# Antonio Innocenti > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Antonio_Innocenti > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Antonio_Innocenti.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Innocenti > Source revision: 1331577086 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Italian cardinal His Eminence Antonio Innocenti President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei Church Roman Catholic Church Appointed 1 July 1991 Term ended 16 December 1995 Predecessor Paul Augustin Mayer Successor Angelo Felici Other post Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice (1996–2008) Previous posts Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay (1967–73) Titular Archbishop of Eclano (1967–85) Secretary of the Congregation for Sacramental Discipline (1973–75) Secretary of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship (1975–80) Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (1980–85) Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro (1985–96) Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy (1986–91) President of the Pontifical Commission for Preserving the Church's Patrimony of Art and History (1988–91) Orders Ordination 17 July 1938 by Giovanni Giorgis Consecration 18 February 1968 by Amleto Giovanni Cicognani Created cardinal 25 May 1985 by Pope John Paul II Rank Cardinal-Deacon (1985–96) Cardinal-Priest (1996–2008) Personal details Born Antonio Innocenti 23 August 1915 Poppi, Fiesole, Kingdom of Italy Died 6 September 2008(2008-09-06) (aged 93) Piazza della Città Leonina 9, Vatican City Alma mater Pontifical Gregorian University Pontifical Lateran University Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy Motto Lucet spero fide Styles of Antonio Innocenti Reference style His Eminence Spoken style Your Eminence Religious style Cardinal Informal style Cardinal See Aeclanum (titular see) **Antonio Innocenti** (23 August 1915 – 6 September 2008) was an [Italian](/source/Italian_people) [cardinal](/source/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)) who was a leading figure in the [Roman Curia](/source/Roman_Curia) and the Vatican diplomatic service for many years. ## Biography Cardinal Innocenti's grave in Tosi. He was born at [Poppi](/source/Poppi), Italy. Ordained in 1938 at [Florence](/source/Florence), Innocenti was studied at the [Diocesan Seminary of Fiesole](/source/Diocesan_Seminary_of_Fiesole), the [Pontifical Gregorian University](/source/Pontifical_Gregorian_University) where he received a doctorate in 1941, the [Pontifical Lateran University](/source/Pontifical_Lateran_University), where he received a [licentiate](/source/Licentiate_(degree)) in [dogmatic theology](/source/Dogmatic_theology) in 1950, and the [Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy](/source/Pontifical_Ecclesiastical_Academy), where he studied diplomacy.[1] He served as a priest in northern Italy for the decade following his ordination. His work helping Jews led to his arrest and almost being shot by a firing squad; he was released at the last minute. He was then called to Rome by [Pope Pius XII](/source/Pope_Pius_XII) and settled on a career in the Curia. He served for most of the 1950s and 1960s in the Papal Nunciature in [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland), where, as he saw it, the major problems were "an opulent society, religious assistance to immigrants and relations with Christian of other denominations". On 15 December 1967, [Pope Paul VI](/source/Pope_Paul_VI) named him [Titular Archbishop](/source/Titular_Archbishop) of [Eclano](/source/Eclano) and Apostolic Nuncio to [Paraguay](/source/Paraguay). He was appointed Secretary of the Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments (now the [Congregation for Divine Worship](/source/Congregation_for_Divine_Worship)) until 1980, when he became Nuncio to Spain. In 1985, [Pope John Paul II](/source/Pope_John_Paul_II) made him a [cardinal](/source/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)), and on 9 January 1986 appointed him [Prefect](/source/Prefect) of the [Congregation for the Clergy](/source/Congregation_for_the_Clergy),[2] a post he held until his retirement in 1991. During Innocenti's time as Prefect, the Curia was extremely busy dealing with what was perceived as dangerous dissent from papal teaching, and Innocenti was heavily involved with many lay movements designed to restore orthodoxy among the Church's members. By 1999 he had retired to Piazza della Citta Leonina. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Miranda, Salvatore (2014). ["Biographical Directory: Innocenti, Antonio"](https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios-i.htm). *The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church*. Florida International University. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030913/https://webdept.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-i.htm) from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [*Acta Apostolicae Sedis*](https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-78-1986-ocr.pdf) (PDF). Vol. LXXVIII. 1986. p. 210. Retrieved 31 August 2019. ## External links - [Biography](https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios-i.htm#Innocenti) Catholic Church titles Preceded by Luigi Dadaglio Apostolic Nuncio to Spain 4 October 1980 – 9 January 1986 Succeeded by Mario Tagliaferri Preceded by Silvio Oddi Prefect for the Congregation for the Clergy 1986–1991 Succeeded by José Tomás Sánchez Preceded by Paul Mayer President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei 1991–1995 Succeeded by Angelo Felici v t e Cardinals created by John Paul II 1979 Casaroli Caprio Cé Righi-Lambertini Căn Civardi Corripio y Ahumada Asajiro Satowaki Etchegaray Ballestrero Ó Fiaich Carter Macharski Rubin Kung Pin-mei 1983 Khoraish Yago Sabattani Kuharić Casoria Lebrún Moratinos Bernardin Kitbunchu do Nascimento López Trujillo Danneels Williams Martini Lustiger Glemp Vaivods Meisner de Lubac 1985 Dadaglio Lourdusamy Arinze Fresno Innocenti Obando y Bravo Mayer Suquía Goicoechea Hamer Vidal Gulbinowicz Tzadua Tomko Lubachivsky Deskur Poupard Vachon Decourtray Castillo Lara Wetter Piovanelli Simonis Gagnon Stickler Law O'Connor Biffi Pavan 1988 Martínez Somalo Silvestrini Felici Grégoire Padiyara Freire Falcão Giordano dos Santos Canestri Javierre Ortas Pimenta Revollo Bravo Clancy Moreira Neves Hickey Szoka Paskai Tumi Groër Martin Hensbach Sladkevičius Margéot Wu 1991 Sodano Todea Laghi Cassidy Coffy Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi López Rodríguez Sanchez Noè Quarracino Angelini Mahony Posadas Ocampo Bevilacqua Saldarini Daly Ruini Korec Schwery Sterzinsky del Mestri Dezza 1994 Sfeir Vlk Poggi Shirayanagi Fagiolo Furno Oviedo Cavada Winning Suárez Rivera Ortega y Calamino Darmaatmadja Schotte Eyt Agustoni Wamala Keeler Vargas Alzamora Turcotte Carles Gordó Maida Puljić Razafindratandra Tụng Sandoval Íñiguez Echeverría Ruiz Świątek Tonini Koliqi Congar Grillmeier 1998 Medina Estévez Bovone Castrillón Hoyos Antonelli Stafford De Giorgi Fernandes de Araújo Rouco Varela Ambrozic Balland Tettamanzi Pengo Schönborn Rivera Carrera George Shan Kuo-hsi Kozłowiecki Cheli Colasuonno Monduzzi Jaworski Pujats 2001 Re Thuận Cacciavillan Sebastiani Grocholewski Saraiva Martins Sepe Mejía Daoud Pompedda Kasper Degenhardt González Zumárraga Dias Majella Agnelo Rubiano Sáenz McCarrick Connell Bačkis Errázuriz Ossa Terrazas Sandoval Napier Rodríguez Maradiaga Agré Billé Velasco Cipriani Thorne Álvarez Martínez Hummes Vithayathil Bergoglio Policarpo Poletto Murphy-O'Connor Egan Huzar Lehmann Ghattas Honoré Tucci Scheffczyk Dulles 2003 Tauran Martino Marchisano Herranz Casado Lozano Barragán Hamao Nicora Scola Okogie Panafieu Zubeir Wako Amigo Vallejo Rigali O'Brien Scheid Antonelli Bertone Turkson Toppo Pell Bozanić Mẫn Quezada Toruño Barbarin Erdő Ouellet Cottier Joos Špidlík Nagy Catholic Church portal Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF WorldCat National United States Italy Spain Vatican Other IdRef --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Antonio Innocenti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Innocenti) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Innocenti?action=history)). 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