Giacomo Morandi

Giacomo Morandi (born 24 August 1965) is an Italian Roman Catholic archbishop who serves as the current Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith since his appointment to that position in July 2017.[1] He had served before this as the department's undersecretary from 2015 until his appointment and elevation to the episcopate to which he was consecrated into on 30 September 2017 in the Modena Cathedral.[2]

The Most Reverend Giacomo Morandi
Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	18 July 2017
Predecessor	Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer
Other posts	Titular Archbishop of Caere (2017-)
Orders
Ordination	11 April 1990 by Santo Bartolomeo Quadri
Consecration	30 September 2017 by Angelo De Donatis
Rank	Archbishop
Personal details
Birth name	Giacomo Morandi
Born	(1965-08-24)24 August 1965 Modena, Italy
Previous post	Undersecretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (2015-17)
Alma mater	Pontifical Biblical Institute Pontifical Gregorian University
Motto	Domine tu Omnia scis ("Lord, You know all things")
Coat of arms

Ordination history of Giacomo Morandi
History Priestly ordination Ordained by Santo Bartolomeo Quadri Date 11 April 1990 Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Angelo De Donatis Co-consecrators Erio Castellucci Luciano Monari Date 30 September 2017 Place Modena Cathedral, Italy

Styles of Giacomo Morandi
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop

Life

Giacomo Morandi was born in Modena on 24 August 1965.

In 1978 he commenced his studies for the priesthood in Modena and received his ordination on 11 April 1990 from Archbishop Santo Bartolomeo Quadri. He obtained his baccalaureate in theological studies and in 1992 obtained a licentiate in Biblical Sciences at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. In 2008 he obtained a licentiate and a doctorate in theological evangelization at the Pontifical Gregorian as well as in missiology. Morandi also served as a professor at the Institute of Religious Sciences in Modena and as a lecturer on patristic exegesis at an institute in Rome.[2]

Morandi held various pastoral positions in the Modena archdiocese and he served as the vicar for episcopal catechesis and both evangelization and culture from 2005 until 2010 before his appointment in November 2010 as the vicar general for the archdiocese. This assignment ceased in 2015 upon the death of the archbishop at which stage he served as the diocesan administrator from 20 February to 12 September 2015 until the selection of a new archbishop. It was on 14 September that the new archbishop Erio Castellucci reappointed him as the archdiocese's vicar general.

Pope Francis appointed Morandi on 27 October 2015 as the Undersecretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and on 18 July 2017 appointed him as the department's secretary while elevating him to the rank of archbishop as the Titular Archbishop of Cerveteri.[2] Morandi received episcopal consecration in the Modena Cathedral on 30 September 2017 from Archbishop Angelo De Donatis and the co-consecrators Erio Castellucci and Luciano Monari.[1]

Published works

• Lugo teologico di evangelizzazione, Milano, Edizioni Paoline, 2009, ISBN 978-88-315-3582-3.

References

1. "Father Giacomo Morandi promoted to CDF secretary". The Catholic World Report. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
2. "Pope Francis appoints Italian Biblicist as deputy of doctrinal congregation". CRUX. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.

See also

• Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer	Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 18 July 2017-	Incumbent
Preceded by Francesco Saverio Salerno	— TITULAR — Titular Archbishop of Cerveteri 18 July 2017-