{{short description|Italian Catholic archbishop (born 1942)}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Arrigo Miglio | honorific_suffix = | title = [[Archdiocese of Cagliari|Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari]] | image = Card. Miglio.png | image_size = | alt = | caption = Cardinal Miglio in Oropa on 25 September 2022. | appointed = 25 February 2012 | predecessor = [[Giuseppe Mani]] | previous_post = [[Diocese of Iglesias|Bishop of Iglesias]] (1992–1999)<br/>[[Diocese of Ivrea|Bishop of Ivrea]] (1999–2012) <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = 23 September 1967 | ordained_by = | consecration = 25 April 1992 | consecrated_by = [[Luigi Bettazzi]] | cardinal = 27 August 2022 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Francis]] | rank = [[Cardinal-Priest]] <!---------- Personal details -------> | birth_name = Arrigo Miglio | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|7|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[San Giorgio Canavese]], [[Italy]] | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | alma_mater = | signature = | coat_of_arms = [[File:Coat of arms of Arrigo Miglio (cardinal).svg|140px]] | motto = ''Gaudium vestrum impleatur'' | successor = [[Giuseppe Baturi]] | ended = 16 November 2019 }} {{Infobox cardinalstyles |name=Arrigo Miglio |dipstyle=[[Excellency|His Eminence]] |offstyle= Your Eminence |relstyle= Cardinal |image = Coat of arms of Arrigo Miglio (cardinal).svg |image_size = 100px }}
'''Arrigo Miglio''' (born 18 July 1942) is an [[Italians|Italian]] prelate of the [[Catholic Church]] who was [[Archdiocese of Cagliari|Archbishop of Cagliari]] from 2012 to 2019. He was [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Ivrea|Bishop of Ivrea]] from 1999 to 2012 and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Iglesias|Bishop of Iglesias]] from 1992 to 1999.
[[Pope Francis]] made Miglio a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] on 27 August 2022.
==Biography== Miglio was born in [[San Giorgio Canavese]], [[Piedmont]], [[Italy]], and was [[holy orders|ordained]] on 23 September 1967. He was named [[Diocese of Iglesias|Bishop of Iglesias]] on 25 March 1992, and was consecrated by [[Luigi Bettazzi]] on the following 25 April.
On 20 February 1999 Miglio was named [[Diocese of Ivrea|Bishop of Ivrea]]. He is president of the scientific committee and organizer of the ''Social Weeks of Catholic Italians'' as well as member of the Episcopal Commission of the [[Italian Episcopal Conference]] for social issues, labour, justice and peace.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chiesa Cattolica Italiana - S.E. Mons. Arrigo Miglio|url=http://www.chiesacattolica.it/pls/cci_new_v3/V3_S2EW_CONSULTAZIONE.mostra_pagina?id_pagina=62412|url-status=live|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926054622/http://www.chiesacattolica.it/pls/cci_new_v3/V3_S2EW_CONSULTAZIONE.mostra_pagina?id_pagina=62412 |archive-date=2015-09-26 }}</ref>
On 25 February 2012 he was named [[Archdiocese of Cagliari|Archbishop of Cagliari]] by [[Pope Benedict XVI]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Duomo di Cagliari - Monsignor Arrigo Miglio nuovo Arcivescovo di Cagliari|url=http://www.duomodicagliari.it/leggi_notizia.php?id=7|url-status=live|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118215256/http://www.duomodicagliari.it/leggi_notizia.php?id=7 |archive-date=2015-11-18 }}</ref> and received the [[pallium|metropolitan bishop's pallium]] on 29 June of the same year. Miglio has been president of the Sardinian Episcopal Conference since 3 September 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=La Nuova Sardegna - Vescovi, Miglio eletto presidente|url=http://lanuovasardegna.gelocal.it/regione/2012/09/05/news/vescovi-miglio-eletto-presidente-1.5647779|url-status=live|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118121853/http://lanuovasardegna.gelocal.it/regione/2012/09/05/news/vescovi-miglio-eletto-presidente-1.5647779 |archive-date=2015-11-18 }}</ref>
On 22 September 2013 he welcomed [[Pope Francis]] to [[Cagliari]] and accompanied him to all his public appointments.
On 16 November 2019, Pope Francis accepted his resignation as archbishop and named [[Giuseppe Baturi]] to succeed him.<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 31 May 2022 | date = 16 November 2019 | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 16.11.2019 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2019/11/16/0882/01840.html}}</ref>
On 27 August 2022, Pope Francis made him [[Cardinal-Priest]] of [[San Clemente al Laterano]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2022/documents/ns_lit_doc_20220827_titoli-diaconie-nuovi-cardinali_it.html|title=Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali|date=27 August 2022|website=[[Holy See|The Holy See]]|publisher=[[Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff|Ufficio delle Celebrazioni Liturgiche del Sommo Pontefice]]|language=it|trans-title=Assignment of Titles and Deaconries to the new Cardinals|access-date=29 August 2022|archive-url=|archive-date=}}</ref>
Miglio is a former Grand Prior of the Sardinian Lieutenancy of the [[Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Catholic)|Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem]].
==See also== * [[Cardinals created by Pope Francis]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
;Additional sources *{{cite interview | url = https://www.lastampa.it/vatican-insider/it/2013/09/18/news/mons-miglio-francesco-non-perde-tempo-fara-le-riforme-che-ha-in-mente-1.35980485 | language = it | work = La Stampa | title = Mons. Miglio: "Francesco non perde tempo, farà le riforme che ha in mente" | date = 18 September 2013 | interviewer = Domenico Agasso Jr. }} *{{cite interview | url = https://www.agensir.it/territori/2018/09/22/a-cinque-anni-dalla-visita-del-papa-a-cagliari-mons-miglio-la-speranza-crea-occupazione-perche-vuol-dire-guardare-al-futuro/ | publisher = [[AgenSIR]] | language = it | title = A cinque anni dalla visita del Papa a Cagliari. Mons. Miglio: "La speranza crea occupazione perché vuol dire guardare al futuro" | date = 22 September 2018 | interviewer = Mario Girau }}
==External links== * {{cite web|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_miglio_a.html|title =Miglio Card. Arrigo|website=[[Holy See Press Office]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828005202/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_miglio_a.html|archive-date=28 August 2022|url-status=live}}
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