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Italian Catholic cardinal

Fabio Baggio Under-Secretary of the Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development Baggio in 2019 Church Catholic Church Installed 1 January 2017 Other post Cardinal-Deacon of San Filippo Neri in Eurosia (2024–) Orders Ordination 11 July 1992 Consecration 11 January 2025 by Michael Czerny Created cardinal 7 December 2024 by Pope Francis Rank Cardinal-Deacon Personal details Born (1965-01-15) 15 January 1965 (age 61) Bassano del Grappa, Italy Motto Notas mihi fecisti vias vitae (Latin for 'You have made known to me the paths of life') Coat of arms

**Fabio Baggio** [CS](/source/Missionaries_of_St._Charles_Borromeo) (born 15 January 1965) is an Italian [Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church) cardinal. Since 2017, he has served as one of the [Holy See](/source/Holy_See)'s officials in charge of migrants and refugees. He has spent his career as a missionary, including eight years in Latin America and eight years in the Philippines.[1] He supports improved legal entrance for migrants and refugees.

Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 7 December 2024.

## Biography

Fabio Baggio was born on 15 January 1965 in [Bassano del Grappa](/source/Bassano_del_Grappa) in the Italian [province of Vicenza](/source/Province_of_Vicenza). He joined the [Scalabrian Missionaries](/source/Missionaries_of_St._Charles_Borromeo) in 1976, studied at their seminary in his native city, and took his perpetual vows in 1991. He was ordained a priest in 1992.[2]

He earned a bachelor's degree in theology and then a licentiate and a doctorate in church history from the [Pontifical Gregorian University](/source/Pontifical_Gregorian_University) in 1998. From 1995 to 1997, while a pastor in Santiago de Chile, he was a councillor to the Migrations Commission of the [Episcopal Conference of Chile](/source/Episcopal_Conference_of_Chile). From 1997 to 2002, he was director of the Migrations Department of the [Archdiocese of Buenos Aires](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Buenos_Aires), taking on in 1999 additional responsibilities for evangelization on behalf of the Pontifical Missions of Argentina.[2]

From 1999 to 2010, he taught at the Universidad del Salvador in [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires), the Institute of Theology of São Paulo, the University of Manila, and the Maryhill School of Theology in Quezon City, Philippines, where he was director of the Scalabrini Migration Center and of the Asian Pacific Migration Journal.[2]

Beginning in 2000, he taught as a visiting professor at the Scalabrini International Migration Institute within the Faculty of Theology of the [Pontifical Urbaniana University](/source/Pontifical_Urbaniana_University) in Rome, becoming a full professor and its president in 2013.[2]

Beginning on 1 January 2017 he worked as one of the undersecretaries of the [Migrants and Refugees Section](/source/Migrants_and_Refugees_Section) of the [Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development](/source/Dicastery_for_Promoting_Integral_Human_Development) alongside [Michael Czerny](/source/Michael_Czerny).[3][4] On 26 August 2021, he was named one of three members of the Vatican's COVID-19 commission.[5] On 23 April 2022, [Pope Francis](/source/Pope_Francis) named him the sole undersecretary of his section and enlarged his responsibilities to include special projects.[6]

In 2019 he described his section's message:[1]

So many people who arrive from outside, from cultures different from our own, from expressions of Christian or Catholic life different from ours, are a source of enrichment, and not of impoverishment, for us. Thus, instead of creating the fear of an invasion, which one hears many speak about, the facts should make us want to encounter them. If it was truly my brother or sister, would I close the door?

During a visit to Albania in July 2019, he said that interreligious dialogue could help resolve the ethical challenges posed by migration, that universal principles could be found within religions to develop a shared ethical response to the problems of social integration posed by population movements.[7]

On 31 October 2024, Pope Francis appointed Baggio as titular bishop of Urusi and gave him the personal title of archbishop.[8] His episcopal consecration took place in Bassano del Grappa on 11 January 2025.[9]

On 7 December 2024, Pope Francis made Baggio a cardinal, assigning him as cardinal deacon of [San Filippo Neri in Eurosia](/source/San_Filippo_Neri_in_Eurosia).[10]

Baggio was an elector in the [2025 papal conclave](/source/2025_papal_conclave) which elected [Pope Leo XIV](/source/Pope_Leo_XIV).[11]

## See also

- [Cardinals created by Francis](/source/Cardinals_created_by_Francis)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-victims_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-victims_1-1) ["Fr. Fabio Baggio: Pope Francis asked us to pay special attention to the victims of migration"](https://www.romereports.com/en/2017/05/01/fr-fabio-baggio-pope-francis-asked-us-to-pay-special-attention-to-the-victims-of-migration/). *Rome Reports*. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-vatbio_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-vatbio_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-vatbio_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-vatbio_2-3) ["Rinunce e nomine, 14.12.2016"](https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/12/14/0901/02007.html) (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-vnueva_3-0)** Alberto Morillo, Ángel (4 April 2019). ["Fabio Baggio: "Puentes de Solidaridad nació en el corazón del Papa""](https://www.vidanuevadigital.com/2019/04/29/fabio-baggio-puentes-de-solidaridad-nacio-en-el-corazon-del-papa/). Vida Nueva.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ayo_4-0)** ["Fabio Baggio: "Primero hay que evitar que mueran""](https://alfayomega.es/186545/fabio-baggio-primero-hay-que-evitar-que-mueran). Alfa y Omega. 26 September 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Rinunce e nomine, 26.08.2021"](https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2021/08/26/0517/01124.html) (Press release) (in Italian). 26 August 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Rinunce e nomine, 23.04.2022"](https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2022/04/23/0285/00606.html) (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Kurian-Montabone, Anne (31 July 2019). ["Albanie: visite du p. Fabio Baggio pour le dialogue interreligieux"](https://fr.zenit.org/2019/07/31/albanie-visite-du-p-fabio-baggio-pour-le-dialogue-interreligieux/). *Zenit* (in French). Retrieved 25 April 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Rinunce e nomine, 31.10.2024"](https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2024/10/31/0849/01692.html#urusi) (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Diocesi: Vicenza, card. Baggio consacrato vescovo. Card. Czerny, "toccare, testimoniare, pregare""](https://www.agensir.it/quotidiano/2025/1/13/diocesi-vicenza-card-baggio-consacrato-vescovo-card-czerny-toccare-testimoniare-pregare/) (in Italian). Agenzia SIR. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali, 07.12.2024"](https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2024/12/07/0975/01948.html) (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Cardinal Electors"](https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html). Catholic-Hierarchy.org. 6 May 2025. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250506193115/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html) from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.

**Additional sources**

- ["Padre Baggio: «L'apertura all'altro, formula di vita»"](https://www.romasette.it/padre-baggio-lapertura-allaltro-formula-di-vita/). *Roma Sette* (Interview) (in Italian). Interviewed by Andrea Acali. 16 November 2020.

- ["Ritratto di padre Baggio, l'uomo del team del Papa per le migrazioni"](https://www.acistampa.com/story/ritratto-di-padre-baggio-luomo-del-team-del-papa-per-le-migrazioni-5860). *ACI Stampa* (Interview) (in Italian). Interviewed by Andrea Gagliarducci. 22 April 2017.

- ["Fabio Baggio, subsecretario de Refugiados del Vaticano: 'No podemos responder que no al inmigrante'"](https://religion.elconfidencialdigital.com/articulo/vaticano/Fabio-Baggio-subsecretario-Refugiados-Vaticano/20171217203924016040.html). *Religion Confidencial* (in Spanish). 18 December 2017.

- ["El Papa Francisco llama a abrir más puertas legales a migrantes y refugiados"](https://www.diariodecadiz.es/cadiz/Papa-Francisco-abrir-puertas-legales-migrantes-refugiados_0_1409859001.html). *Diario de Cádiz* (in Spanish). 14 November 2019.

- Beltramo Álvarez, Andrés (26 November 2018). ["Fabio Baggio, la voz y las manos del Papa en el Mediterráneo"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200125191727/https://www.cope.es/religion/actualidad-religiosa/alfa-y-omega/noticias/fabio-baggio-voz-las-manos-del-papa-mediterraneo-20181126_299587) (in Spanish). Cope ABC. Archived from [the original](https://www.cope.es/religion/actualidad-religiosa/alfa-y-omega/noticias/fabio-baggio-voz-las-manos-del-papa-mediterraneo-20181126_299587) on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.

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