of dogmatic theology at the Diocesan Institute of Theology for the Lay "Didascaleion". He also taught theology at several state lyceums. He was made a canon of the Genoa Cathedral in 1986. Entering the staff of the Congregation for the Clergy in 1990, he was named its Undersecretary on 11 March 2000.
On 13 October 2003, Pope John Paul II appointed Piacenza President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church and Titular Bishop of Victoriana. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 15 November from Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, SDB, with Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos and Bishop Alberto Tanasini serving as co-consecrators.
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