Mauro Piacenza


Mauro Piacenza
Major Penitentiary Emeritus
Piacenza in 2022.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed21 September 2013
Term ended6 April 2024
PredecessorManuel Monteiro de Castro
SuccessorAngelo De Donatis
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest 'pro hac vice' of San Paolo alle Tre Fontane (2021-)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination21 December 1969
by Giuseppe Siri
Consecration15 November 2003
by Tarcisio Bertone
Created cardinal20 November 2010
by Benedict XVI
RankCardinal-Deacon (2010-21)
Cardinal-Priest (2021-)
Personal details
Born
Mauro Piacenza

(1944-09-15) 15 September 1944 (age 80)
NationalityItalian
DenominationCatholic (Roman Rite)
Alma materPontifical Lateran University
MottoUna quies in veritate
Coat of armsMauro Piacenza's coat of arms

Mauro Piacenza (born 15 September 1944) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. A cardinal since 2010, he was Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary from 2013 to 2024. He was Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 7 October 2010 to 21 September 2013. where he had been Secretary since 2007. At that Congregation, Pope Benedict XVI, according to one report, valued "his efficiency and in-depth knowledge of how the Congregation worked and its problems" and "his traditionalist ecclesiastical line of thought".[1]

Styles of
Mauro Piacenza
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
Seenone
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