President Emeritus of the Governorate of Vatican City State
Cardinal Bertello in July 2016.
Appointed
1 October 2011
Term ended
1 October 2021
Predecessor
Giovanni Lajolo
Successor
Fernando Vérgez Alzaga
Other post(s)
President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
Member of the Council of Cardinal Advisers (2013-)
Cardinal priest of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (2022–)
Orders
Ordination
29 June 1966 by Albino Mensa
Consecration
28 November 1987 by Agostino Casaroli
Created cardinal
18 February 2012 by Benedict XVI
Rank
Cardinal deacon (2012–22)
Cardinal priest (2022–present)
Personal details
Born
(1942-10-01) 1 October 1942 (age 81)
Foglizzo, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy
Denomination
Roman Catholicism
Previous post(s)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Benin (1987–1990) Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ghana (1987–1990) Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Togo (1987–1990) Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda (1990–1995) Apostolic Nuncio to the United Nations in Geneva (1995–2000) Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico (2000–2006) Apostolic Nuncio to Italy (2006–2011) Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino (2006–2011)
Alma mater
Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
Motto
Narrabo nomen tuum
Coat of arms
Ordination history of Giuseppe Bertello
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by
Bishop Albino Mensa
Date
29 June 1966
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated by
Agostino Casaroli
Date
28 November 1987
Cardinalate
Elevated by
Pope Benedict XVI
Date
18 February 2012
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Giuseppe Bertello as principal consecrator
José Luis Castro Medellín, M.S.F.
3 December 2002
Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega, C.O.R.C.
7 January 2004
Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C.
22 November 2004
Maximino Martínez Miranda
2006
Konrad Krajewski
17 September 2013
Styles of Giuseppe Bertello
Reference style
His Eminence
Spoken style
Your Eminence
Informal style
Cardinal
Giuseppe Bertello (born 1 October 1942) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal since 2012, who was President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of Vatican City State from October 2011 to October 2021. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1971 to 2011; became an archbishop in 1987; held appointments as Nuncio to several countries, including Rwanda, Mexico, and Italy; and was the Holy See's representative to a number of international organizations.
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design the adjacent Chapel of the Holy Spirit while the Italian architect Giuseppe Facchini, former deputy director of the technical services of the governorate...
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According to Jasper Ridley, at the 1867 Congress of Peace in Geneva, Giuseppe Garibaldi referred to "that pestilential institution which is called the...
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1999 – 22 March 2007 Succeeded by Paul Tschang In-Nam Preceded by GiuseppeBertello Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico 22 March 2007 – 12 April 2016 Succeeded by...
conquered by the Kingdom of Sardinia under Victor Emmanuel II. The next year, Giuseppe Garibaldi's Expedition of the Thousand resulted in the annexation of the...
Minister of Finance, Count Pellegrino Rossi. One occurrence was in 1862, when Giuseppe Garibaldi was in Sicily gathering volunteers for a campaign to take Rome...
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1958 conclave despite not having been a cardinal at the time; Cardinal Giuseppe Siri during the discussion about Montini was furious that a non-cardinal...
Italian War of Independence, Piedmont-Sardinia annexed Lombardy, while Giuseppe Garibaldi overthrew the Bourbon monarchy in the south. Afraid that Garibaldi...
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His resignation was accepted on 3 September 2011, with Archbishop GiuseppeBertello appointed as his successor as of 1 October 2011. He was one of the...
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