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Angelo Bagnasco is an Italian Catholic priest, theologian, university teacher, and bishop who holds the position of cardinal. Born on January 14, 1943, in Pontevico, he is a citizen of Italy and a member of the Catholic Church. He speaks Italian and has worked in Genoa, where he was employed by the University of Genoa, an institution where he also studied.
Bagnasco’s religious career includes participation in the 2013 conclave. His consecrators were Dionigi Tettamanzi, Gaetano Michetti, and Giacomo Barabino. He has received the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. His motto is "Christus spes mea."
As an author, Bagnasco has published works including *Cose che ricordo* and *La porta stretta*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1943
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Cose che ricordo
- La porta stretta
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,971x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,997x
- Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer
· 2013 · cited 8,809x
- Nivolumab versus Docetaxel in Advanced Nonsquamous Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
· 2015 · cited 7,897x
- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,188x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “The problem of our cultural identity, which for us clearly has religious and Christian roots, is certainly a very important question today. And we are seeing so increasingly.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Church
- Roman Catholic Church
- Archdiocese
- Genoa
- See
- Genoa
- Appointed
- 29 August 2006
- Installed
- 24 September 2006
- Term ended
- 8 May 2020
- Predecessor
- Tarcisio Bertone , S.D.B.
- Successor
- Marco Tasca , O.F.M. Conv.
- Other post
- Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio (2007-)
- Previous posts
- Bishop of Pesaro (1998–2000) Archbishop of Pesaro (2000–2003) Archbishop of the Military Ordinariate in Italy (2003–2006)
- Ordination
- 29 June 1966, by Giuseppe Siri
- Consecration
- 7 February 1998, by Dionigi Tettamanzi
- Created cardinal
- 24 November 2007, by Pope Benedict XVI
- Rank
- Cardinal-Priest
- Born
- Angelo Bagnasco , ( 1943-01-14 ) 14 January 1943 (age 83) , Pontevico , Brescia , Kingdom of Italy
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Alma mater
- University of Genoa
- Motto
- Christus spes mea (Christ my hope)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Angelo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Pontevico
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Educated at
- University of Genoa
- Employer
- University of Genoa
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- 2013 conclave
- Image
- Angelo Bagnasco-03112017.jpg
- Motto
- Christus spes mea
- Work location
- Genoa
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- Commons category
- Angelo Bagnasco
- date of birth
- 1943-01-14
- consecrator
- Giacomo Barabino
- name in native language
- Angelo Bagnasco
- P8168
- Ballognatha typica
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Angelo Bagnasco ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈandʒelo baɲˈɲasko]; born 14 January 1943) is an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Genoa from 2006 to 2020. He was President of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) from 2007 to 2017 and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2007. He was President of the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe (CCEE) from 2016 to 2021.
He is considered to be conservative in his views and a theological ally of his predecessor in the CEI, Cardinal Camillo Ruini.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Angelo Bagnasco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.