{{Short description|Italian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1974)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | name = Giorgio Marengo | honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] | honorific_suffix = [[Consolata Missionaries|I.M.C.]] | title = [[Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar|Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar]] | image = Cardeal_marengo.jpg | alt = | caption = Marengo in 2022 | church = [[Catholic]] | archdiocese = | diocese = | see = [[Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar|Ulaanbaatar]] | province = | term = 2 April 2020 | term end = | predecessor = [[Wenceslao Selga Padilla]] | successor = | other_post = {{Ubl | [[San Giuda Taddeo Apostolo|Cardinal-Priest of San Guida Taddeo Apostolo]] (2022–present) | Member, [[Dicastery for Evangelization]] (2022–present) }} <!-- Orders --> | ordination = 26 May 2001 | ordained_by = [[Severino Poletto]] | consecration = 8 August 2020 | consecrated_by = [[Luis Antonio Tagle]] | cardinal = 27 August 2022 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Francis]] | rank = [[Cardinal priest]] <!-- Personal details --> | birth_name = Giorgio Marengo | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1974|06|07}} | birth_place = [[Cuneo]], Italy | death_date = | death_place = | previous_post = {{Ubl | [[Catholic priest|Priest]] at Mary Mother of Mercy parish in [[Arvaikheer]] | [[Castra Severiana (Algeria)#Titular see|Titular Bishop of Castra Severiana]] (2020–2022) }} | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Giorgio Marengo (cardinal).svg | alma_mater = [[Pontifical Urban University]] | motto = {{langnf|la|Respicite ad eum et illuminamini|Look towards Him and be enlightened|break=yes}} }} {{Infobox Cardinal styles | cardinal name = Giorgio Marengo | dipstyle = [[His Eminence]] | offstyle = Your Eminence | relstyle = [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] | image = Coat of arms of Giorgio Marengo (cardinal).svg | see = [[Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar|Ulaanbaatar]] }} '''Giorgio Marengo''', [[Consolata Missionaries|I.M.C.]] ({{langx|mn|Жиоржио Маренго}}; born 7 June 1974) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. Created a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] by [[Pope Francis]] on 27 August 2022, he has been the [[Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar|Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar]], a missionary jurisdiction that covers the entire country of [[Mongolia]], since 2 April 2020.
He is the second youngest member of the [[College of Cardinals]].<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The New York Times]] | access-date = 30 May 2022 |date=29 May 2022 |title=Pope Francis Announces 21 New Cardinals |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/29/world/europe/pope-francis-21-new-cardinals.html |first=Elisabetta |last=Povoledo}}</ref>
==Biography== Marengo was born in [[Cuneo]] on 7 June 1974. He is part of the [[Scouting|scouts]], practices [[fencing]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.laguida.it/2020/04/02/padre-giorgio-marengo-e-ora-prefetto-apostolico-in-mongolia/ |title=Padre Giorgio Marengo è ora prefetto apostolico in Mongolia |author=Fabrizio Brignone |date=2 April 2020 |publisher=laguida.it |accessdate=1 June 2020 |language=Italian}}</ref> and he graduated at a [[Liceo classico|classical lyceum]].
He studied philosophy from 1993 to 1995 at the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy and theology from 1996 to 1999 at the [[Pontifical Gregorian University]]. He studied at the [[Pontifical Urban University]] from 1999 to 2002, earning a licentiate and later on (2016) a doctorate in missiology. On 24 June 2000, he made his profession of vows for the [[Consolata Missionaries]] and on 26 May 2001 he was ordained a [[Priesthood in the Catholic Church|priest]].<ref name=vatbio>{{cite press release |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2020/04/02/200402a.html | access-date = 30 May 2022 |publisher=Holy See Press Office |date=2 April 2020 |title=Resignations and Appointments, 02.04.2020}}</ref>
The first member (together with a confrere and 3 religious sisters) of his order to work in [[Mongolia]], he has served there since becoming a priest.<ref name=vatbio/>
From 2016 to 2020 he was his order's regional councilor of Asia, superior of the Consolata Missionaries for Mongolia and parish priest at Mary Mother of Mercy parish in [[Arvaikheer]].<ref name=vatbio/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://amico.rivistamissioniconsolata.it/author/giorgio-marengo/ |title=Articoli di Giorgio Marengo |publisher=amico.rivistamissioniconsolata.it |accessdate=8 June 2020}}</ref>
On 2 April 2020 [[Pope Francis]] appointed him apostolic prefect of [[Ulaanbaatar]] and titular bishop of Castra Severiana.<ref name=vatbio/> He succeeded [[Wenceslao Selga Padilla]], who died on 25 September 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.consolata.org/new/index.php/mission/nostridicono/item/3140-nomina-del-prefetto-apostolico-di-ulaanbaatar-mongolia |title=Nomina del Prefetto Apostolico di Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) |publisher=consolata.org |accessdate=25 May 2020}}</ref> He was consecrated in the [[Santuario della Consolata]] on 8 August 2020 by Cardinal [[Luis Antonio Tagle]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.consolata.org/new/index.php/mission/nostridicono/item/3272-corea-del-sud-nell-ultima-settimana-i-contagi-hanno-ripreso |title=Corea del Sud: Nell'ultima settimana i contagi hanno ripreso... |first=Giovanni Paolo |last=Lamberto |date=21 June 2020 |publisher=consolata.org |accessdate=4 July 2020 |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avvenire.it/chiesa/pagine/la-mongolia-ha-il-suo-vescovo |title=Padre Giorgio Marengo. La Mongolia ora ha il suo vescovo |first=Federica |last=Bello |date=9 August 2020 |work=Avvenire |accessdate=12 August 2020 |language=it}}</ref> assisting him were Archbishop [[Cesare Nosiglia]], Archbishop of Turin and Cardinal [[Severino Poletto]], Archbishop-emeritus of Turin.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vocetempo.it/padre-marengo-e-vescovo/ |title=Padre Marengo è Vescovo |author=Federica Bello |date=8 August 2020 |publisher=vocetempo.it |accessdate=10 August 2020 |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lafedelta.it/2020/08/24/la-chiesa-cattolica-in-mongolia-intervista-al-neo-vescovo-cuneese-giorgio-marengo/ |title=La chiesa cattolica in Mongolia, intervista al neo vescovo cuneese Giorgio Marengo |first=Sabrina |last=Pelazza |date=24 August 2020 |publisher=lafedelta.it |access-date=11 September 2020 |language=it}}</ref>
When Pope Francis announced on 29 May 2022 that he planned to make Marengo a cardinal on 27 August, Marengo was in Rome to participate in a meeting he had arranged between the pope and Buddhist leaders from Mongolia. He said: "Dialogue with the Buddhist world, which is a majority in Mongolia, is fundamental for us, it is part of our mission. I am sure it will bear good fruit."<ref>{{cite news | access-date = 2 June 2022 |url=http://www.fides.org/en/news/72259-ASIA_MONGOLIA_The_Apostolic_Prefect_Marengo_appointed_Cardinal_That_of_the_Pope_is_a_missionary_gesture |title=The Apostolic Prefect Marengo, appointed Cardinal: "That of the Pope is a missionary gesture" |date=30 May 2022 |publisher=Agenzia Fides}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |publisher=Holy See Press Office | access-date = 2 June 2022 |date=28 May 2022 |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2022/05/28/220528c.html |title=Audience with a delegation of the Buddhist Authority in Mongolia, 28.05.2022}}</ref>
On 27 August 2022, Pope Francis made him a [[Cardinal-Priest]], assigning him the title of [[San Giuda Taddeo Apostolo]].<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}}</ref> On 7 October 2022, Pope Francis appointed him as a member of the [[Dicastery for Evangelization]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_marengo_g.html |title=Marengo Card. Giorgio, I.M.C. |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_marengo_g.html|archive-date=28 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="vatican_2022-10-07">{{Cite press release |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2022/10/07/221007c.html |title=Resignations and Appointments, 07.10.2022 |date=7 October 2022 |publisher=[[Holy See Press Office]] |access-date=23 March 2023 |id=B0745/01532-EN.01}}</ref> He participated as a [[Cardinal electors in the 2025 papal conclave|cardinal elector]] in the [[2025 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Leo XIV]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html| title=Cardinal Electors|date=6 May 2025|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|language=en|access-date=6 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506193115/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html|archive-date=6 May 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Publications == * ''Sussurrare il Vangelo nella terra dell'eterno Cielo blu'', riflessioni missiologiche sull'evangelizzazione in Mongolia; Urbaniana University Press, Via Urbano VIII, 16 – 00165 Rome, Italy.
==See also== * [[Cardinals created by Pope Francis]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{wikiquote}} {{commons category}} * {{cite interview |url=https://missionariedellaconsolata.org/2020/04/08/intervista-a-p-giorgio-marengo-imc/ |title=Intervista a P. Giorgio Marengo IMC |publisher=Missionaria della Consolata |language=it |date=8 April 2020 |ref=none |access-date=25 May 2020 |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602082940/https://missionariedellaconsolata.org/2020/04/08/intervista-a-p-giorgio-marengo-imc/ |url-status=dead }} * {{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmarengog.html |title=Giorgio Cardinal Marengo, I.M.C. |encyclopedia=[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]] |publisher=David M. Cheney |ref=none}}
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