Domenico Calcagno

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| appointed = 7 July 2011

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| term_end = 26 June 2018

| predecessor = Attilio Nicora

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| successor = Nunzio Galantino

| other_post = Cardinal priest of Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina

| ordination = 29 June 1967

| ordained_by = Giuseppe Siri

| consecration = 9 March 2002

| consecrated_by = Dionigi Tettamanzi

| cardinal = 18 February 2012

| created_cardinal_by = Benedict XVI

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| birth_name = Domenico Calcagno

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| birth_place = Tramontana, Italy

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| alma_mater = Pontifical Gregorian University

| motto = In veritate libertas

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Domenico Calcagno (born 3 February 1943) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been a bishop since 2002 and a cardinal since 2012.

From 7 July 2011 to 26 June 2018 he was President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, where he had served as secretary since 2007.

Biography

Calcagno was born in Tramontana di Parodi Ligure, in the Province of Alessandria on 3 February 1943. After studying arts at the diocesan seminary, he attended the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, earning a degree in dogmatic theology. He was ordained a priest on 29 June 1967 by Cardinal Giuseppe Siri.

After several years of parish ministry, he was appointed professor of theology at the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy and, later, at the Higher Institute of Religious Studies of Liguria. He served as president of the diocesan clergy institute and was the episcopal vicar for "new activities". At the national level his assignments included: Secretary of the Italian Priests Commission, Inspector of the Italian Episcopal Conference for Institutes of Religious Sciences, Director of National Missionary Cooperation between Churches, and Treasurer of the Bishops Conference.

Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Savona-Noli on 25 January 2002.{{cite press release|url= http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2002/01/25/0048/00142.html | language=it| title= Rinunce e Nomine, 25.01.2002 | access-date= 14 August 2017 | date= 25 January 2002| publisher =Holy See Press Office}} He was consecrated on 9 March. He served as Bishop of Savona until Pope Benedict appointed him Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA) and with the personal title of archbishop on 7 July 2007.{{cite press release|url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2007/07/07/0380/01047.html | language=it| title= Rinunce e Nomine, 07.07.2007 | access-date= 14 August 2017 | date= 7 July 2007| website=Press Office of the Holy See}} On 7 July 2011 he became its president.{{cite press release|url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2011/07/07/0427/01070.html | language=it| title= Rinunce e Nomine, 07.07.2011 | access-date= 14 August 2017 | date= 7 July 2011| publisher =Holy See Press Office }}

On 20 February 2012 Pope Benedict created him Cardinal-Deacon assigned to the church of Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina.{{cite news|title=Churches Assigned to New Cardinals|url=https://zenit.org/articles/churches-assigned-to-new-cardinals/|access-date=14 August 2017|work=Zenit|date=20 February 2012}}

He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis.{{cite news | url = https://zenit.org/articles/list-of-cardinal-electors/ | date= 12 March 2013 | access-date = 14 August 2017 |work= Zenit | title = List of Cardinal Electors }}

Pope Francis made him a member of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life on 29 March 2014.{{cite press release | publisher =Holy See Press Office |language= it| access-date = 24 June 2018 | title =Rinunce e Nomine, 29.03.2014 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2014/03/29/0224/00489.html | date= 29 March 2014 }}

In October 2016, when several cardinals protested his plan for the APSA to lease commercial space to McDonald's in a building where several cardinals live not far from St. Peter's Basilica, he dismissed their complaints. He said: "I don't see the scandal."{{cite news|last1=McKenna|first1=Josephine|title=A McDonald's at the Vatican? Cardinals aren't lovin' it|url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/mcdonalds-vatican-cardinals-arent-lovin-it|access-date=14 August 2017|work=National Catholic Reporter|date=18 October 2016}}{{cite news|last1=La Rocca|first1=Orazio|title=Il cardinale Domenico Calcagno: 'Ci hanno fatto un'offerta buona, sul McDonald's adesso indietro non si torna'|url=http://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2016/10/15/news/il_cardinale_domenico_calcagno_ci_hanno_fatto_un_offerta_buona_sul_mcdonald_s_adesso_indietro_non_si_torna_-149825223/|access-date=14 August 2017|work=La Repubblica|date=15 October 2016}}

Francis accepted his resignation as President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See on 26 June 2018.{{cite press release | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2018/06/26/180626d.html | date= 26 June 2018 | access-date = 26 June 2018 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Resignations and Appointments, 26.06.2018}}

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}}

References

External links

{{cite web| access-date = 6 December 2017| title= Calcagno Card. Domenico |publisher= Holy See Press Office | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_calcagno_d.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 15 August 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170815030105/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_calcagno_d.html }}

{{s-ttl|title=Bishop of Savona-Noli|years=25 January 2002 – 7 July 2007}}

{{s-ttl|title=Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See|years=7 July 2007 – 7 July 2011}}

{{s-ttl|title=President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See|years=7 July 2011 – 26 June 2018}}

{{s-ttl|title=Cardinal-Deacon of Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina|years=18 February 2012 –}}

Category:1943 births

Category:Living people

Category:Pontifical Gregorian University alumni

Category:Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Category:Cardinals created by Pope Benedict XVI

Category:21st-century Italian cardinals

Category:Bishops of Savona

Category:21st-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops