Raffaele Farina
His Eminence Raffaele Farina Vatican Secret Archives | |
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 Cardinal Farina | |
| Appointed | 25 June 2007 |
| Term ended | 9 June 2012 |
| Predecessor | Jean-Louis Tauran |
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| Ordination | 1 July 1958 by Michele Alberto Arduino |
| Consecration | 16 December 2006 by Tarcisio Bertone |
| Created cardinal | 24 November 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon (2007-18) Cardinal-Priest (from 2018) |
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| Born | Raffaele Farina 24 September 1933 Buonalbergo, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | Dominus spes nostra |
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Raffaele Farina
Early life
Born in
Farina later studied
From 1968 to 1972, he was professor of the history of the Church (covering the origin to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD) and of
Curial appointments
From 1982 to 1986, he was Secretary of the
On 15 November 2006, Farina was appointed
Pope Benedict created him
On 12 June 2008 in addition to his main duties he was appointed by Benedict as a member of congregations in the
On 9 June 2012 he retired from posts of
Cardinal Farina currently sits on the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and is also fluent in German, Spanish, Japanese, and French.
In August 2010 Farina said that Pope John Paul II declined then-Cardinal Ratzinger's request to spend his last years as the archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church. Farina recalled when he was appointed prefect of the Vatican Library in May 1997 having a brief meeting with Ratzinger in which he was asked his opinion of Ratzinger joining the team. Ratzinger asked the Pope if he could step down from his role when he turned 70 on 16 April 1997. "He was asking me what I thought of his idea and what being archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church involved", said Farina.[2]
He was one of the
In June 2013
Honors
References
- ^ "asv.vatican.va". Archived from the original on 19 March 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
- ^ Pope Benedict wanted to be a librarian
- ^ "Vatican Radio".
External links
- "Farina Card. Raffaele, S.D.B." Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- Catholic-Hierarchy
- Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
- Catholic-pages
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