# Michele Giordano

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Michele_Giordano
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Michele_Giordano.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Giordano
> Source revision: 1342051375
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

Italian Roman Catholic prelate

Michele Giordano Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Naples Archdiocese Naples Predecessor Corrado Ursi Successor Crescenzio Sepe Other post Cardinal-Priest of San Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello Previous posts Archbishop of Matera (1974‍–‍1987) Auxiliary bishop of Matera (1971‍–‍1974) Orders Ordination 5 July 1953 Consecration 5 February 1972 by Giacomo Palombella Created cardinal 28 June 1988 by John Paul II Rank Cardinal-Priest Personal details Born 26 September 1930 Sant'Arcangelo, Italy Died 2 December 2010(2010-12-02) (aged 80) Naples, Italy Coat of arms

**Michele Giordano** (26 September 1930 – 2 December 2010) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate, who was the [Archbishop of Naples](/source/Archbishop_of_Naples) and a [cardinal-priest](/source/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)).[1][2]

## Biography

Giordano was born at [Sant'Arcangelo](/source/Sant'Arcangelo), in [Basilicata](/source/Basilicata). He was educated at the Minor Seminary in Potenza and later at the Pontifical Regional Seminary, Salerno and finally at the Pontifical Inter-regional Seminary, Posillipo. He was ordained to the priesthood on 5 July 1953. He served from 1953 to 1971 successively in the diocese of Anglona-Tursi as pastor; director of the center for social studies; diocesan assistant of the Catholic Action; professor of religion; vicar general. He was created [Chaplain of His Holiness](/source/Monsignor) on 23 February 1968.

In 1971 [Pope Paul VI](/source/Pope_Paul_VI) named him as the [titular bishop](/source/Titular_bishop) of Lari Castello and the Auxiliary Bishop of [Matera](/source/Matera), and, in 1974, as the Archbishop of Matera; it was eventually renamed as the [Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Matera-Irsina](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Matera-Irsina). He obtained the title of Metropolitan Archbishop of the [Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Naples) in 1987. The following year [Pope John Paul II](/source/Pope_John_Paul_II) created him [Cardinal-Priest](/source/Cardinal-Priest) of [San Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello](/source/San_Gioacchino_ai_Prati_di_Castello).

In 2000 Giordano stood trial in Naples on charges of allegedly using Church funds to support his brother's [loan shark](/source/Loan_shark) operation. Although acquitted, this made him the most senior cleric in Italy ever to stand trial.[3]

He retired in May 2006, and was succeeded by Cardinal [Crescenzio Sepe](/source/Crescenzio_Sepe).

Cardinal Giordano was admitted to the Monaldi Hospital in Naples with respiratory problems and died a week later on 2 December 2010, at age 80. In the papal telegram of condolence sent on 3 December 2010 to Cardinal Sepe, [Pope Benedict XVI](/source/Pope_Benedict_XVI) offered prayers for the repose of his soul and the Apostolic Blessing to all those in mourning, stating that he learned of the prelate's death "with great sadness."

## References

[4]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** *[Miranda, Salvador](/source/Salvador_Miranda_(historian)). ["GIORDANO, Michele (1930-2010)"](https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1988.htm#Giordano). *The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church*. [Florida International University](/source/Florida_International_University). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [53276621](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/53276621).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Michele Cardinal Giordano"](https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgiordano.html). *[Catholic-Hierarchy.org](/source/Catholic-Hierarchy.org)*. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Cardinal Michele Giordano of Italy Dies at 80"](https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/world/europe/05giordano.html). *The New York Times*. 5 December 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Michele Cardinal Giordano"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070203025502/http://www.cardinalrating.com/cardinal_35.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.cardinalrating.com/cardinal_35.htm) on 3 February 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2007..

v t e Cardinals created by John Paul II 1979 Casaroli Caprio Cé Righi-Lambertini Căn Civardi Corripio y Ahumada Asajiro Satowaki Etchegaray Ballestrero Ó Fiaich Carter Macharski Rubin Kung Pin-mei 1983 Khoraish Yago Sabattani Kuharić Casoria Lebrún Moratinos Bernardin Kitbunchu do Nascimento López Trujillo Danneels Williams Martini Lustiger Glemp Vaivods Meisner de Lubac 1985 Dadaglio Lourdusamy Arinze Fresno Innocenti Obando y Bravo Mayer Suquía Goicoechea Hamer Vidal Gulbinowicz Tzadua Tomko Lubachivsky Deskur Poupard Vachon Decourtray Castillo Lara Wetter Piovanelli Simonis Gagnon Stickler Law O'Connor Biffi Pavan 1988 Martínez Somalo Silvestrini Felici Grégoire Padiyara Freire Falcão Giordano dos Santos Canestri Javierre Ortas Pimenta Revollo Bravo Clancy Moreira Neves Hickey Szoka Paskai Tumi Groër Martin Hensbach Sladkevičius Margéot Wu 1991 Sodano Todea Laghi Cassidy Coffy Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi López Rodríguez Sanchez Noè Quarracino Angelini Mahony Posadas Ocampo Bevilacqua Saldarini Daly Ruini Korec Schwery Sterzinsky del Mestri Dezza 1994 Sfeir Vlk Poggi Shirayanagi Fagiolo Furno Oviedo Cavada Winning Suárez Rivera Ortega y Calamino Darmaatmadja Schotte Eyt Agustoni Wamala Keeler Vargas Alzamora Turcotte Carles Gordó Maida Puljić Razafindratandra Tụng Sandoval Íñiguez Echeverría Ruiz Świątek Tonini Koliqi Congar Grillmeier 1998 Medina Estévez Bovone Castrillón Hoyos Antonelli Stafford De Giorgi Fernandes de Araújo Rouco Varela Ambrozic Balland Tettamanzi Pengo Schönborn Rivera Carrera George Shan Kuo-hsi Kozłowiecki Cheli Colasuonno Monduzzi Jaworski Pujats 2001 Re Thuận Cacciavillan Sebastiani Grocholewski Saraiva Martins Sepe Mejía Daoud Pompedda Kasper Degenhardt González Zumárraga Dias Majella Agnelo Rubiano Sáenz McCarrick Connell Bačkis Errázuriz Ossa Terrazas Sandoval Napier Rodríguez Maradiaga Agré Billé Velasco Cipriani Thorne Álvarez Martínez Hummes Vithayathil Bergoglio Policarpo Poletto Murphy-O'Connor Egan Huzar Lehmann Ghattas Honoré Tucci Scheffczyk Dulles 2003 Tauran Martino Marchisano Herranz Casado Lozano Barragán Hamao Nicora Scola Okogie Panafieu Zubeir Wako Amigo Vallejo Rigali O'Brien Scheid Antonelli Bertone Turkson Toppo Pell Bozanić Mẫn Quezada Toruño Barbarin Erdő Ouellet Cottier Joos Špidlík Nagy Catholic Church portal

Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States France BnF data Italy Vatican Other IdRef

This article about a Roman Catholic archbishop from Italy is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

- [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Italy-RC-archbishop-stub)
- [t](/source/Template_talk%3AItaly-RC-archbishop-stub)
- [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Italy-RC-archbishop-stub)

This article about an Italian Catholic cardinal is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

- [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Italy-RC-cardinal-stub)
- [t](/source/Template_talk%3AItaly-RC-cardinal-stub)
- [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Italy-RC-cardinal-stub)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Michele Giordano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Giordano) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Giordano?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.