Given the fact that Pope Francis refused to elevated bishops of historically cardinalate sees, am I the only one who finds it scandalous that Pope Francis elevated Cardinal Gambetti to the rank of bishop/archbishop on November 22, 2020 and then on November 28th of the same year, less than a week later, named him a cardinal?
Fortunately the good Cardinal’s meteoric rise is match by a similar demise.
This is the headline from Sileri non possum:
Leo XIV ousts Gambetti from the Vatican. The friar breaches pontifical secrecy
And this is Pope Leo’s headline the next day despite the pontifical secret being broken:
Resignations and Appointments, 03.10.2026
Resignation and appointment of the Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto (Italy)
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto (Italy) presented by H.E. Msgr. Bruno Forte.
The Holy Father has appointed His Most Reverend Eminence Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv., as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto (Italy), transferring him from the offices of Vicar General of His Holiness for Vatican City, Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, and President of the Fabbrica di San Pietro.
Curriculum vitae
H.E. Card. Mauro Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv., was born on October 27, 1965, in Castel San Pietro Terme (Bologna). After obtaining a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bologna, he began his journey in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual in 1992. He made his temporary vows in 1995 and his perpetual vows in 1998. After completing a Baccalaureate in Theology at the Theological Institute of Assisi (Perugia), he obtained a Licentiate in Theological Anthropology from the Theological Faculty of Central Italy in Florence.
He was ordained a priest on January 8, 2000, in Longiano (Forlì-Cesena). He held the following positions: coordinator of youth and vocation ministry for Emilia-Romagna (2000–2009) and head and animator of the religious community (Guardian) (2005–2009) at the Friary of the Most Holy Crucifix; Provincial Minister of the Bolognese Province of Saint Anthony of Padua (2009–2013); and Custos General of the General Custody of the Sacred Convent of Saint Francis in Assisi (2013–2017). Concurrently, the Bishop of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino appointed him Episcopal Vicar for the pastoral care of the Papal Basilica of Saint Francis and other places of worship administered by the Conventual Franciscan Friars within the same diocese.
In 2017, he was elected President of the Inter-Mediterranean Federation of Provincial Ministers of the Conventual Franciscan Friars. He was subsequently reconfirmed as Custos General of the General Custody of the Sacred Convent of Saint Francis in Assisi for the 2017–2021 term, a role he held until October 31, 2020.
On October 30, 2020, he was assigned the titular see of Tisiduo with the personal title of Archbishop, and he received episcopal ordination on November 22, 2020, at the Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi. Pope Francis created him a Cardinal—assigning him the deaconry of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum—during the Consistory of November 28, 2020, and on February 20, 2021, appointed him Vicar General of His Holiness for Vatican City, Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican, and President of the Fabric of St. Peter. Furthermore, on June 2, 2023—effective January 1, 2024—Pope Francis appointed him a Judge of the Court of Cassation of Vatican City State.
He is a member of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
1 comment:
Technically, someone at the meeting ans SNP also broke the pontifical secret. Although they weren't the only outlet to publish it so people would have found out anyways.
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