His Excellency, The Most Reverend Salvatore Joseph Cordileone |
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Archbishop of San Francisco | |
Archdiocese | San Francisco |
Appointed | July 27, 2012 |
Installed | October 4, 2012 |
Predecessor | George Hugh Niederauer |
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Ordination | July 9, 1982 by Leo Thomas Maher |
Consecration | August 21, 2002 by Robert Brom, Raymond Leo Burke, Gilbert Espinosa Chávez |
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Birth name | Salvatore Joseph Cordileone |
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San Diego, California |
June 5, 1956
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Alma mater | |
Motto | In Verbo Tuo (In Thy Word) |
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Styles of Salvatore Joseph Cordileone |
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Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Archbishop |
Salvatore Joseph Cordileone (born June 5, 1956) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and the archbishop of San Francisco, California.
Cordileone is chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Subcommittee for the Defense of Marriage. He has become known for his outspoken opposition to same-sex civil marriage and LGBT adoption.
A conservative theologian, he is known for his willingness to use the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite of Mass.
Salvatore Cordileone was born in San Diego, California, and attended Crawford High School from 1971 to 1974. He then studied at San Diego State University for a year before entering the University of San Diego, from where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy in 1978. He then furthered his studies in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University, earning a Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology, a type of post-graduate degree, in 1981.
Returning to the United States, Cordileone was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Leo Thomas Maher on July 9, 1982. He then served as an associate pastor at Saint Martin of Tours Parish in La Mesa until 1985, when he returned to the Gregorian and earned a doctorate in canon law in 1989. Cordileone, upon his return to the Diocese of San Diego, served as secretary to Bishop Robert Brom and a tribunal judge (1989–1990), adjutant judicial vicar (1990–1991), and pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Calexico (1991–1995).