Raffaele Farina
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His Eminence Raffaele Farina SDB |
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| Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives | |
Arms of Cardinal Farina
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| Appointed | 25 June 2007 |
| Term ended | 9 June 2012 |
| Predecessor | Jean-Louis Tauran |
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| Ordination | 1 July 1958 by Michele Alberto Arduino |
| Consecration | 16 December 2006 by Tarcisio Bertone |
| Created Cardinal | 24 November 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni della Pigna |
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| Birth name | Raffaele Farina |
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24 September 1933 Buonalbergo, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | Dominus spes nostra |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Raffaele Farina SDB (born 24 September 1933) is an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives, Librarian of the Vatican Library, and president (Consiglio di Presidenza) of Scuola Vaticana di Paleografia, Diplomatica e Archivistica. Farina was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007.
Born in Buonalbergo, Farina entered the Salesians of Don Bosco, more commonly known as the Salesians, at the novitiate of Portici Bellavista at the age of sixteen. He professed his simple (temporary) vows on 25 September 1949, and made his perpetual vows on 25 September 1954; one of his sisters is also a Salesian. Farina began his studies in theology at the Pontifical Salesian Athenaeum of Turin in 1954 as well, obtaining his licentiate in theology from the Athenaeum in 1958. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Michele Alberto Arduino SDB, on 1 July 1958.
Farina later studied ecclesiastical history at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and received his doctorate in 1965. For the following three years, he worked on his specialization at the German Foundation "Humboldt" in Freiburg and Bonn. From 1968 to 1972, he was professor of the history of the Church (covering the origin to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD) and of Methodology in the Theological Faculty of the Pontifical Salesian University; he then served as dean of the same faculty until 1974, and was rector of the university for two terms (1977–1983, 1992–1997). Farina was named regolatore of the XXI general chapter of his congregation in 1978.
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