{{Short description|American Catholic cardinal (born 1949)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = cardinal | honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = James Michael Harvey | honorific_suffix = | title = {{ubl | [[Archpriest]] of the [[Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls]] | [[Cardinal-Priest]] of [[San Pio V a Villa Carpegna]] }} | image = James Cardinal Harvey (cropped).JPG | caption = Harvey in 2013 | church = {{ubl | [[Catholic Church]] | [[Latin Church]]}} | province = | diocese = | see = Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls | appointed = November 23, 2012 | ended = | predecessor = [[Francesco Monterisi]] | successor = | other_post = | previous_post = {{indented plainlist| * [[Prefect#Ecclesiastical|Prefect]] of the [[Prefecture of the Papal Household]] (1998{{nbnd}}2012) * [[Titular Archbishop]] of [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]] (2003{{nbnd}}2012) * [[Titular Bishop]] of [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]] (1998{{nbnd}}2003) }} <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = June 29, 1975 | ordained_by = [[Pope Paul VI]] | consecration = March 19, 1998 | consecrated_by = [[Pope John Paul II]] | cardinal = November 24, 2012 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Benedict XVI]] | rank = {{ubl|Cardinal-Deacon (2012–2024)|Cardinal-Priest (2024–)}} <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|10|20}} | birth_place = [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], US | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | residence = | motto = {{langnf|la|Zelus Domus Tuæ|Zeal for the Lord’s house|break=yes}} | signature = Tanda Tangan James Cardinal Harvey 01.png | parents = | education = {{indented plainlist| * [[Pontifical North American College|North American College]] * [[Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy]] }} | coat_of_arms = }} {{Infobox cardinal styles | name=James Michael Harvey | image=Coat of arms of James Michael Harvey.svg | image_size = 200px | dipstyle=His Eminence | offstyle=Your Eminence | relstyle=Cardinal | see= }} '''James Michael Harvey''' (born October 20, 1949) is an [[Catholic Church in the United States|American Catholic]] prelate currently serving as the [[Archpriest]] of the [[Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls]]. He served from 1982 to 1998 in the central administration of the [[Secretariat of State (Holy See)|Secretariat of State]] at the Vatican. From 1998 to 2012, Harvey managed the [[Papal household|pope's household]], first for [[Pope John Paul II]] and then for [[Pope Benedict XVI]]. He was named bishop in 1998, archbishop in 2003, and [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] in 2012.
==Biography== === Early years and priesthood === Harvey was born in [[Milwaukee]], Wisconsin, on October 20, 1949. He [[1975 Jubilee ordination|was ordained]] to the [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priesthood]] for the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee|Archdiocese of Milwaukee]] on June 29, 1975, by [[Pope Paul VI]] in Rome.<ref name="interesa">{{cite news|title=Cardenal James Michael Harvey: de Milwaukee a organizar la Casa Pontificia|url=http://www.teinteresa.es/religion/Cardenal-Michael-Harvey-Milwaukee-Pontificia_0_869313307.html |language=es |access-date=July 8, 2018 |work=Teinteresa|date=February 20, 2013}}</ref> Harvey studied at [[St. Francis Seminary (Wisconsin)|St. Francis Seminary]] in St. Francis, Wisconsin. He then resided at the [[Pontifical North American College]] while studying for a [[Doctor of Canon Law (Catholic Church)|Doctor of Canon Law]] degree at the [[Pontifical Gregorian University]]. He also studied diplomacy at the [[Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy]] in Rome.
Harvey entered the [[Foreign relations of the Holy See|Vatican diplomatic service]] on March 25, 1980. He served as [[attaché]] and then secretary in the apostolic nunciature in the [[Dominican Republic]] for two years. On July 10, 1982, Harvey took a position in the Section for Relations with States of the [[Secretariat of State (Holy See)|Secretariat of State]] of the Holy See. He was named assessor for general affairs of that secretariat on July 22, 1997.<ref name="vatbio">{{cite web | access-date= October 25, 2017 | title= Harvey Card. James Michael | publisher= [[Holy See Press Office]] | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_harvey_jm.html | url-status= live | archive-date= September 4, 2017 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170904104648/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_harvey_jm.html }}</ref>
=== Prefect of the papal households and archbishop === On February 7, 1998, Harvey was named [[Prefecture of the Pontifical Household|prefect of the papal household]] by [[Pope John Paul II]], who consecrated him a [[bishop]] of the [[titular see]] of [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]] on March 19, 1998. As prefect, he oversaw the restoration of the papal audience hall and the papal apartments at [[Castel Gandolfo]] in Lazio, Italy.<ref name="interesa" /> The pope elevated him to [[archbishop]] on September 29, 2003.<ref>{{cite news | work= Zenit | url = https://zenit.org/articles/pope-honors-3-aides-with-title-of-archbishop/ | access-date = July 8, 2018 | title = Pope Honors 3 Aides With Title of Archbishop| date= September 29, 2003}}</ref> Later, in 2012, a member of Harvey's staff was convicted of stealing documents and leaking them to the media.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-cardinals/pope-names-six-cardinals-to-put-stamp-on-church-future-idUSBRE89N0JS20121024?feedType=RSS | work = Reuters | access-date = July 8, 2018 | date= October 24, 2012 | title = Pope names six cardinals to put stamp on Church future | first = Philip | last= Pullella}}</ref>
=== Archpriest and cardinal === [[Pope Benedict XVI]] appointed Harvey as [[archpriest]] of [[Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls|St Paul Outside the Walls]], one of the four major basilicas in Rome, on November 23, 2012. The next day, the pope appointed him [[Cardinal-Deacon|cardinal-deacon]] of [[San Pio V a Villa Carpegna]] in Rome.<ref name="vatbio" /> On December 22, 2012, Harvey was appointed a member of the [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints]] for a five-year renewable term. On January 31, 2013, Harvey was appointed a member of the [[Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See]] and the [[Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples]].<ref>{{cite press release|url= http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2013/01/31/0062/00169.html|title=Rinunce e Nomine, 31.01.2013 |access-date=April 3, 2019|date= January 31, 2013 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | language =it }}</ref> Harvey 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 = July 8, 2018 |date= March 12, 2013| url =https://zenit.org/articles/list-of-cardinal-electors/ | title =List of Cardinal Electors }}</ref>
Harvey was awarded the title Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]] by the President of the Italy in 1999.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=12029 | access-date = July 8, 2018 | date= January 19, 1999| title = Harvey S.E. Mons. James M. | website = Presidenza della Repubblica | language =it}}</ref> He has also been titled Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Isabella the Catholic]].<ref name=interesa/>
Pope Francis named Harvey a member of the [[Apostolic Signatura|Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura]] on June 21, 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Cardinal Tobin appointed member of Vatican's highest court|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/248076/cardinal-tobin-appointed-member-of-vaticans-highest-court |access-date = April 8, 2022 |website=Catholic News Agency|language=en}}</ref>
From 4 March 2022 to 1 July 2024, Harvey was—among the cardinal electors—the highest ranking [[cardinal deacon]]. He was thus, as [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)#Cardinal protodeacon|protodeacon]], responsible for announcing the election of a new pope.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://aleteia.org/2022/03/04/in-case-of-conclave-american-cardinal-will-say-the-habemus-papam/ | work = Alateia | access-date = April 8, 2022 | date = March 4, 2022 | title = In case of conclave, American cardinal will say the 'Habemus Papam' }}</ref> He was elevated to the order of cardinal priests, and thus ceased to be protodeacon, on 1 July 2024.<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = July 1, 2024 | date = July 1, 2024 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2024/07/01/0546/01132.html | language = it | title = Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico per il voto su alcune Cause di Canonizzazione, 01.07.2024}}</ref> He again 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>
Besides his native English, he speaks Italian, German, French, and Spanish.
===McCarrick scandal=== According to a 2018 [[The Washington Post|''Washington Post'']] report, Harvey was one of many Catholic prelates who received large cash gifts from former cardinal [[Theodore Edgar McCarrick|Theodore McCarrick]]. In a 2019 interview, Harvey said that receiving money from other prelates was in no way out of the ordinary, adding that "it never occurred to me that this would be in some way improper" and that "it wasn't about currying favor".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/disgraced-former-cardinal-mccarrick-gave-more-than-600000-in-church-funds-to-powerful-clerics-records-show/2019/12/26/ac2b99ba-1c3a-11ea-9ddd-3e0321c180e7_story.html|title=Ousted cardinal McCarrick gave more than $600,000 to fellow clerics, including two popes, records show|date=December 27, 2019|access-date=July 29, 2020|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |first1=Shawn |last1=Boburg |first2=Robert |last2=O'Harrow Junior |first3=Chico |last3=Harlan}}</ref>
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* {{cite web | access-date= October 25, 2017 | title= Harvey Card. James Michael | publisher= [[Holy See Press Office]] | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_harvey_jm.html | url-status= live | archive-date= September 4, 2017 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170904104648/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_harvey_jm.html }} * [https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bharveyjm.html James Michael ''Cardinal'' Harvey] profile at [[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]
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