Francesco Monterisi

{{Short description|Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church (born 1934)}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = cardinal | honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Francesco Monterisi | honorific-suffix = | title = [[Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls|Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls]] | image = Francesco Monterisi in Sarajevo.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Monterisi in [[Sarajevo]] in 2012 | church = [[Catholic Church]] | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = | elected = | appointed = 3 July 2009 | term = | term_start = | quashed = | term_end = 23 November 2012 | predecessor = [[Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo]] | opposed = | successor = [[James Michael Harvey]] | other_post = [[San Paolo alla Regola|Cardinal-Priest 'pro hac vice' of San Paolo alla Regola]] (2021-)  | ordination = 16 March 1957 | ordained_by = Reginaldo Giuseppe Maria Addazi | consecration = 6 January 1983 | consecrated_by = [[Pope John Paul II]] | cardinal = 20 November 2010 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Benedict XVI]] | rank = [[Cardinal-Deacon]] (2010-21)<br>[[Cardinal-Priest]] (2021-)  | birth_name = Francesco Marco Nicola Monterisi | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|05|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Barletta]], [[Kingdom of Italy]] | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | nationality = [[Italian people|Italian]] | religion = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] ([[Roman Rite]]) | residence = | parents = | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Alba Maritima (titular see)|Titular Archbishop of Alba Maritima]] (1983–2010)|[[Apostolic Nunciature to Korea|Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea]] (1981–86)|[[Apostolic Nunciature to Bosnia and Herzegovina|Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina]] (1993–98)|[[Congregation for Bishops|Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops]] (1998–2009)|[[College of Cardinals|Secretary of the College of Cardinals]] (1998–2009)|[[San Paolo alla Regola|Cardinal-Deacon of San Paolo alla Regola]] (2010-21)}} | alma_mater = [[Pontifical Lateran University]]<br>[[Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy]] | motto = ''Fortitudo mea Dominus'' | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Francesco Monterisi.svg | coat_of_arms_alt = }}

'''Francesco Marco Nicola Monterisi''' (born 28 May 1934) is an Italian [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] of the [[Catholic Church]], who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1964 to 1998 and then held senior positions in the [[Roman Curia]] until he retired in 2014.

==Early life and ordination== After his elementary and secondary studies in [[Barletta]], he entered the Pontifical Minor Seminary and then the Pontifical Major Seminary. From 1951 to 1958, he studied at the [[Pontifical Lateran University]], where he obtained a doctorate in [[theology]].

Monterisi was [[Holy orders|ordained]] to the priesthood on 16 March 1957 and returned to Apulia for several years. Beginning in 1961 he prepared for a diplomat's career at the [[Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy]] while also earning a doctorate in [[canon law]] at the Pontifical Lateran University in 1964, the year he joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See.

==Nuncio== On 24 December 1982, he was appointed [[Nuncio|Pro-Nuncio]] to [[Korea]] and [[Titular Archbishop of Alba Maritima]]. Monterisi received his [[Bishop (Catholicism)|episcopal consecration]] on 6 January 1983 from [[Pope John Paul II]], with Archbishops [[Eduardo Martínez Somalo]] and [[Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy]] serving as [[Consecrator|co-consecrators]].

In 1990 Monterisi was appointed delegate for Pontifical Representations, the personnel chief not only for Vatican diplomats but for the whole Roman curia.

Pope John Paul named him the first [[Apostolic Nunciature to Bosnia and Herzegovina|Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina]] on 11 June 1993.<ref>{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | access-date = 4 May 2021 | url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-85-1993-ocr.pdf | page = 634 | date= 1993 | volume = LXXXV }}</ref>

==Roman Curia== {{infobox cardinal styles | name=Francesco Monterisi | dipstyle=[[His Eminence]] | offstyle=[[Your Eminence]] | relstyle=[[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] | deathstyle= | image=Coat of arms of Francesco Monterisi.svg | image_size=200px }} Pope John Paul named him Secretary of the [[Congregation for Bishops]] on 7 March 1998.<ref>{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | access-date = 4 May 2021 | url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-90-1998-ocr.pdf | page = 303| date= 1998 | volume = XC }}</ref> While serving at the Congregation for Bishops he was also secretary of the [[College of Cardinals]]. He was secretary of the [[Papal conclave, 2005|2005 papal conclave]], which elected [[Pope Benedict XVI]].

On 21 December 2002, he was made a member of the [[Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People]].<ref>{{cite press release | date =21 December 2002|url =http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2002/12/21/0637/02035.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 12 October 2019 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 21.12.2002}}</ref>

On 3 July 2009, Pope Benedict appointed Archbishop Monterisi to the post of Archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls.<ref>{{cite press release | date =3 July 2009|url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2009/07/03/0448/01060.html| language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 12 October 2019 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 03.07.2009}}</ref>

On 20 November 2010, he was created [[Cardinal-Deacon]] of [[San Paolo alla Regola]]. On 29 December 2010, he was appointed a member of the [[Congregation for the Oriental Churches]] and the [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints]].<ref>{{cite press release | date =29 December 2010|url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2010/12/29/0811/01865.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 12 October 2019 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 29.12.2010}}</ref> On 24 October 2012, Monterisi was appointed a member of the Congregation for Bishops.<ref>{{cite press release | date =24 October 2012 |url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2012/10/24/0607/01382.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 12 October 2019 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 24.10.2012}}</ref>{{efn|Pope Francis confirmed his memberships in the Congregation for Bishops on 16 December 2013,<ref>{{cite press release | date =16 December 2013 |url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2013/12/16/0845/01901.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 12 October 2019 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 16.12.2013}}</ref> the [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints]] on 19 December 2013,<ref>{{cite press release | date =19 December 2013 |url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2013/12/19/0854/01923.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 12 October 2019 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 19.12.2013}}</ref> and the Congregation for Oriental Churches on 19 February 2014,<ref>{{cite press release | date =19 February 2014 |url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2014/02/19/0120/00261.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 12 October 2019 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 19.02.2014}}</ref> and as councilor to the [[Pontifical Commission for Latin America]] on 15 January 2014.<ref>{{cite press release | date =15 January 2014 |url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2014/01/15/0031/00060.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 12 October 2019 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 15.01.2014}}</ref>}}

He was one of the [[Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 2013|cardinal electors]] who participated in the [[Papal conclave, 2013|2013 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Francis]].<ref>{{cite news | work= Zenit | access-date = 12 October 2019 | title = List of Cardinal Electors | url = https://zenit.org/articles/list-of-cardinal-electors/ |date= 12 March 2013}}</ref>

After ten years at the rank of cardinal deacon, he exercised his option to assume the rank of cardinal priest, which Pope Francis confirmed on 3 May 2021.<ref>{{cite press release | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2021/05/03/0267/00580.html | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 3 May 2021 | title = Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico per il Voto su alcune Cause di Canonizzazione, 03.05.2021 | date = 3 May 2021 | language = it | url-status = live | archive-date = 3 May 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210503154853/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2021/05/03/0267/00580.html }}</ref>

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* {{cite web| access-date = 25 November 2017| title= Monterisi Card. Francesco |publisher= [[Holy See Press Office]] | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_monterisi_f.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 4 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904064313/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_monterisi_f.html }} *[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmo.html Catholic-Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]] *[http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=20829 Interview on Opus Dei]

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