Silvano Piovanelli
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His Eminence Silvano Piovanelli |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Florence | |
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| See | Florence (emeritus) |
| Installed | 18 March 1983 |
| Term ended | 21 March 2001 |
| Predecessor | Giovanni Benelli |
| Successor | Ennio Antonelli |
| Other posts | Auxiliary Bishop of Florence (1982–1983) |
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| Ordination | 13 July 1947 |
| Consecration | 24 June 1982 |
| Created Cardinal | 25 May 1985 |
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| Born |
21 February 1924 Borgo San Lorenzo, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 9 July 2016 (aged 92) Florence, Italy |
Silvano Piovanelli (21 February 1924 – 9 July 2016) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Florence from 1983 to 2001, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985.
Silvano Piovanelli was born in Borgo San Lorenzo, in the province of Florence, on 21 February 1924. He studied at the seminary of Florence from 1935 to 1947, and was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Elia Dalla Costa on 13 July 1947. He then served as a curate in the industrial town of Rifredi until October 1948, when he became vice-rector of minor seminary of Florence. He resumed his pastoral ministry in 1961 as a parish priest in Castelfiorentino, and was raised to the rank of Chaplain of His Holiness on 26 October 1966. From 1979 to 1982, he was vicar general of the Archdiocese of Florence.
On 28 May 1982, Piovanelli was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Florence and Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 24 June from Cardinal Giovanni Benelli, with Bishops Antonio Bagnoli and Giovanni Bianchi serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral-Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore. He selected as his episcopal motto: "In Verbo Tuo". Following the unexpected death of Cardinal Benelli in October 1982, Piovanelli was promoted to Archbishop of Florence on 18 March 1983. John Paul II created him Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale in the consistory of 25 May 1985.
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