Velasio De Paolis
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His Eminence Velasio de Paolis, C.S. JCD, STL |
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| President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See | |
| Appointed | 12 April 2008 |
| Term ended | 21 September 2011 |
| Predecessor | Sergio Sebastiani |
| Successor | Giuseppe Versaldi |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola |
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| Ordination | 18 March 1961 |
| Consecration | 21 February 2004 by Angelo Sodano |
| Created Cardinal | 20 November 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
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| Birth name | Velasio de Paolis |
| Born |
19 September 1935 Sonnino, Kingdom of Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
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Velasio de Paolis, C.S., JCD, STL, (born 19 September 1935) is an Italian member of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He is a President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See and is Pontifical Delegate for the religious institute of the Legionaries of Christ.
De Paolis was born in 1935 in Sonnino, Latina, and was received into the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo on 4 October 1958.
De Paolis was sent to Rome to complete his studies, he received his doctorate in canon law in the faculty of canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University, a licentiate in theology at the faculty of theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum and a law degree La Sapienza University in Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood on 18 March 1961, and taught canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
Since 1971 he served as professor of canon law in the faculty of canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1980 as professor and since 1983. Since 1987 he is Professor at the Faculty of Canon Law at the Pontifical Urban University, where, after becoming a professor, dean since 1998 has the same option.
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