{{short description|Italian Catholic prelate (born 1948)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Giuseppe Petrocchi | honorific_suffix = | title = [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]]<br>[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of L'Aquila|Archbishop Emeritus of L'Aquila]] | image = Foto Cardinale Petrocchi - cropped.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Petrocchi in 2018 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | church = [[Catholic Church]] | archdiocese = L'Aquila | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = L'Aquila | elected = | appointed = 8 June 2013 | enthroned = 7 July 2013 | term = | quashed = | term_end = 1 August 2024 | retired = | predecessor = [[Giuseppe Molinari]] | successor = [[Antonio D'Angelo]] | opposed = | other_post = [[San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini|Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini]] (2018–) <!---------- Orders ---------->| ordination = 14 September 1973 | ordained_by = Marcello Morgante | consecration = 20 September 1998 | consecrated_by = [[Silvano Montevecchi]] | cardinal = 28 June 2018 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Francis]] | rank = [[Cardinal-Priest]] <!---------- Personal details ---------->| birth_name = Giuseppe Petrocchi | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1948|08|19}} | birth_place = [[Ascoli Piceno]], [[Italy]] | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = <!-- as birth_place --> | buried = <!-- or | tomb = --> | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | religion = | residence = | parents = | spouse = <!-- or | partner = --> | children = | occupation = | profession = | previous_post = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno|Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno]] (1998–2013) | education = | alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|[[Pontifical Roman Major Seminary]]|[[Pontifical Lateran University]]|[[Sapienza University of Rome]] |[[University of Macerata]]}} | motto = {{lang|la|Ante omnia caritas}} (Above all, love) | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Giuseppe Petrocchi (Cardinal).svg | coat_of_arms_alt = | module = | other = }}
'''Giuseppe Petrocchi''' (born 19 August 1948) is an [[Catholic Church in Italy|Italian Catholic]] prelate who served as [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of L'Aquila|Archbishop of L'Aquila]] from 2013 to 2024. [[Pope Francis]] made him a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] on 28 June 2018.
==Life== Giuseppe Petrocchi was born on 19 August 1948 in [[Ascoli Piceno]].
Petrocchi commenced his ecclesial studies in his [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Ascoli Piceno|home diocese]] on 4 October 1965 where he finished his high school education before being sent to the [[Pontifical Roman Major Seminary|Pontifico Seminario Romano Maggiore]] in September 1967. He completed his studies at [[Pontifical Lateran University|the Lateran]] where he obtained a [[bachelor's degree]] before pursuing further studies at [[Sapienza University of Rome]] and at the [[University of Macerata]].
He was [[Ordination in the Catholic Church|ordained]] to the [[Priesthood in the Catholic Church|priesthood]] on 14 September 1973 in the church of San Pietro Martire and began work as a teacher and pastor.<ref name=pr20180520>{{cite press release|publisher=Holy See Press Office|language=it|url= http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2018/05/20/0374/00807.html|access-date=20 May 2018|date=20 May 2018|title=Annuncio di Concistoro il 29 giugno per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali, 20.05.2018}}</ref> [[Pope John Paul II]] appointed him [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno|Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno]] on 27 June 1998 and he received [[episcopal consecration]] the following 20 September in [[Ascoli Piceno]] from Bishop [[Silvano Montevecchi]], the [[co-consecrators]] being Bishops [[Domenico Pecile]] and [[Marcello Morgante]].<ref name=pr20180520/> He took possession of his diocese on 18 October.
He was appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of L'Aquila|Archbishop of L'Aquila]] on 8 June 2013, took possession the following month,<ref>{{cite press release|url= http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2013/06/08/0365/00826.html|language=it|publisher=Holy See Press Office|access-date=20 May 2018|date=8 June 2013|title= Rinunce e Nomine, 08.06.2013}}</ref> and received the [[pallium]] from the Pope on 29 June 2013 in [[Saint Peter's Basilica]]. On 28 June 2018 [[Pope Francis]] made Archbishop Petrocchi a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]], assigning him the titular church of [[San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini]].<ref>{{cite press release |access-date = 28 May 2018 | date= 28 May 2018| language = it| url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2018/06/28/0495/01091.html |publisher= Holy See Press Office | title= Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli, 28.06.2018 }}</ref>
On 22 September 2018 Petrocchi was appointed a member of the [[Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State]],<ref>{{cite press release | date = 27 April 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2018/09/22/0674/01469.html | title = Rinunce e nomine, 22.09.2018 | access-date = 27 April 2019 }}</ref> of the [[Congregation for Catholic Education]] on 6 October 2018,<ref>{{cite press release | date = 6 October 2018| publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2018/10/06/0729/01545.html | title = Rinunce e nomine, 06.10.2018 | access-date = 27 April 2019 }}</ref> and of the [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints]] on 27 April 2019.<ref>{{cite press release | date = 27 April 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url =http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2019/04/27/190427c.html | title =Resignations and Appointments, 27.04.2019 | access-date = 27 April 2019 }}</ref> In April 2020 he was appointed to head a [[Study Commission on the Women's Diaconate|second commission]] that was to study the question of the ordination of women to the diaconate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2020/04/pope-creates-new-expert-commission-to-study-women-deacons/|title=Pope creates new expert commission to study women deacons|date=8 April 2020|website=Crux|first=Nicole|last=Winfield|agency=Associated Press |access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | publisher=Holy See Press Office | access-date = 26 May 2025 | date= 8 April 2020|url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2020/04/08/200408b.html | title= Istitution of a new Study Commission on the female diaconate, 08.04.2020}}</ref>
Pope Francis accepted his resignation as archbishop on 1 August 2024.<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 2 August 2024 | date = 1 August 2024 | publisher= Holy See Press Office | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2024/08/01/0594/01211.html | title = Rinunce e nomine, 01.08.2024 }}</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>
==See also== * [[Cardinals created by Francis]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{wikiquote}} {{commonscat}}
* {{cite web|access-date=14 July 2018|title=Petrocchi Card. Giuseppe|publisher=[[Holy See Press Office]]|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_petrocchi_g.html|url-status=live|archive-date=14 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714162106/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_petrocchi_g.html}} * [http://www.chiesadilaquila.it Diocese of L'Aquila] {{in lang|it}}
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