Italian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1941)
His Eminence
Beniamino Stella
Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
Church
Roman Catholic Church
Installed
21 September 2013
Term ended
2 August 2021
Predecessor
Mauro Piacenza
Successor
Lazarus You Heung-sik
Other post(s)
Cardinal Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (2020–present)
Orders
Ordination
19 March 1966 by Constantino Stella
Consecration
5 September 1987 by Pope John Paul II
Created cardinal
22 February 2014 by Pope Francis
Rank
Cardinal deacon (2014–2020)
Cardinal bishop (2020–present)
Personal details
Born
Beniamino Stella
(1941-08-18) 18 August 1941 (age 82)
Pieve di Soligo, Treviso, Kingdom of Italy
Nationality
Italian
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)
Titular Archbishop of Midila (1987–2014)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to the Republic of the Congo (1987–1992)
Apostolic Delegate to Chad (1987–1992)
Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba (1992–1999)
Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia (1999–2007)
President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (2007–2013)
Cardinal Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano (2014–2020)
Alma mater
Pontifical Roman Seminary
Pontifical Lateran University
Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
Ordination history of Beniamino Stella
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by
Costantino Stella
Date
19 March 1966
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator
Pope John Paul II
Co-consecrators
Eduardo Martinez Somalo Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt
Date
5 September 1987
Cardinalate
Elevated by
Pope Francis
Date
22 February 2014
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Beniamino Stella as principal consecrator
Bernard Nsayi
16 September 1990
José Alberto Rozo Gutierrez, S.M.M
19 March 2000
Alvaro Efrén Rincón Rojas, C.SS.R
24 March 2000
José Vicente Huertas Vargas
4 August 2000
Héctor Javier Pizarro Acevedo, O.A.R
27 January 2001
Eulises González Sánchez
10 March 2001
Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B
6 June 2001
Misael Vacca Ramirez
10 August 2001
Fidel León Cadavid Marin
22 September 2001
Carlos Germán Masa Ruiz
26 April 2003
Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo
24 June 2003
Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón
27 June 2003
Luis Alberto Parra Mora
11 December 2003
Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y.
31 March 2004
Luis Felipe Sanchez Aponte
22 April 2004
Juan Vicente Cordoba Villota, S.J
28 August 2004
Jaime Enrique Duque Correa, M.X.Y
25 February 2006
Guillermo Orozco Montoya
10 March 2006
José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R
27 January 2007
Styles of Beniamino Stella
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Informal style
Cardinal
Beniamino Stella (born 18 August 1941) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 2013 to 2021; he has been a cardinal since 2014. He began working in the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1970, was made an archbishop in 1987, and served as a nuncio in several countries between 1987 and 2007. He led the Vatican's training program for its diplomats, the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, from 2007 to 2013.
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the Promotion of the New Evangelisation. In February 2019, Cardinal BeniaminoStella, Prefect of the Congregation, said that the Congregation manages the...
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bishop's consecration on 24 January of that year; Co-conquerors were BeniaminoStella, Apostolic Nuncio in Colombia, and Hugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi (Bishop...
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Apostolic Nuncios John Bulaitis (21 November 1981 - 11 July 1987) BeniaminoStella (21 August 1987 - 15 December 1992) Diego Causero (1 February 1993...
Clergy in anticipation of the replacement of its prefect, Cardinal BeniaminoStella, who turns 80 in August. He expected it would take at least the month...
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