Gianfranco Ghirlanda
{{Short description|Italian Catholic cardinal (born 1942)}}
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| name = Gianfranco Ghirlanda
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| title = Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
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| appointed = 19 June 2023
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| predecessor = Raymond Leo Burke
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| other_post = Rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University (2004–2010)
| ordination = 24 June 1973
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| cardinal = 27 August 2022
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| rank = Cardinal deacon
| birth_name = Gianfranco Ghirlanda
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| birth_place = Rome, Italy
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Gianfranco Ghirlanda {{post-nominals|post-noms=SJ}} (born 5 July 1942) is an Italian Catholic prelate and administrator at the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he has taught since 1975, served as dean of the Faculty of Canon Law from 1995 to 2004, and led as rector from 2004 to 2010. He is a member of the Jesuits.
Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 27 August 2022. On 19 June 2023, Ghirlanda was named patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | date = June 19, 2023 | access-date = June 19, 2023 | title = Rinunce e nomine, 19.06.2023| first=Courtney| last=Mares| url = https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254603/pope-francis-names-cardinal-ghirlanda-to-succeed-cardinal-burke-as-patron-of-order-of-malta}}
Biography
Gianfranco Ghirlanda was born on 5 July 1942 in Rome.{{Cite web |title=Rev. Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J., Named Rector of the Gregorian |work=Report from Rome |publisher=Gregorian University Foundation |date=December 2004 |url=http://www.the-gregorian.com/rfr12-2004.htm#ghirlanda |accessdate=19 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626101905/http://www.the-gregorian.com/rfr12-2004.htm#ghirlanda |archivedate=26 June 2010 }} He worked at Fiat while studying at the Sapienza University of Rome and earned a doctorate in jurisprudence there in 1966. He joined the Society of Jesus that same year and completed his studies of theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, earning a bachelor's degree in sacred theology in 1973. He was ordained a priest in 1973. Continuing to study at the Gregorian, he earned a licentiate in canon law in 1975 and a doctorate in canon law summa cum laude in 1978.{{cite web | access-date = 31 May 2022 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2022/05/29/0408/00844.html | date = 29 May 2022 | language = it | title = Annuncio di Concistoro il 27 agosto per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali, 29.05.2022 | publisher =Holy See Press Office}}
Ghirlanda has taught courses in canon law in various faculties of the Gregorian since 1975. In 1986 he became a full professor and served as dean of the Faculty of Canon Law from 1995 to 2004. He has served the Holy See as a consultor of various congregations and councils, and was a judge of the Court of Appeal in Vatican City from 1993 to 2003. He has published books on canon law, and approximately 110 articles in various publications.
He was appointed rector of the Gregorian on 1 September 2004 by Pope John Paul II.
He has assisted in the drafting of apostolic constitutions and authored the commentary that accompanied the release of Anglicanorum coetibus in 2009.{{cite web | access-date = 3 June 2022 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2009/11/09/0696/01642.html | date = 9 November 2009 | title = APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION ANGLICANORUM COETIBUS PROVIDING FOR PERSONAL ORDINARIATES FOR ANGLICANS ENTERING INTO FULL COMMUNION WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, 09.11.2009 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}}
On 4 July 2014, Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz and Archbishop Jose Rodriguez Carballo, the Prefect and the Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, announced Ghirlanda's appointment as papal assistant to the Legion of Christ in its ongoing attempt to complete its renewal process.{{cite news | accessdate= 11 January 2017 | date = 4 July 2014 | work = La Stampa | title = Jesuit Giancarlo Ghirlanda is papal assistant of Legion of Christ | url= http://www.lastampa.it/2014/07/04/vaticaninsider/eng/news/jesuit-giancarlo-ghirlanda-is-papal-assistant-of-legion-of-christ-pswis4r1fKa2BBRXGrWw8M/pagina.html }} He was assigned a similar role in 2020 with respect to the lay association {{ill|Memores Domini|it}}.{{cite press release | access-date = 3 June 2022 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | date = 24 September 2021 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2021/09/24/210924c.html | title = Holy See Communiqué, 24.09.2021 }}{{cite news | access-date = 3 June 2022 | work = La Croix | url = https://international.la-croix.com/amp/religion/vatican-takes-over-celibate-lay-group-memores-domini/12699 | date = 7 July 2020 | title = Vatican takes over celibate lay group, "Memores Domini" | first = Nicolas | last = Senèze }}
On 6 October 2018, he was named a member of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life.{{cite press release | access-date = 3 June 2022 | language = it | date = 6 October 2018 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2018/10/06/0729/01545.html | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e nomine, 06.10.2018 }}
On 27 August 2022, Pope Francis made him a cardinal deacon,{{cite news | access-date = 29 August 2022 | date = 27 August 2022 | work = The Tablet | url = https://thetablet.org/pope-creates-20-new-cardinals-including-san-diego-archbishop/ | title = Pope Creates 20 New Cardinals, Including San Diego Bishop | first = Junno | last = Arocho Esteves }} assigning him as his deaconry the Church of the Gesù.{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2022/documents/ns_lit_doc_20220827_titoli-diaconie-nuovi-cardinali_it.html|title=Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali|date=27 August 2022|website=The Holy See|publisher=Ufficio delle Celebrazioni Liturgiche del Sommo Pontefice|language=it|trans-title=Assignment of Titles and Deaconries to the new Cardinals|access-date=29 August 2022|archive-url=|archive-date=}} He received a dispensation from the requirement that only bishops can become cardinals.{{cn|date=August 2022}}
On 19 June 2023 Pope Francis named him to succeed Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke as Cardinal Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | date = June 19, 2023 | access-date = June 19, 2023 | title = Rinunce e nomine, 19.06.2023| language = it| url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2023/06/19/0453/01013.html }}
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- {{cite web|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_ghirlanda_g.html| title=Ghirlanda Card. Gianfranco, S.I.|website=Holy See Press Office|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828005205/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_ghirlanda_g.html|archive-date=28 August 2022|url-status=live}}
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