Antonio Maria Vegliò

Born in Macerata Feltria, Italy, Vegliò was ordained a priest for the diocese of Pesaro in 1962. He attended the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy where he studied diplomacy. Besides his native Italian, he speaks English, French and Spanish.

He was appointed Titular Archbishop of Eclano and was appointed Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands on 27 July 1985.{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-77-1985-ocr.pdf | pages= 772, 1000| date= 1985| volume = LXXVII | access-date = 6 December 2019 }}

In 1989, Vegliò was appointed Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and Cape Verde, and Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania on 21 October{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-81-1989-ocr.pdf | page = 1273 | date= 1989| volume = LXXXI | access-date = 6 December 2019 }} and on 25 November Pro-Nuncio to Mali.{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-81-1989-ocr.pdf | page= 1384| date= 1989| volume = LXXXI | access-date = 6 December 2019 }} He was promoted to full Apostolic Nuncio to four of those countries—all but Mauritania—in December 1994.{{cn|date=December 2019}}

On 2 October 1997, Pope John Paul II named him Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon and Kuwait a well as Apostolic Delegate to the Arabian Peninsula.{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-89-1997-ocr.pdf | page = 733 | date= 1997| volume = LXXXIX | access-date = 6 December 2019 }}

On 11 April 2001, Vegliò was named Secretary of the Vatican Congregation for the Oriental Churches. {{cite press release | access-date = 5 January 2020 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2001/04/11/0204/00578.html | language = it |title= Rinunce e Nomine, 11.04.2001 | date = 11 April 2001}} On 28 February 2009, he was named President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants.{{cite news|title=New President for Migrants Council| url=https://zenit.org/articles/new-president-for-migrants-council/|access-date=22 June 2017|work=Zenit|date=1 March 2009}}{{cite press release | access-date = 5 January 2020 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2009/02/28/0143/00347.html | language = it |title= Rinunce e Nomine, 21.04.2012 | date = 21 April 2012}}

Pope Benedict XVI announced on 6 January 2012 that Vegliò would be created cardinal. On 18 February he became Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio.{{Cite web|title=S. Cesareo in Palatio|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/cardinal/130.htm|website=GCatholic|access-date=2020-05-30}} On 21 April 2012 Vegliò was named a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and the Pontifical Council for the Family and the Pontifical Council for the Laity.{{cite press release | access-date = 5 January 2020 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2012/04/21/0225/00521.html | language = it | date = 28 February 2009 | title= Rinunce e Nomine, 21.04.2012}}

In 2009, he organised the first European meeting of the pastoral care of people on the streets, such as drug users, street women, children, and the homeless.{{Cite web|title=Vatican Proposals for Caring for Those on the Street|url=https://zenit.org/articles/vatican-proposals-for-caring-for-those-on-the-street/|last=NULL|date=2009-11-05|website=ZENIT - English|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-30}} He has intervened several times in the public debate in support of the rights of migrants, refugees, immigrants, displaced persons, or other persons disadvantaged because of their status in mobility. He speaks out against piracy which he says infests the seas, and launched a campaign of solidarity with seafarers and their families affected by the tsunami in Japan.

He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis.{{Cite web|title=The Cardinals who will select a Pope: full list|url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/mar/12/list-cardinals-select-pope|last=Rogers|first=Simon|date=2013-03-12|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2020-05-30}}

Pope Francis appointed Vegliò to the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State on 1 June 2013.{{cite news|title=Pontifical Acts - 1 June|url=http://www.news.va/en/news/other-pontifical-acts-337|access-date=4 June 2013|agency=Vatican Information Services (VIS)}}

On 4 March 2022, he was elevated to the rank of cardinal priest.{{Cite press release |title=Ordinary Public Consistory for the vote on some Causes for Canonization |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2022/03/04/220304b.html |access-date=4 March 2022 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | date = 4 March 2022}}

In August 2009, he lamented the deaths of more than 70 Eritreans trying to reach Italy in a boat and implicitly criticized the Berlusconi government's tough new policies on immigration.[http://www.catholicregister.org/content/view/3392/849/ Vatican caught up in war of words over Italian PM] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716221639/http://www.catholicregister.org/content/view/3392/849/ |date=16 July 2011 }}

Vegliò declared that the popular vote held in Switzerland against the construction of additional minarets was a heavy blow for religious freedom and integration in that country.[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/Vatican-criticises-Swiss-minaret-ban-/articleshow/5285334.cms Vatican criticises Swiss minaret ban] His colleague Agostino Marchetto expressed a somewhat different view, arguing that the Swiss vote did not compromise religious freedom.[http://www.kipa-apic.ch/index.php?pw=&na=0,0,0,0,f&ki=201853 KIPA article]

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• {{cite web| access-date = 6 December 2017| title= Vegliò Card. Antonio Maria |publisher= Holy See Press Office | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_veglio_am.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 19 September 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160919092439/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_veglio_am.html }}
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