Mauro Gambetti

{{Short description|Italian Catholic prelate (born 1965)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Mauro Gambetti | honorific_suffix = [[Order of Friars Minor Conventual|OFM Conv.]] | title = {{Ubl | [[St. Peter's Basilica|Archpriest for Saint Peter's Basilica]] | [[Vicar General for the Vatican City State]] | [[Fabric of Saint Peter|President of the Fabric of Saint Peter]] }} | image = Cardinale Mauro Gambetti.png | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | church = {{ubl | [[Catholic Church]] | [[Latin Church]]}} | province = | diocese = | see = | elected = | appointed = 20 February 2021 | quashed =  | predecessor = [[Angelo Comastri]] | successor = | opposed = | previous_post = {{indented plainlist| * [[Sacro Convento|General Custos of the Sacred Convent of Saint Francis]] (2013{{nbnd}}2020) * [[Thisiduo|Titular Archbishop of Thisiduo]] (2020) * Member, [[Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State]] (2022–2025) }} | other_post = {{indented plainlist| * [[Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano|Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano]] (2020{{nbnd}}present) }} | ordination = 8 January 2000 | ordained_by = | consecration = 22 November 2020 | consecrated_by = [[Agostino Vallini]] | cardinal = 28 November 2020 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Francis]] | rank = [[Cardinal-Deacon]] | birth_name = Mauro Maria Gambetti | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1965|10|27}} | birth_place = [[Castel San Pietro Terme]], [[Bologna]], Italy | death_date =  | death_place =  | buried =  | resting_place_coordinates = | religion =  | residence = | parents = | occupation = | education = | alma_mater = [[University of Bologna]] | motto = {{lang|la|Omnibus subiecti in caritate}}<br />(Be subject to all in charity) | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Mauro Gambetti (cardinal).svg | coat_of_arms_alt = }} '''Mauro Gambetti''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Friars Minor Conventual|OFM Conv.]]}} (born 27 October 1965) is an [[Catholic Church in Italy|Italian Catholic]] prelate who has served as archpriest of [[St. Peter's Basilica|Saint Peter's Basilica]], [[Vicar General for the Vatican City State]], and president of the [[Fabric of Saint Peter]] since 2021. He was consecrated a [[Titular bishop|titular archbishop]] on 22 November 2020 just before [[Pope Francis]] raised him to the rank of [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] on 28 November 2020.

A member of the [[Order of Friars Minor Conventual]] since 1992, Gambetti held senior leadership positions in the order beginning in 2009 and served as [[Custos (Franciscans)|General Custos]] of the [[Sacro Convento|Sacred Convent of Saint Francis]] in [[Assisi]] from 2013 to 2020.

== Biography == Mauro Gambetti was born in [[Castel San Pietro Terme]], Italy, on 27 October 1965. He earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the [[University of Bologna]]. He joined Order of Friars Minor Conventals in September 1992 and took his final vows on 20 September 1998.<ref name=consist>{{cite press release | publisher= [[Holy See Press Office]] | access-date = 26 October 2020 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2020/10/25/0552/01275.html | language = it | title = Annuncio di Concistoro il 28 novembre per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali, 25.10.2020 | date= 25 October 2020}}</ref>

He obtained a bachelor's degree in theology at the Theological Institute of Assisi and a licentiate in theological anthropology at the Theological Faculty of Central Italy in Florence. He was ordained a priest on 8 January 2000 in [[Longiano]]. He was animator of youth and vocation ministry for Emilia-Romagna there and, from 2005 to 2009, also leader and animator of the religious community.<ref name=consist/>

In the spring of 2009 the members of the Bologna Province, who have responsibility for the convents of the Friars Minor Conventual of Emilia-Romagna, elected him to a four-year term as their superior. He held that position until 22 February 2013 when the leadership of the order appointed him to head the General Custody of the Sacred Convent of San Francesco in Assisi for a four-year term from 2013 to 2017, with the title [[Custos (Franciscans)|General Custos]]. At the same time, the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino|Bishop of Assisi]] appointed him Episcopal Vicar for the pastoral care of the [[Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi]] and other places of worship run by the Friars Minor Conventual in that diocese.<ref name=consist/> He was confirmed for another term as Custos General in 2017.<ref>{{cite news | access-date = 26 October 2020 | work = La Stampa | language = it | url = https://www.lastampa.it/vatican-insider/it/2017/02/20/news/assisi-padre-gambetti-confermato-custode-del-sacro-convento-1.34656929 | date = 20 February 2017 | title = Assisi, padre Gambetti confermato Custode del Sacro Convento }}</ref>

From 2009 to 2013 he also served as president of the Italian Conference of Major Superiors (CISM) for Emilia Romagna and vice-president of the Intermediterranean Conference of Provincial Ministers (CIMP). Since 2010 he has been regional assistant of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) for Emilia-Romagna.<ref>{{cite news | access-date = 26 October 2020 | language =it | url = https://www.assisioggi.it/religioni/mauro-gambetti-e-cardinale-il-suo-nome-lo-ha-fatto-il-papa-allangelus-57344/ | work = Assisi Oggi | title = Mauro Gambetti è Cardinale, il suo nome lo ha fatto il Papa all'Angelus | date= 25 October 2020 }}</ref> He was elected President of the Intermediterranean Federation of Provincial Ministers of the Friars Minor Conventual in September 2017.<ref name=consist/>

On 25 October 2020, [[Pope Francis]] announced he would raise him to the rank of [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] at a [[Papal consistory|consistory]] scheduled for 28 November 2020.<ref>{{cite news| access-date=25 October 2020 | date= 25 October 2020 | url= https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/10/25/pope-francis-new-cardinals-wilton-gregory-washington | title= Pope Francis names 13 new cardinals, including Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington D.C. | first=Gerard | last= O'Connell | publisher =[[America (magazine)|America]] }}</ref> Gambetti is the first Conventual Franciscan to be made a cardinal since 1861.<ref>{{cite tweet |author=  |user= gcatholic |number= 1320420820242620423 |date= 25 October 2020 |title= Fr. Mauro Gambetti, Custos of the Assisi Convent, will become the first Conventual Franciscan cardinal in 160 years; the last one was created in 1861 |link= |access-date= 26 October 2020 }}</ref> His term as General Custos was due to expire in 2021<ref>{{cite news | access-date = 7 November 2020 | url = https://international.la-croix.com/news/letter-from-rome/the-popes-13-new-cardinals-and-the-next-conclave/13266 | work = La Croix | title = The pope's 13 new cardinals and the next conclave | date = 31 October 2020 | first = Robert | last = Mickens | archive-date = 5 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201105183925/https://international.la-croix.com/news/letter-from-rome/the-popes-13-new-cardinals-and-the-next-conclave/13266 | url-status = dead }}</ref> but he was instead succeeded in that position on 12 November by Father Marco Moroni.<ref>{{cite news | access-date = 17 November 2020 | url = https://www.corrierecesenate.it/Dalla-Chiesa/Padre-Mauro-Gambetti-sara-ordinato-vescovo-il-22-novembre | date = 13 November 2020 | language = it | title = Padre Mauro Gambetti sarà ordinato vescovo il 22 novembre | work = Corriere Cesenate}}</ref> As cardinals are required to be bishops, he was consecrated a bishop on 22 November in the Basilica of Assisi by Cardinal [[Agostino Vallini]], becoming titular archbishop of [[Thisiduo]].<ref>{{cite news | language= it | work = Umbria Domani | access-date = 22 November 2020 | url = http://www.umbriadomani.it/assisi/assisi-ordinazione-episcopale-di-fra-mauro-gambetti-254829/ | date= 22 November 2020 | title = Assisi, Ordinazione Episcopale di fra Mauro Gambetti }}</ref><ref>{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dOcmcVpnr8|title=Fra Mauro Gambetti è Vescovo|website=[[YouTube]]|publisher=San Francesco d'Assisi|language=Italian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328003545/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dOcmcVpnr8|archive-date=28 March 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> At that consistory, Pope Francis made him cardinal deacon of [[Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli, 28.11.2020| language = it |date=28 November 2020 |website=[[Holy See Press Office]]|access-date=28 November 2020| url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2020/11/28/0618/01449.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201128155120/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2020/11/28/0618/01449.html|archive-date= 28 November 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> Gambetti became the third youngest member of the College of Cardinals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olaprovince.org/2020/11/23/ordinazione-episcopale-di-fra-mauro-gambetti/|title=Ordinazione Episcopale di fra Mauro Gambetti|trans-title=Episcopal ordination of father Mauro Gambetti (VIDEO)|access-date=28 March 2021|date=23 November 2020}}</ref> On 16 December he was named a member of the [[Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life]].<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 16 December 2020 | date= 16 December 2020 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Resignations and Appointments, 16.12.2020 | url =https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2020/12/16/201216a.html}}</ref>

On 20 February 2021, Pope Francis appointed him archpriest of [[Saint Peter's Basilica]], [[Vicar General for the Vatican City State|Vicar General for the Vatican State]], and president of the [[Fabric of Saint Peter]].<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2021/02/20/210220c.html | access-date = 20 February 2021 | date= 20 February 2021 | title = Resignations and Appointments, 20.02.2021}}</ref> On 12 March 2021, the Vatican Secretariat of State ended the private celebration of Mass at the basilica's side altars and restricted the use of the [[Traditional Latin Mass]] to Clementine Chapel in the crypt of the basilica.<ref>{{cite news | access-date= 13 March 2021 | date= 12 March 2021 | url= https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/private-masses-no-longer-permitted-in-st-peters-basilica | title= St. Peter's Basilica to end private Masses, restrict Masses in extraordinary form | first= Andrea | last= Gagliarducci | publisher= [[Catholic News Agency]] | archive-date= 13 March 2021 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210313010141/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/private-masses-no-longer-permitted-in-st-peters-basilica | url-status= dead }}</ref>

On 4 November 2021, Pope Francis name Gambetti a member of the [[Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State]]. <ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 15 October 2025| date=4 November 2021| publisher= Holy See Press Office | title=Resignations and Appointments, 04.11.2021| url =https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2021/11/04/211104d.html }}</ref> His membership was not renewed when Pope Leo named the Commission's members on 15 October 2025.<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 15 October 2025| date=15 October 2025| publisher= Holy See Press Office | title=Resignations and Appointments, 15.10.2025| url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2025/10/15/251015c.html}}</ref>

In December 2021, Pope Francis named Gambetti chair of the newly created ''Fratelli tutti'' Vatican Foundation, formed to extend the work of the [[Fabric of Saint Peter]], created at Gambetti's suggestion.<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 9 July 2022 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2021/12/15/211215f.html | date = 15 December 2021 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Holy See Press Office Communiqué, 15.12.2021 }}</ref>

Gambetti 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 Pope Francis]]

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* {{cite web|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_gambetti_m.html|title=Gambetti Card. Mauro, OFMConv.|website=[[Holy See Press Office]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129021844/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_gambetti_m.html|archive-date=29 November 2020|url-status=live}} * {{cite tweet | user= francescoassisi | author= Press Office of the Sacro Convento | number = 1320385591155040256 | date= 25 October 2020 | title = Ci sono momenti in cui gli abbracci e i sorrisi valgono più di mille parole: auguri fra Mauro! |trans-title = There are moments when hugs and smiles are worth a thousand words: best wishes Fra Mauro! }} *{{Cite web | title = Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, OFMConv | website = Catholic Hierarchy | url = https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgambetti.html }} [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]

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