# Bruno Forte
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{{Short description|Italian Catholic prelate (born 1949)}}
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| predecessor = [Edoardo Menichelli](/source/Edoardo_Menichelli)
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| ordination = 18 April 1973
| ordained_by = [Corrado Ursi](/source/Corrado_Ursi)
| consecration = 8 September 2004
| consecrated_by = [Joseph Ratzinger](/source/Joseph_Ratzinger), [Michele Giordano](/source/Michele_Giordano), and [Luigi Diligenza](/source/Luigi_Diligenza)
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'''Bruno Forte''' (born 1 August 1949) is an [Italian Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church_in_Italy) prelate who has served as [Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Chieti-Vasto) since 2004.
==Biography==
Archbishop Forte was born in [Naples](/source/Naples). He was ordained a priest on 18 April 1973. He studied at Tübingen University, associated with Hans Küng, Joseph Ratzinger and Walter Kasper. He also spent time in Paris, before gaining a [Laurea degree](/source/Laurea_degree) in philosophy from Naples University.[{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2014/10/24/the-explainer-who-is-archbishop-bruno-forte/|title=The Explainer: who is Archbishop Bruno Forte?|work=[The Catholic Herald](/source/The_Catholic_Herald)|access-date=11 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203111739/http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2014/10/24/the-explainer-who-is-archbishop-bruno-forte/|archive-date=3 February 2018}}]
He is described by the ''[Catholic Herald](/source/Catholic_Herald)'' as being known in Italy and the rest of the Catholic world as a "prolific and remarkably well-connected theologian", while [Rocco Palmo](/source/Rocco_Palmo) considered him to be "more progressive" than Cardinal [Joseph Ratzinger](/source/Pope_Benedict_XVI).[{{cite web|first1=Luke|last1=Coppen|url=https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-explainer-who-is-archbishop-bruno-forte/|title=The Explainer: who is Archbishop Bruno Forte?|date=24 October 2014}}]
In 2000, he oversaw the preparation of the Vatican document, "Memory and Reconciliation: The Church and the Faults of the Past", which led to the famous liturgy in St Peter's Basilica in which John Paul II asked God's forgiveness for 2,000 years of sins. John Paul II asked him to preach the Vatican's Lenten Spiritual Exercises in 2004.[
He was appointed Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto by [Pope John Paul II](/source/Pope_John_Paul_II) on 26 June 2004. He was consecrated bishop by Cardinal Ratzinger (later [Pope Benedict XVI](/source/Pope_Benedict_XVI)) on 8 September 2004; he is one of only 26 bishops consecrated by the former Pope.
After the [election of Pope Benedict XVI](/source/Papal_conclave%2C_2005), Forte was seen by some{{who|date=November 2014}} as a possible successor to become Prefect of the [Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith](/source/Congregation_for_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith), before [William Levada](/source/William_Levada) was chosen.
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| offstyle=[His Excellency](/source/Excellency)
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| image=Coat of arms of Bruno Forte.svg
| image_size= 200px|}}On 5 January 2011 he was appointed among the first members of the newly created [Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation](/source/Pontifical_Council_for_the_Promotion_of_the_New_Evangelisation).][[http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/26652.php?index=26652&lang=en#NOMINA DI MEMBRI DEL PONTIFICIO CONSIGLIO PER LA PROMOZIONE DELLA NUOVA EVANGELIZZAZIONE] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808201435/http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/26652.php?index=26652&lang=en#NOMINA |date=8 August 2012 }}]
On Monday, 14 October 2013, the Archbishop was appointed by [Pope Francis](/source/Pope_Francis) to serve as the Special Secretary of the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the [Synod of Bishops](/source/Synod_of_Bishops_(Catholic)) on "The challenges of the family in the context of evangelisation", scheduled from 5–19 October 2014.[{{Cite web |url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2013/10/14/0663/01487.html |title=RINUNCE E NOMINE, 14.10.2013 |access-date=14 October 2013 |archive-date=2015-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906121613/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2013/10/14/0663/01487.html |url-status=dead }}]
On Wednesday, 16 July 2014, Archbishop Forte was appointed by Pope Francis to serve a five-year term as a Consultant to the [Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life](/source/Congregation_for_Institutes_of_Consecrated_Life_and_Societies_of_Apostolic_Life) (for Religious).[{{Cite web |url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/07/16/0521/01162.html |title=Rinunce e nomine, 16.07.2014 |access-date=17 July 2014 |archive-date=2014-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725065636/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/07/16/0521/01162.html |url-status=dead }}]
In October 2014, Pope Francis added him to the group responsible for summarising the first week of discussions at the Synod on the Family. According to [John L. Allen](/source/John_L._Allen_Jr.), the resulting document was "widely known to carry the imprint of Italian Archbishop Bruno Forte, one of the more noted theological minds in the Italian hierarchy".[{{cite news|last1=Allen|first1=John L. Jr.|title=Synod of Bishops 2014: The drama is back|url=http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2014/10/15/synod-of-bishops-2014-the-drama-is-back/|access-date=15 October 2014|work=Crux|date=15 October 2014|archive-date=16 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016031201/http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2014/10/15/synod-of-bishops-2014-the-drama-is-back/|url-status=dead}}]
In November 2016, Mgr. Forte was elected President of the [Abruzzo](/source/Abruzzo) and [Molise](/source/Molise) [regional](/source/Ecclesiastical_region) section of the [Episcopal Conference of Italy](/source/Episcopal_Conference_of_Italy). On 11 January 2021 he was succeeded by the cardinal [Giuseppe Petrocchi](/source/Giuseppe_Petrocchi).[{{cite news |url=https://www.agensir.it/quotidiano/2021/1/11/vescovi-abruzzo-molise-ceam-il-card-petrocchi-e-il-nuovo-presidente/|title=Vescovi Abruzzo-Molise: Ceam, il card. Petrocchi è il nuovo presidente|trans-title=Bishops of Abruzzo-Molise: Ceam, cardinal Petrocchi is the new President|language=it|work=Società per l'Informazione Religiosa |date=11 January 2021|access-date=9 April 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210111161147/https://www.agensir.it/quotidiano/2021/1/11/vescovi-abruzzo-molise-ceam-il-card-petrocchi-e-il-nuovo-presidente/|archive-date=11 January 2021|url-status=live}}]
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