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Giuseppe Petrocchi
His Eminence; Giuseppe Petrocchi
Cardinal; Archbishop Emeritus of L'Aquila
	Petrocchi in 2018
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	L'Aquila
See	L'Aquila
Appointed	8 June 2013
Installed	7 July 2013
Term ended	1 August 2024
Predecessor	Giuseppe Molinari
Successor	Antonio D'Angelo
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini (2018–)
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno (1998–2013)
Orders
Ordination	14 September 1973; by Marcello Morgante
Consecration	20 September 1998; by Silvano Montevecchi
Created cardinal	28 June 2018; by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Giuseppe Petrocchi; 19 August 1948 (age 76); Ascoli Piceno, Italy
Alma mater	Pontifical Roman Major Seminary; Pontifical Lateran University; Sapienza University of Rome; University of Macerata;
Motto	Ante omnia caritas
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Giuseppe Petrocchi (born 19 August 1948) is an Italian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of L'Aquila from 2013 to 2024. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.

Life

Giuseppe Petrocchi was born on 19 August 1948 in Ascoli Piceno.

Petrocchi commenced his ecclesial studies in his home diocese on 4 October 1965 where he finished his high school education before being sent to the Pontifico Seminario Romano Maggiore in September 1967. He completed his studies at the Lateran where he obtained a bachelor's degree before pursuing further studies at Sapienza University of Rome and at the University of Macerata.

He was ordained to the priesthood on 14 September 1973 in the church of San Pietro Martire and began work as a teacher and pastor.^[1] Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno on 27 June 1998 and he received episcopal consecration the following 20 September in Ascoli Piceno from Bishop Silvano Montevecchi, the co-consecrators being Bishops Domenico Pecile and Marcello Morgante.^[1] He took possession of his diocese on 18 October.

He was appointed Archbishop of L'Aquila on 8 June 2013, took possession the following month,^[2] and received the pallium from the Pope on 29 June 2013 in Saint Peter's Basilica. On 28 June 2018 Pope Francis made Archbishop Petrocchi a cardinal, assigning him the titular church of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini.^[3]

On 22 September 2018 Petrocchi was appointed a member of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State,^[4] of the Congregation for Catholic Education on 6 October 2018,^[5] and of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on 27 April 2019.^[6] In April 2020 he was appointed to head a second commission that was to study the question of the ordination of women to the diaconate.^[7]

Pope Francis accepted his resignation as archbishop on 1 August 2024.^[8]

^ ^a ^b "Annuncio di Concistoro il 29 giugno per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali, 20.05.2018" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.06.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ "Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli, 28.06.2018" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
^ "Rinunce e nomine, 22.09.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ "Rinunce e nomine, 06.10.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ "Resignations and Appointments, 27.04.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ "Pope creates new expert commission to study women deacons". cruxnow.com. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
^ "Rinunce e nomine, 01.08.2024" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.

"Petrocchi Card. Giuseppe". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
Diocese of L'Aquila (in Italian)

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Domenico Pecile	Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno 27 June 1998 – 8 June 2013	Succeeded by Mariano Crociata
Preceded by Giuseppe Molinari	Archbishop of L'Aquila 8 June 2013 – 1 August 2024	Succeeded by Antonio D'Angelo
Preceded by Carlo Caffarra	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini 28 June 2018 – present	Incumbent