Italian convicted felon and prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
His Eminence
Giovanni Angelo Becciu
Cardinal Deacon of San Lino
Becciu in 2018
Church
Roman Catholic Church
Appointed
28 June 2018
Installed
20 January 2019
Predecessor
Giovanni Coppa
Orders
Ordination
27 August 1972 by Francesco Cogoni
Consecration
1 December 2001 by Angelo Sodano
Created cardinal
28 June 2018 by Pope Francis
Rank
Cardinal deacon
Personal details
Born
Giovanni Angelo Becciu
(1948-06-02) 2 June 1948 (age 76)
Pattada, Sardinia, Italy
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)
Titular Archbishop of Rusellae (2001–2018)
Apostolic Nuncio to Angola (2001–2009)
Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe (2001–2009)
Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba (2009–2011)
Substitute for General Affairs (2011–2018)
Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints (2018–2020)
Special Delegate to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (2017–2020)
Alma mater
Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
Motto
Custos sanctitatis charitas
Coat of arms
Ordination history
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by
Francesco Cogoni
Date
27 August 1972
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator
Angelo Cardinal Sodano
Co-consecrators
Paolo Cardinal Romeo, and Sebastiano Sanguinetti
Date
1 December 2011
Place
Anfiteatro 2001, Pattada, Diocese of Ozieri, Italy
Cardinalate
Elevated by
Pope Francis
Date
21 June 2018
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Giovanni Angelo Becciu as principal consecrator
Almeida Kanda (Canda)
23 October 2005
Mateus Feliciano Augusto Tomás
21 June 2009
Antonio Mura
25 March 2014
Corrado Melis
13 September 2015
Styles of Giovanni Angelo Becciu
Reference style
His Eminence
Spoken style
Your Eminence
Informal style
Cardinal
Giovanni Angelo Becciu (born 2 June 1948) is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and convicted felon. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018. On 24 September 2020, he resigned the rights associated with the cardinalate.
An archbishop since 2001, he held several appointments in the diplomatic service of the Holy See between 1984 and 2011, including those of Apostolic Nuncio to Angola and to Cuba. From 2011 to 2018 he was Substitute for General Affairs in the Secretariat of State, a key position in the Roman Curia. He was head of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints from 2018 to 2020, when he resigned from that office and from the rights and privileges of a cardinal, including the right to participate in a papal conclave, after being implicated in a financial corruption scandal; he retains the title of cardinal.[1][2][3]
In July 2021, a Vatican judge ordered Becciu and nine others to stand trial on charges of embezzlement, abuse of office and subornation. The charges are in connection with an investment in London real estate. Becciu said he was innocent and "the victim of a conspiracy". Becciu's trial is the first criminal trial of a cardinal in a Vatican court.[4][5][6] He was convicted in the Vatican in December 2023 and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison.[7][8][9]
^Poggioli, Sylvia (14 October 2020). "'You Cannot Serve Both God And Money': Vatican's Financial Scandal Takes New Twist". NPR. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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^Francis X. Rocca, Vatican Indicts Cardinal, Nine Other People Over London Real-Estate Deal, Wall Street Journal (July 3, 2021).
^"Vatican embezzlement trial: Cardinal Angelo Becciu among 10 charged". BBC News. 3 July 2021.
^Winfield, Nicole (17 December 2023). "A Cardinal is convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 5½ years in a major Vatican financial trial". Associated Press. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^Ghiglione, David; Lowen, Mark (16 December 2023). "Cardinal Becciu: Vatican court convicts former Pope adviser of financial crimes". BBC. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^Povoledo, Elisabetta (16 December 2023). "Cardinal at Center of Vatican Corruption Trial Is Sentenced to 5 and a Half Years". New York Times. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
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