{{Short description|Italian prelate (born 1942)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = cardinal | honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Giuseppe Bertello | image = Giuseppe Bertello 2016.jpg | caption = Bertello in 2016 | title = [[President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State|President Emeritus of the Governorate of Vatican City State]] | appointed = 1 October 2011 | term_end = 1 October 2021 | predecessor = [[Giovanni Lajolo]] | successor = [[Fernando Vérgez Alzaga]] | other_post = {{unbulleted list|[[President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State]]|Member of the [[Council of Cardinal Advisers]] (2013–)|[[Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia|Cardinal priest of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia]] (2022–)}} | ordination = 29 June 1966 | ordained_by = Albino Mensa | consecration = 28 November 1987 | consecrated_by = [[Agostino Casaroli]] | cardinal = 18 February 2012 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Benedict XVI|Benedict XVI]] | rank = {{Unbulleted list|Cardinal deacon (2012–22)|Cardinal priest (2022–present)}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|10|1|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Foglizzo]], [[Piedmont]], [[Kingdom of Italy]] | death_date = | death_place = | religion = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] | previous_post = Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Benin {{small|(1987–1990)}}<br>Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ghana {{small|(1987–1990)}}<br>Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Togo {{small|(1987–1990)}}<br>Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda {{small|(1990–1995)}}<br>[[Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva|Apostolic Nuncio to the United Nations in Geneva]] {{small|(1995–2000)}}<br>[[Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico]] {{small|(2000–2006)}}<br>[[Holy See–Italy relations|Apostolic Nuncio to Italy]] {{small|(2006–2011)}}<br>[[Holy See–Italy relations|Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino]] {{small|(2006–2011)}} | alma_mater = [[Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy]] | motto = ''Narrabo nomen tuum''<br>(I will tell your name to my brothers.) | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Giuseppe Bertello.svg }} {{Ordination | ordained deacon by = | date of diaconal ordination = | place of diaconal ordination = | ordained priest by = Bishop Albino Mensa | date of priestly ordination = 29 June 1966 | place of priestly ordination = | consecrated by = [[Agostino Casaroli]] | co-consecrators = | date of consecration = 28 November 1987 | elevated by = [[Pope Benedict XVI]] | date of elevation = 18 February 2012 | bishop 1 = [[José Luis Castro Medellín]], M.S.F. | consecration date 1 = 3 December 2002 | bishop 2 = [[Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega]], C.O.R.C. | consecration date 2 = 7 January 2004 | bishop 3 = [[Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas]], [[Legionaries of Christ|L.C.]] | consecration date 3 = 22 November 2004 | bishop 4 = [[Maximino Martínez Miranda]] | consecration date 4 = 2006 | bishop 5 = [[Konrad Krajewski]] | consecration date 5 = 17 September 2013 }} {{Infobox cardinal styles |name = Giuseppe Bertello |image = Coat of arms of Giuseppe Bertello.svg |dipstyle = [[His Eminence]] |offstyle = [[His Eminence|Your Eminence]] |relstyle = Cardinal |deathstyle = }} '''Giuseppe Bertello''' (born 1 October 1942) is an Italian [[prelate]] of the [[Catholic Church]], a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] since 2012, who was [[President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State]] and President of the Governorate of [[Vatican City State]] from October 2011 to October 2021. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1971 to 2011; became an archbishop in 1987; held appointments as Nuncio to several countries, including Rwanda, Mexico, and Italy; and was the Holy See's representative to a number of international organizations.
==Early life==
Bertello was ordained a priest on 29 June 1966 by Bishop Albino Mensa. He earned a [[licence]] in pastoral [[theology]] and a doctorate in [[canon law]]. He went on to attend the [[Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy]] where he studied diplomacy.
==Diplomatic service== He entered the diplomatic service of the [[Holy See]] in 1971, and worked until 1973 in the nunciature to the [[Sudan]], which was also the apostolic delegation for the Red Sea region. From 1973 to 1976, he was secretary at the nunciature to [[Turkey]], becoming a [[Chaplain of His Holiness]] on 9 February 1976. He was secretary in the nunciature to [[Venezuela]] from 1976 to 1981, and served with the rank of auditor in the Office of the Organization of the United Nations in Geneva from 1981 to 1987. In 1987, he headed the delegation of observers of the Holy See to the Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries in [[Pyongyang]], North Korea, where he was the first Catholic priest to visit the small Catholic community of that country, isolated since the Korean War.
On 17 October 1987, [[Pope John Paul II]] named him [[Titular Archbishop]] of [[Archaeological Park of Urbs Salvia|Urbs Salvia]] and appointed him [[Apostolic Nuncio]] to [[Ghana]], Togo and [[Benin]]. He was [[consecrated]] on 28 November by Cardinal [[Agostino Casaroli]], with Bishops Albino Mensa and Luigi Bettazzi as the principal co-consecrators. On 12 January 1990, he was transferred to [[Rwanda]], where he supported human rights organizations and encouraged Catholic bishops to unite as forceful advocates for [[Arusha Accords (Rwanda)|ending civil war]].<ref>{{cite book | access-date = 30 April 2019 |page=53 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3zVMAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA53 | title = The Reconciliation of Peoples: Challenge to the Churches | date = 2009 | publisher = Wipf and Stock Publishers | editor1-first =Gregory |editor1-last=Baum | editor2-first= Harold |editor2-last=Wells |chapter= The Church and Genocide | first = Ian | last= Linden|isbn=9781606088005 }}</ref> He remained at his post and traveled into dangerous regions to bear witness to the [[Rwandan Genocide|Tutsi Genocide]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite news | work= La Croix | access-date = 30 April 2019 | url = https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Actualite/Giuseppe-Bertello-l-homme-de-confiance-2013-09-29-1028338 | language = fr | title = Giuseppe Bertello, l'homme de confiance| date= 29 September 2013 | first = Sébastien | last= Maillard}}</ref> In March 1995, John Paul II appointed him [[Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva]] from 1997, with the same role at the [[World Trade Organization]]. Upon his appointment Bertello negotiated the status of the Holy See as permanent observer in the World Trade Organization, becoming its first representative that year.<ref>{{cite news |access-date = 30 April 2019| work= La Repubblica | language = it |title= Lo Stato Vaticano Entra Nel WTO | url = https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1997/07/17/lo-stato-vaticano-entra-nel-wto.html | date = 17 July 1997 }}</ref>
On 27 December 2000, John Paul named him [[Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico]].<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = [[Holy See Press Office]] | language = it | access-date = 30 April 2019 | date= 27 December 2000 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2000/12/27/0779/02901.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 27.12.2000 }}</ref> On 30 July 2002, he received the Pope arriving on an apostolic visit in the country for the [[canonisation]] of [[Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin]]. On 11 January 2006, Bertello was appointed [[Apostolic Nuncio to Italy]] and the [[Republic of San Marino]] by [[Pope Benedict XVI]].<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = [[Holy See Press Office]] | access-date = 30 April 2019 | date= 11 January 2007 | language = it | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2007/01/11/0019/00051.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 11.01.2007 }}</ref>
In 2007, Bertello was awarded the Grand Cross of the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle and on 4 October 2008 he was awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]].<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=305897 | access-date = 30 April 2019 | title = Bertello S.E. Mons. Giuseppe| website =Presidenza della Repubblica | language =it}}</ref>
==Curial work==
On 3 September 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bertello President of the [[Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State]] and President of the Governorate of [[Vatican City State]], effective 1 October 2011, his 69th birthday.<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = [[Holy See Press Office]] | access-date = 30 April 2019 |date= 3 September 2011 |language=it | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2011/09/03/0512/01232.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 03.09.2011 }}</ref> On 6 January 2012, Pope Benedict announced that Bertello would be made a cardinal.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.lastampa.it/2012/01/06/blogs/oltretevere/oltre-quota-7egF574E1GpVwZNsI8CZRL/pagina.html | work = La Stampa | language = it| access-date = 25 August 2017 | title = Oltre quota 120 | first = Giacomo | last = Galeazzi | date= 6 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/pope-names-22-new-cardinals-including-dolan-and-obrien | work = National Catholic Reporter | access-date = 25 August 2017 | date = 6 January 2012 |title= Pope names 22 new cardinals, including Dolan and O'Brien | first = John L. |last=Allen Jr.}}</ref> He was created [[Cardinal-Deacon]] of [[Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia]] on 18 February.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2012/documents/ns_lit_doc_20120218_titoli_it.html |title=Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali|date=18 February 2012|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=16 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721205521/https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2012/documents/ns_lit_doc_20120218_titoli_it.html|archive-date=21 July 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> On 21 April Benedict appointed him to a five-year term as a member of the [[Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples]], the [[Congregation for Bishops]], and the [[Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace]].<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = [[Holy See Press Office]] | access-date = 30 April 2019 | date= 21 April 2012 |language=it | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2012/04/21/0225/00521.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 21.04.2012 }}</ref>
He was one of the [[Cardinal electors for the 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 = 22 July 2018|date= 12 March 2013| url =https://zenit.org/articles/list-of-cardinal-electors/ | title =List of Cardinal Electors }}</ref>
On 13 April 2013 he was appointed to the [[Council of Cardinal Advisers]] established by Francis to advise him in devising a plan for restructuring the [[Roman Curia]].<ref>{{cite press release |url= http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2013/04/13/0223/00502.html | access-date=10 December 2017 |language=it|url-status= live |publisher= Holy See Press Office |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102637/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2013/04/13/0223/00502.html |archive-date=4 March 2016| title = Comunicato della Segreteria di Stato, 13.04.2013}}</ref> Francis made him a member of the [[Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See]] on 10 November 2014<ref>{{cite press release | language = it |url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2014/11/10/0836/01776.html | title = Rinunce e nomine, 10.11.2014| date= 10 November 2014| access-date = 30 April 2019}}</ref> and a member of the [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints]] on 3 December 2016.<ref>{{cite press release | language = it |url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/12/03/0876/01940.html | title = Rinunce e nomine, 03.12.2016| date= 3 December 2016 | access-date = 30 April 2019}}</ref> Francis also renewed his appointment at the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State to 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://angelusnews.com/faith/with-new-cardinals-on-the-horizon-whats-next-for-the-roman-curia/|title = With new cardinals on the horizon, what's next for the Roman Curia? | Angelus News|date = 31 May 2018}}</ref>
On 15 October 2020, Pope Francis renewed his term on the Council of Cardinal Advisers.<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2020/10/15/201015b.html | title = Resignations and Appointments, 15.10.2020 | date= 15 October 2020 | access-date = 15 October 2020}}</ref>
On 8 September 2021, Pope Francis appointed Bishop [[Fernando Vérgez Alzaga]] to succeed Bertello as President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of Vatican City State, effective 1 October 2021.<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | language = it | access-date = 3 October 2021 | title =Rinunce e nomine, 08.09.2021 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2021/09/08/0545/01182.html | date= 8 September 2021}}</ref>
On 4 March 2022, he was elevated to the rank of cardinal priest.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Ordinary Public Consistory for the vote on some Causes for Canonization |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2022/03/04/220304b.html |access-date=4 March 2022 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | date = 4 March 2022}}</ref>
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* {{cite web| access-date = 6 December 2017| title= Bertello Card. Giuseppe |publisher= [[Holy See Press Office]] | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_bertello_g.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 19 September 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160919094416/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_bertello_g.html }}
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