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Italian Catholic cardinal (born 1955)

"Zuppi" redirects here. For the photographer and journalist, Matteo's father, see [Enrico Zuppi](/source/Enrico_Zuppi).

Matteo Zuppi Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna Zuppi in 2025 Church Catholic Archdiocese Bologna Appointed 27 October 2015 Predecessor Carlo Caffarra Other posts Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Egidio (2019–) President of the Italian Episcopal Conference (2022–) Previous posts Titular Bishop of Villa Nova (2012–15) Auxiliary Bishop of Rome (2012–15) Orders Ordination 9 May 1981 by Renato Spallanzani Consecration 14 April 2012 by Agostino Vallini Created cardinal 5 October 2019 by Pope Francis Rank Cardinal-Priest Personal details Born Matteo Maria Zuppi (1955-10-11) 11 October 1955 (age 70) Rome, Italy Alma mater Pontifical Lateran University Sapienza University of Rome Motto Gaudium Domini fortitudo vestra (The joy of the Lord is your strength) Coat of arms

**Matteo Maria Zuppi** ([\[matˈtɛːo maˈriːa tˈtsuppi, - dˈdzuppi\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Italian); born 11 October 1955) is an [Italian Roman Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church_in_Italy) prelate who has served as [Archbishop of Bologna](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Bologna) since 2015. He was previously an [auxiliary bishop of Rome](/source/Diocese_of_Rome) from 2012 to 2015.

[Pope Francis](/source/Pope_Francis) made him a [cardinal](/source/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)) in 2019. He has been president of the [Episcopal Conference of Italy](/source/Episcopal_Conference_of_Italy) since 2022. During this time, Zuppi opposed [right-wing populism](/source/Right-wing_populism), [nationalism](/source/Nationalism) and [anti-immigrant beliefs](/source/Opposition_to_immigration), emphasizing Europe's moral duty to [welcome migrants](/source/2015_European_migrant_crisis). These views resulted in clashes with [Matteo Salvini](/source/Matteo_Salvini), leader of Italy's [Lega Party](/source/Lega_(political_party)), alongside other individuals of the [Italian right](/source/Conservatism_in_Italy).[1] He was a voice of support for the [2018 Vatican-China Agreement](/source/China-Holy_See_relations#2018_Holy_See–China_agreement), which allows the pope to approve and veto bishops approved by the [Chinese Communist Party](/source/Chinese_Communist_Party). He has written three books on Catholicism and additionally contributed an essay to the Italian translation of [James Martin](/source/James_Martin_(priest%2C_born_1960))'s *Building a Bridge.* As a close associate of Pope Francis, who supported many of his initiatives, Zuppi was seen as a [leading contender](/source/2025_papal_conclave_papabili) in the [2025 papal conclave](/source/2025_papal_conclave).[2][3]

## Early life and priesthood

Born in Rome on 11 October 1955, he is the fifth of six children of the journalist [Enrico Zuppi](/source/Enrico_Zuppi), and Carla Fumagalli (d. 2004),[4] niece of Cardinal [Carlo Confalonieri](/source/Carlo_Confalonieri).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] He attended the Liceo Virgilio there[5] and then he studied at the seminary in [Palestrina](/source/Palestrina%2C_Lazio) and earned his [Bachelor of Sacred Theology](/source/Bachelor_of_Sacred_Theology) at the [Pontifical Lateran University](/source/Pontifical_Lateran_University) in Rome. He earned a [laurea](/source/Laurea) at the [Sapienza University of Rome](/source/Sapienza_University_of_Rome), writing his thesis on the history of Christianity. He was ordained a priest of the [Diocese of Palestrina](/source/Diocese_of_Palestrina) on 9 May 1981 and in that year was appointed as the parochial vicar of [Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere](/source/Santa_Maria_in_Trastevere) under [Vincenzo Paglia](/source/Vincenzo_Paglia), whom he succeeded as pastor of the church, serving from 2000 to 2010.[6][7] He was incardinated into the Archdiocese of Rome in 1988.[7]

He worked with the [Community of Sant'Egidio](/source/Community_of_Sant'Egidio), a Catholic lay association devoted to ecumenism and conflict resolution.[8] Zuppi was one of the four mediators of the two-year-long Rome-based peace negotiations that resulted in the [Rome General Peace Accords](/source/Rome_General_Peace_Accords) and helped end the civil war in [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique) in 1992,[9][10] in recognition of which he was made an honorary citizen of that country.[11] Zuppi also traveled to Turkey in 1993 in an attempt to secure the release of two Italian tourists held by Kurdish rebels.[12]

## Bishop and archbishop

 Zuppi as Archbishop of Bologna in 2015

On 31 January 2012, [Pope Benedict XVI](/source/Pope_Benedict_XVI) named him an Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Rome and titular bishop of [Villa Nova](/source/Mauretania_Caesariensis#Episcopal_sees).[7] He was ordained a bishop on 14 April 2012 by Cardinal [Agostino Vallini](/source/Agostino_Vallini), [Vicar General](/source/Vicar_General) of the [Diocese of Rome](/source/Diocese_of_Rome). He was the auxiliary responsible for the city center, including the [Trastevere](/source/Trastevere) neighborhood where Sant'Egidio is headquartered. There he led efforts to improve care for the poor and the elderly and developed outreach programs for drug addicts and Romani.[11] He also established relations with traditionalists and celebrated a [Pontifical Mass](/source/Pontifical_Mass) according to the [Tridentine rite](/source/Tridentine_Mass).[13]

[Pope Francis](/source/Pope_Francis) appointed him Archbishop of [Bologna](/source/Bologna) on 27 October 2015.[14]

On 1 September 2019 Pope Francis announced that he planned to create Zuppi a cardinal on 5 October; he was the first head of an Italian see traditionally headed by a cardinal to be named a cardinal by Francis.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] On 5 October 2019, Pope Francis made him [Cardinal-Priest](/source/Cardinal-Priest) of [Sant'Egidio](/source/Sant'Egidio%2C_Rome).[15] He was made a member of the [Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development](/source/Dicastery_for_Promoting_Integral_Human_Development) on 21 February 2020,[16] and a member of the [Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See](/source/Administration_of_the_Patrimony_of_the_Apostolic_See) on 18 April 2020.[17]

On 14 January 2022, at the [Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and of the Martyrs](/source/Santa_Maria_degli_Angeli_e_dei_Martiri) in Rome, Zuppi presided over the state funeral of [David Sassoli](/source/David_Sassoli), his personal friend since adolescence and [President of the European Parliament](/source/President_of_the_European_Parliament), who died on 11 January due to a [multiple myeloma](/source/Multiple_myeloma).[18][19]

Zuppi with US President [Joe Biden](/source/Joe_Biden) in 2023

On 24 May 2022, Pope Francis, having been presented by the Conference with three candidates for the post, chose Zuppi to serve a five-year term as president of the [Episcopal Conference of Italy](/source/Episcopal_Conference_of_Italy).[20][21]

In June 2022 Cardinal Zuppi was accused of hiding what critics called blessing a gay couple after their civil wedding. The editor of the Italian conservative Catholic [online newspaper](/source/Online_newspaper) said the Archdiocese of Bologna made a number of false claims in a statement attempting to justify the ceremony. The "blessing" of Pietro Morotti and Giacomo Spagnolli took place in the presence of six priests at the church of San Lorenzo di Budrio. Cardinal Zuppi was not present and had no part in the ceremony.[22]

In 2023 Pope Francis asked Cardinal Zuppi to carry out a peace mission to try to help end the [Russian invasion of Ukraine](/source/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine). Zuppi met President [Volodymyr Zelenskyy](/source/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy); he did not meet President [Vladimir Putin](/source/Vladimir_Putin),[23] but he did meet with [Patriarch Kirill of Moscow](/source/Patriarch_Kirill_of_Moscow).[24] In July 2023, he flew to the United States to meet with President [Joe Biden](/source/Joe_Biden).[25]

Cardinal Zuppi visited Moscow in October 2024 to promote humanitarian collaboration amid the ongoing conflict.[26]

Cardinal Zuppi met again with Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the funeral of Pope Francis in April 2025 to discuss facilitating the return of Ukrainian children illegally deported from Russia as well as the release of prisoners.[27]

## Views

### Sexuality

In May 2018, he contributed an essay to the Italian translation of [James Martin](/source/James_Martin_(priest%2C_born_1960))'s *Building a Bridge*, *Un ponte da costruire*. He wrote that it was "useful for encouraging dialogue, as well as reciprocal knowledge and understanding, in view of a new pastoral attitude that we must seek together with our [LGBT](/source/LGBTQ_people) brothers and sisters" and that it will "help LGBT. Catholics feel more at home in what is, after all, their church".[28][29] In 2024 Zuppi defended *[Fiducia supplicans](/source/Fiducia_supplicans)*, explaining:[30][31]

[The document] is set within the horizon of mercy, of the Church's loving gaze upon all God's children, without however departing from the teachings of the [Magisterium](/source/Magisterium_of_the_Catholic_Church). [...] God wants everyone to be saved. It is therefore the Church's duty to care for each and every one. We cannot forget that all the baptised enjoy the full dignity of "sons of God" and, as such, are our brothers and sisters. There is no questioning the meaning of the Sacrament of Marriage.

Zuppi does not exclude the possibility of making priestly celibacy optional, noting that there are already married priests within the Catholic hierarchy: "If you go to Ukraine or Romania, the priests of the Byzantine rite communities, but linked to Rome, are already there...so it is a discipline that can be changed."[32]

### Foreign policy

#### Vatican-China agreement

He also supports the [2018 Vatican-China Agreement](/source/China-Holy_See_relations#2018_Holy_See–China_agreement), which allows the pope to approve and veto bishops approved by the [Chinese Communist Party](/source/Chinese_Communist_Party). As Francis' "personal peace envoy", Zuppi met with Chinese officials in regards to the [Russian invasion of Ukraine](/source/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine) and established "cordial" conversations with them.[33]

#### Condemnation of nationalism in Europe

Zuppi has spoken vociferously against [nationalism](/source/Nationalism) and for the benefits of [pro-Europeanism](/source/Pro-Europeanism), noting in March 2025 that "only a united Europe can preserve European humanism...Today the evil of nationalism wears new clothes...[and is] in contradiction with the Gospel."[34] Zuppi has also emphasized the need to welcome migrants, exploring in his 2019 book *Odierai il prossimo tuo come te stesso* the root causes of the opposition to recent mass migration in Europe: fear, individualism, and an unwillingness to see the "[Other](/source/Other_(philosophy))" as one's brother. These views have often resulted in clashes with [Matteo Salvini](/source/Matteo_Salvini), leader of the [right-wing populist](/source/Right-wing_populism) [Lega Party](/source/Lega_(political_party)).[1]

## Publications

- Zuppi, Matteo Maria (2010). *La Confessione, il perdono per cambiare*. Cinisello Balsamo: Edizioni San Paolo. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-88-215-6821-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-88-215-6821-3).

- Zuppi, Matteo Maria (2013). *Guarire le malattie del cuore: itinerario quaresimale*. Cinisello Balsamo: Edizioni San Paolo. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-88-215-7649-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-88-215-7649-2).

- Zuppi, Matteo Maria (2019). *Odierai il prossimo tuo come te stesso. Perché abbiamo dimenticato la fraternità. Riflessioni sulle paure del tempo presente*. Piemme. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-8856672336](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8856672336).

## See also

- [Cardinals created by Francis](/source/Cardinals_created_by_Francis)

- [2025 papal conclave](/source/2025_papal_conclave)

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## External links

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