Pietro Parolin
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His Eminence Pietro Parolin |
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| Cardinal Secretary of State | |
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| Appointed | 15 October 2013 |
| Predecessor | Tarcisio Bertone, SDB |
| Other posts |
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela Member of the Council of Cardinal Advisers |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 27 April 1980 by Arnoldo Onisto |
| Consecration | 12 September 2009 by Benedict XVI |
| Created Cardinal | 22 February 2014 by Francis |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 January 1955 Schiavon, Italy |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
| Previous post |
Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela (2009–2013) Titular Archbishop of Aquipendium (2009–2014) |
| Alma mater |
Pontifical Gregorian University Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy |
| Motto |
Quis nos Separabit A Caritate Christi? Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? |
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| Ordination history of Pietro Parolin | |
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Priestly ordination
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| Ordained by | Bishop Arnoldo Onisto |
| Date of ordination | 27 April 1980 |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Pope Benedict XVI |
| Co-consecrators |
Tarcisio Bertone, SDB William Joseph Levada |
| Date of consecration | 12 September 2009 |
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Cardinalate
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| Elevated by | Pope Francis |
| Date of elevation | 22 February 2014 |
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Bishops consecrated by Pietro Parolin as principal consecrator
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| Aldo Giordano | 14 December 2013 |
| Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen | 17 May 2014 |
| Marek Zalewski | 31 May 2014 |
| Wojciech Załuski | 9 August 2014 |
| Joël Mercier | 19 March 2015 |
| Paolo Rocco Gualtieri | 30 May 2015 |
| Piergiorgio Bertoldi | 2 June 2015 |
| Alberto Ortega Martin | 10 October 2015 |
| Pierantonio Pavanello | 20 February 2016 |
| Paul Tighe | 27 February 2016 |
| Gábor Pinter | 15 July 2016 |
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Styles of Pietro Parolin |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Pietro Parolin (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjetro paroˈliŋ]; born 17 January 1955) is an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He has served as the Secretary of State since 15 October 2013. He was elevated to the cardinalate on 22 February 2014.
Parolin was born in Schiavon, Province of Vicenza, as the son of a hardware store manager and an elementary school teacher. He has one sister and a brother. When he was ten years old, his father died in a car accident. After he was ordained on 27 April 1980, he took up graduate studies in canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University and at the same time diplomacy at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. He entered the Holy See's diplomatic service in 1986 at the age of 31, and has served the Holy See as a diplomat for 20 years, in the nunciatures of Nigeria and Mexico.
He served for three years in the Nunciature of Nigeria and another three (1989–1992) in the Nunciature of Mexico. In Nigeria he became familiar with the problems in Christian-Muslim relations. During his time in Mexico he contributed to the final phase of the extensive work begun by Archbishop Girolamo Prigione which led to the legal recognition of the Catholic Church in 1992 and the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Mexico. These laborious negotiations led to Mexico officially shedding the country’s secular and anti-clerical imprint, which extended to its Constitution.
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