{{Short description|Italian Catholic prelate (1939–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Edoardo Menichelli | honorific-suffix = | title = [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]]<br>[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo|Archbishop Emeritus Ancona-Osimo]] | image = Edoardo Menichelli.jpg | caption = Menichelli in 2015 | province = | diocese = | archdiocese = Ancona-Osimo | see = Ancona-Osimo | appointed = 8 January 2004 | enthroned = 7 March 2004 | ended = 14 July 2017 | predecessor = Franco Festorazzi | successor = [[Angelo Spina]] | other_post = Cardinal-Priest of [[Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria a Tor Fiorenza]] (2015–2025) | ordination = 3 July 1965 | ordained_by = | consecration = 9 July 1994 | consecrated_by = [[Achille Silvestrini]] | cardinal = 14 February 2015 | rank = Cardinal-Priest | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Francis]] | previous_post = [[Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto]] (1994–2004) | birth_name = Edoardo Menichelli | birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|10|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Serripola, [[San Severino Marche]], Macerata, Italy | death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|10|20|1939|10|14|df=yes}} | death_place = San Severino Marche, Italy | buried = | nationality = | religion = | residence = | parents = | alma_mater = | signature = | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Edoardo Menichelli.svg | motto = {{lang|la|Sub lumine Matris}} (In the light of the Mother)<ref name=arcivescovo /> }} {{Ordination | ordained deacon by = | date of diaconal ordination = | place of diaconal ordination = | ordained priest by = | date of priestly ordination = 3 July 1965 | place of priestly ordination = | consecrated by = [[Achille Silvestrini]] | co-consecrators = [[Antonio Valentini]] [[Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti]] | date of consecration = 3 July 1994 | place of consecration = | elevated by = [[Pope Francis]] | date of elevation = 14 February 2015 | bishop 1 = Stefano Russo | consecration date 1 = 28 May 2016 }} {{Infobox cardinal styles |name = Edoardo Menichelli |image = Coat of arms of Edoardo Menichelli.svg |image_size = 200px |dipstyle = [[His Eminence]] |offstyle = [[His Eminence|Your Eminence]] |relstyle = [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] |deathstyle = }}
'''Edoardo Menichelli''' (14 October 1939 – 20 October 2025) was an Italian prelate of the [[Catholic Church]]. He served as archbishop of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo|Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo]] from 2004 to 2017. [[Pope Francis]] made him a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] on 14 February 2015.
==Life and career== ===Early life=== Edoardo Menichelli was born in Serripola in [[San Severino Marche]] in the [[province of Macerata]] and the [[Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche|Diocese of San Severino Marche]] on 14 October 1939.<ref name=occhioallanotizia>{{cite news |title=Nuovi cardinali: Menichelli; tanti messaggi di congratulazioni |url=https://www.occhioallanotizia.it/nuovi-cardinali-menichelli-tanti-messaggi-di-congratulazioni/ |access-date=26 October 2025 |work=Occhio alla Notizia |date=5 January 2015 |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref name=cronachemaceratesi>{{cite news |title=Alla Mole il "Picchio d'oro" per il cardinale Menichelli |url=https://www.cronachemaceratesi.it/2015/12/07/alla-mole-il-picchio-doro-per-il-cardinale-menichelli/741113/ |access-date=26 October 2025 |work=Cronache Maceratesi |date=7 December 2015 |language=it}}</ref> He studied theology and philosophy at the San Severino Marche and [[Fano]] seminaries and then at the [[Pontifical Lateran University]] in Rome, where he obtained a licentiate in pastoral theology.<ref name=occhioallanotizia /><ref name=cronachemaceratesi />
===Priesthood=== On 3 July 1965 he was ordained a priest of the Diocese of San Severino Marche.<ref>{{cite news |title=Il settempedano Edoardo Menichelli nominato cardinale da papa Francesco "Mi basta sapere questo, non commento" |url=https://www.cronachemaceratesi.it/2015/01/04/il-settempedano-edoardo-menichelli-nominato-cardinale-da-papa-francesco/609664/ |access-date=27 October 2025 |work=Cronache Maceratesi |date=4 January 2015 |language=it}}</ref><ref name=arcivescovo>{{cite web |title=Mons. Edoardo Menichelli |date=2 October 2017 |url=https://www.diocesi.ancona.it/arcivescovo/biografia-copy/ |publisher=Arcidiocesi di Ancona-Osimo |access-date=27 October 2025 |language=it-IT}}</ref> He then became assistant pastor at the parish of St. Joseph in San Severino Marche and taught religion in state schools.<ref name=arcivescovo /> In 1986, with the unification of the Diocese of San Severino Marche with the Archdiocese of Camerino, he was assigned to the new [[Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche]].<ref name=arcivescovo />
From 1968 to 1991 he served in the [[Roman Curia]] at the [[Apostolic Signatura]], then from 1992 to 1994 at the secretariat for the [[Congregation for the Oriental Churches]], where he met the Cardinal [[Achille Silvestrini]] and became his secretary.<ref name=arcivescovo /><ref>{{cite web |title=Pope remembers late Cardinal as "dear brother" in a telegram |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-10/pope-remembers-late-cardinal-as-dear-brother.html |website=[[Vatican News]] |access-date=22 October 2025 |language=en |date=22 October 2025}}</ref>
==Episcopate== On 10 June 1994 he was appointed by [[Pope John Paul II]] as [[Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto|Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto]].<ref name=occhioallanotizia /><ref name=cronachemaceratesi /> He was consecrated as a bishop on 9 July in Rome by Cardinal Silvestrini, with archbishops [[Antony Valentini]] and [[Piergiorgio Nesti]] as co-consecrators.<ref name=zonalocale>{{cite news |title=Papa Francesco nomina cardinale monsignor Edoardo Menichelli |url=https://www.zonalocale.it/2015/01/04/papa-francesco-nomina-cardinale-monsignor-edoardo-menichelli/ |access-date=26 October 2025 |work=zonalocale.it |date=4 January 2015 |language=it-IT}}</ref> He spent ten years in Chieti.<ref name=zonalocale /> On 8 January 2004, [[Pope John Paul II]] appointed him Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, and he took possession of the archdiocese on 7 March.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Galeazzi |first1=Giacomo |title=Il Vangelo dell'ascolto al servizio degli ultimi |url=https://www.interris.it/sociale/la-premura-e-lascolto-di-un-uomo-di-dio-testimonianza/ |website=In Terris |access-date=27 October 2025 |language=it-IT |date=22 October 2025}}</ref> He was secretary of the committee for the family of the [[Italian Episcopal Conference]] and headed committees for the family, ecumenism and the pastoral care of leisure for the Marche bishops' conference.<ref>{{cite web |title=Il Cardinale Edoardo Menichelli è tornato alla Casa del Padre |url=https://www.diocesi.ancona.it/2025/10/20/il-cardinale-menichelli-e-tornato-alla-casa-del-padre/ |website=Arcidiocesi di Ancona Osimo |access-date=27 October 2025 |language=it-IT |date=20 October 2025}}</ref>
On 15 October 2014, on reaching his 75th birthday, he submitted his resignation as required by canon law, but Pope Francis extended the appointment for one year.<ref>{{cite news |language=it |last1=Larici |first1=Letizia|title=Ancona, l'arcivescovo Menichelli compie 75 anni e si dimette ha consegnato la lettera al Papa|url=http://www.ilmessaggero.it/MARCHE/arcivescovo_ancona_edoardo_menichelli_si_dimette/notizie/955527.shtml|access-date=9 January 2015|work=Il Messagero|date=14 October 2014}}</ref>
==Cardinal== On 4 January 2015, [[Pope Francis]] announced Menichelli would be made a cardinal at a [[Papal consistory|consistory]] on 14 February.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2015/01/04/0006/00008.html | title=Annuncio di Concistoro per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali | publisher=Holy See Press Office | date=4 January 2015 | language=it |access-date= 6 January 2015}}</ref> He was assigned the titular church of [[Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria a Tor Fiorenza]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Consistory: list of titular church assignments |url=http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/02/14/consistory_list_of_titular_church_assignments/1123425|access-date=14 February 2015|work=Vatican Radio| date=14 February 2015}}</ref>
He was appointed a member of the [[Congregation for the Oriental Churches]] and of the [[Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cardinale Edoardo Menichelli |url=https://collegeofcardinalsreport.com/it/cardinali/cardinal-edoardo-menichelli/ |website=Collegio Cardinalizio: Una Rassegna |access-date=27 October 2025 |language=it-IT |date=26 February 2025}}</ref>
Pope Francis accepted his resignation as archbishop on 14 July 2017, with [[Angelo Spina]] succeeding him as archbishop of Ancona-Osimo.<ref>{{cite news | work = La Stampa | language = it | access-date = 14 July 2017 | date = 14 July 2017 | url = http://www.lastampa.it/2017/07/14/vaticaninsider/ita/news/angelo-spina-nuovo-arcivescovo-di-anconaosimo-succede-al-cardinale-menichelli-93pQ69AVlVjEvTyS8k6pvL/pagina.html | title = Angelo Spina nuovo arcivescovo di Ancona-Osimo, succede al cardinale Menichelli | archive-date = 14 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170714155434/http://www.lastampa.it/2017/07/14/vaticaninsider/ita/news/angelo-spina-nuovo-arcivescovo-di-anconaosimo-succede-al-cardinale-menichelli-93pQ69AVlVjEvTyS8k6pvL/pagina.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>
On 30 September 2017 Francis named him a member of the [[Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Brickhaus | first=Hannah | url = https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/36911/pope-francis-re-names-cardinal-burke-to-vaticans-highest-court | agency = Catholic News Agency | access-date = 30 September 2017 | date= 30 September 2017 | title = Pope Francis re-names Cardinal Burke to Vatican's highest court}}</ref>
Menichelli died in San Severino Marche after a long illness on 20 October 2025,<ref>{{cite news |title=Lutto per la Chiesa, è morto il cardinale Edoardo Menichelli |url=https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/macerata/cronaca/lutto-per-la-chiesa-e-morto-il-cardinale-edoardo-menichelli-an6v2hli |publisher=Il Resto del Carlino |date=20 October 2025 |access-date=20 October 2025}}</ref> at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cardinal Menichelli has died |url=https://english.katholisch.de/artikel/65118-cardinal-menichelli-has-died |website=Katholisch.de |date=20 October 2025 |access-date=20 October 2025}}</ref>
==See also== * [[Cardinals created by Pope Francis]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Wikiquote}} {{Commons category}} * {{Cite web |title=Menichelli Card. Edoardo |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_menichelli_e.html |url-status=live |archive-date=4 September 2017 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170904070647/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_menichelli_e.html |publisher=[[Holy See Press Office]] |access-date =30 October 2017}}
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