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**Antonio Veglio**
Styles of; Antonio Veglio
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

His Eminence

Antonio Maria Vegliò
His Eminence; Antonio Maria Vegliò
President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
	Cardinal Vegliò during the Chair of Saint Peter on 11 October 2014.
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	28 February 2009
Term ended	31 December 2016
Predecessor	Renato Raffaele Martino
Other post(s)	Cardinal priest of San Cesareo in Palatio (2012-)
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Papua New Guinea (1985–1989); Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Solomon Islands (1985–1989); Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sénégal (1989–1997); Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau (1989–1997); Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cape Verde (1989–1997); Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Mali (1989–1997); Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon (1997–2001); Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait (1997–1999); Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches (2001–2009);
Orders
Ordination	18 March 1962; by Luigi Carlo Borromeo
Consecration	6 October 1985; by Agostino Casaroli
Created cardinal	18 February 2012; by Pope Benedict XVI
Rank	Cardinal deacon (2012–22); Cardinal priest (2022–present);
Personal details
Born	Antonio Maria Vegliò; 3 February 1938 (age 86); Macerata Feltria, Kingdom of Italy
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Coat of arms

Antonio Maria Vegliò (born 3 February 1938) is an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, who has served as Vatican diplomat and in the Roman Curia. He was President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants. Vegliò was created a Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI on 18 February 2012.

Early life and ordination

Born in Macerata Feltria, Italy, Vegliò was ordained a priest for the diocese of Pesaro in 1962. He attended the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy where he studied diplomacy. Besides his native Italian, he speaks English, French and Spanish.

Nuncio

He was appointed Titular Archbishop of Eclano and was appointed Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands on 27 July 1985.^[1]

In 1989, Vegliò was appointed Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and Cape Verde, and Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania on 21 October^[2] and on 25 November Pro-Nuncio to Mali.^[3] He was promoted to full Apostolic Nuncio to four of those countries—all but Mauritania—in December 1994.^{[citation needed]}

On 2 October 1997, Pope John Paul II named him Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon and Kuwait a well as Apostolic Delegate to the Arabian Peninsula.^[4]

Curial work

On 11 April 2001, Vegliò was named Secretary of the Vatican Congregation for the Oriental Churches. ^[5] On 28 February 2009, he was named President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants.^[6]^[7]

Pope Benedict XVI announced on 6 January 2012 that Vegliò would be created cardinal. On 18 February he became Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio.^[8] On 21 April 2012 Vegliò was named a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and the Pontifical Council for the Family and the Pontifical Council for the Laity.^[9]

In 2009, he organised the first European meeting of the pastoral care of people on the streets, such as drug users, street women, children, and the homeless.^[10] He has intervened several times in the public debate in support of the rights of migrants, refugees, immigrants, displaced persons, or other persons disadvantaged because of their status in mobility. He speaks out against piracy which he says infests the seas, and launched a campaign of solidarity with seafarers and their families affected by the tsunami in Japan.

He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis.^[11]

Pope Francis appointed Vegliò to the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State on 1 June 2013.^[12]

On 4 March 2022, he was elevated to the rank of cardinal priest.^[13]

Views

Rights of migrants

In August 2009, he lamented the deaths of more than 70 Eritreans trying to reach Italy in a boat and implicitly criticized the Berlusconi government's tough new policies on immigration.^[14]

Swiss ban on minarets

Vegliò declared that the popular vote held in Switzerland against the construction of additional minarets was a heavy blow for religious freedom and integration in that country.^[15] His colleague Agostino Marchetto expressed a somewhat different view, arguing that the Swiss vote did not compromise religious freedom.^[16]

References

^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXVII. 1985. pp. 772, 1000. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXI. 1989. p. 1273. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXI. 1989. p. 1384. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXIX. 1997. p. 733. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.04.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 April 2001. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
^ "New President for Migrants Council". Zenit. 1 March 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 21.04.2012" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
^ "S. Cesareo in Palatio". GCatholic. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 21.04.2012" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 February 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
^ NULL (5 November 2009). "Vatican Proposals for Caring for Those on the Street". ZENIT - English. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ Rogers, Simon (12 March 2013). "The Cardinals who will select a Pope: full list". the Guardian. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ "Pontifical Acts - 1 June". Vatican Information Services (VIS). Retrieved 4 June 2013.
^ "Ordinary Public Consistory for the vote on some Causes for Canonization" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
^ Vatican caught up in war of words over Italian PM Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ Vatican criticises Swiss minaret ban
^ KIPA article

External links

"Vegliò Card. Antonio Maria". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
Catholic-Hierarchy.org ^{[self-published]}

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Francesco De Nittis	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to the Solomon Islands 27 July 1985 – 21 October 1989	Succeeded by Giovanni Ceirano
Preceded by Francesco De Nittis	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Papua New Guinea 27 July 1985 – 21 October 1989	Succeeded by Giovanni Ceirano
Preceded by Pablo Puente Buces	Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde 21 October 1989 – 2 October 1997	Succeeded by Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel
	Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau 21 October 1989 – 2 October 1997
	Apostolic Nuncio to Mali 21 October 1989 – 2 October 1997
	Apostolic Nuncio to Senegal 21 October 1989 – 2 October 1997
	Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania 21 October 1989 – 2 October 1997
	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait 2 October 1997 – 13 December 1999	Succeeded by Giuseppe De Andrea
	Apostolic Delegate to the Arabian Peninsula 2 October 1997 – 13 December 1999	Succeeded by Giuseppe De Andrea
	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon 2 October 1997 – 11 April 2001	Succeeded by Luigi Gatti
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Antonio Innocenti	Titular Archbishop of Eclano 27 July 1985 – 18 February 2012	Succeeded by Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thévenin
Preceded by Miroslav Stefan Marusyn	Secretary of Congregation for the Oriental Churches 11 April 2001 – 28 February 2009	Succeeded by Cyril Vasil
Preceded by Renato Martino	President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants 28 February 2009 – 31 December 2016	Office abolished
Preceded by Andrzej Maria Deskur	Cardinal-Deacon San Cesareo in Palatio 18 February 2012 –	Incumbent