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Italian cardinal (1936–2020)

Renato Corti Cardinal Bishop emeritus of Novara Corti in 2009 Church Roman Catholic Church Diocese Novara See Novara Appointed 19 December 1990 Installed 3 March 1991 Term ended 24 November 2011 Predecessor Aldo Del Monte Successor Franco Giulio Brambilla Other post Cardinal Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina (2016–2020) Previous posts Auxiliary Bishop of Milan (1981–1990) Titular Bishop of Zallata (1981–1990) Orders Ordination 28 July 1959 by Giovanni Battista Montini Consecration 6 June 1981 by Carlo Maria Martini Created cardinal 19 November 2016 by Pope Francis Rank Cardinal priest Personal details Born (1936-03-01)1 March 1936 Galbiate, Kingdom of Italy Died 12 May 2020(2020-05-12) (aged 84) Rho, Italy Motto Cor ad cor loquitur ('Heart speaks to heart')

Ordination history of Renato Corti History Priestly ordination Date 28 June 1959 Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Carlo Maria Martini Co-consecrators Libero Tresoldi Bernardo Citterio Date 6 June 1981 Cardinalate Elevated by Pope Francis Date 19 November 2016 Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Renato Corti as principal consecrator Germano Zaccheo 16 September 1995

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**Renato Corti** (1 March 1936 – 12 May 2020) was an Italian [cardinal](/source/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)) and [prelate](/source/Prelate) of the [Roman Catholic Church](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church). He was Bishop of [Novara](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Novara) from 1990 to 2011. [Pope Francis](/source/Pope_Francis) raised Corti to the rank of cardinal on 19 November 2016.

## Early years

Renato Corti was born in [Galbiate](/source/Galbiate) in the [province of Lecco](/source/Province_of_Lecco), part of the [Archdiocese of Milan](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Milan) on 1 March 1936. He studied at the seminary in Milan and was ordained on 28 July 1959 by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini (later [Pope Paul VI](/source/Pope_Paul_VI)).[1] His assignments included serving as parochial vicar of the Oratory of [Caronno Pertusella](/source/Caronno_Pertusella) from 1959 to 1967, spiritual director at the College of [Gorla Minore](/source/Gorla_Minore) from 1967 to 1969, and spiritual director of the archdiocesan seminary of [Saronno](/source/Saronno) from 1969 to 1977. He then became rector for theology at the seminary of Saronno. He became vicar general of the Milan Archdiocese in November 1980.[1]

## Episcopacy

Pope John Paul II named him auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Milan on 30 April 1981 and titular bishop of [Zallata](/source/Mauretania#Episcopal_sees). He received episcopal ordination on 6 June 1981 from Archbishop [Carlo Maria Martini](/source/Carlo_Maria_Martini), with Bishops [Libero Tresoldi](/source/Libero_Tresoldi) and [Bernardo Citterio](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bernardo_Citterio&action=edit&redlink=1) as co-consecrators. The same pope named him Bishop of Novara on 19 December 1990 to succeed [Aldo Del Monte](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aldo_Del_Monte&action=edit&redlink=1), and he was installed on 3 March 1991.[1]

In November 2007, four months after [Pope Benedict XVI](/source/Pope_Benedict_XVI) issued new rules about the use of the 1962 [Roman Missal](/source/Roman_Missal) (see *[Summorum Pontificum](/source/Summorum_Pontificum)*), three priests in the Novara diocese refused to celebrate Sunday Mass unless allowed to celebrate the [Tridentine Mass](/source/Tridentine_Mass) exclusively. Corti suspended them.[2][3]

While Bishop of Novara, he served terms as vice president of the [Italian Bishops Conference](/source/Italian_Bishops_Conference) (2000 to 2005)[4] and vice president of the Regional Bishops Conference of Piedmont. He also held assignments in the [Roman Curia](/source/Roman_Curia) as a member of the [Congregation for the Oriental Churches](/source/Congregation_for_the_Oriental_Churches) and the [Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples](/source/Congregation_for_the_Evangelization_of_Peoples).[5]

Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation as bishop of Novara on 24 November 2011.[6] In retirement, he continued to lead spiritual exercises for both religious and lay groups. He lived at [Rho](/source/Rho%2C_Lombardy), near the college of the [Oblates of St. Ambrose and St. Charles](/source/Ambrosians#Oblates_of_St._Ambrose_and_of_St._Charles).[7]

Corti was known for his work as a spiritual director. Pope John Paul II asked him to lead his [Lenten](/source/Lenten) retreat in 2005, and at the invitation of Pope Francis, he wrote the meditations used at the [Stations of the Cross](/source/Stations_of_the_Cross) at Rome's [Colosseum](/source/Colosseum) in 2015.[8][9]

Pope Francis raised Corti to the rank of cardinal at a consistory held on 19 November 2016. He was given the rank of Cardinal-Priest and assigned the titular church of [San Giovanni a Porta Latina](/source/San_Giovanni_a_Porta_Latina).[10]

## Death

Corti died in [Rho](/source/Rho%2C_Lombardy) at the age of 84 on 12 May 2020.[11]

## Works

- Platovnjak, Ivan (2001). *La direzione spirituale oggi: lo sviluppo della sua dottrina dal Vaticano II a Vita consecrata, 1962-1996*. Roma: Pontificia università gregoriana. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [88-7652-889-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/88-7652-889-X). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [47677772](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/47677772).

- *Il miracolo sarebbe la santità. Meditazioni sul ministero sacerdotale* (1999) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-8838428289](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8838428289)

- Corti, Renato (2003). *Un giovane diventa cristiano: l'esperienza di sant'Agostino: lettera pastorale per l'anno 2003-2004*. Milano: Paoline. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [88-315-2536-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/88-315-2536-0). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [955560310](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/955560310).

- Corti, Renato (2005). *La chiesa a servizio della nuova ed eterna alleanza : esercizi spirituali in Vaticano, 2005*. Città del Vaticano: Libreria editrice vaticana. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [88-209-7700-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/88-209-7700-1). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [60529003](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/60529003).

- Bianchi, Enzo (2004). *La parrocchia*. Corti, Renato. Magnano: Edizioni Qiqajon-Monastero di Bose. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [88-8227-168-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/88-8227-168-4). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [971264023](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/971264023).

- Corti, Renato (2007). *Rivestitevi di Cristo: la sorgente e l'alimento della maturità cristiana: lettera pastorale per l'anno 2007-2008*. Milano: Paoline. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-88-315-3360-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-88-315-3360-7). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [956001359](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/956001359).

- Corti, Renato (2008). *Fate quello che egli vi dirà: vivere da cristiani nel mondo: lettera pastorale per l'anno 2008-2009*. Milano: Paoline. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-88-315-3537-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-88-315-3537-3). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [955176246](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/955176246).

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Crux_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Crux_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Crux_1-2) ["Italian Cardinal Corti, popular spiritual guide, dies at 84"](https://cruxnow.com/church-in-europe/2020/05/italian-cardinal-corti-popular-spiritual-guide-dies-at-84/). *Crux*. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Owen, Richard (9 June 2008). ["First parish to offer Mass in the Tridentine rite opens in Rome"](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4098089.ece). *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*. Retrieved 21 December 2010.[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Italian bishop suspends priests for insisting on Latin Mass"](http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=54959). CatholicCulture. 26 November 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Cardinals created by Francis"](http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/cardFR1-3.htm#5076). *GCatholic.org*. 13 May 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Avvenire_5-0)** ["E' morto il cardinale Renato Corti, vescovo emerito di Novara"](https://www.avvenire.it/chiesa/pagine/morto-il-cardinale-renato-corti) (in Italian). Avvenire. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Rinunce e Nomine, 24.11.2011"](https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2011/11/24/0701/01687.html) (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Diventa cardinale l'ex vescovo di Novara Renato Corti"](http://www.lastampa.it/2016/10/09/edizioni/verbania/diventa-cardinale-lex-vescovo-di-novara-renato-corti-cdjLpBdUEDP8csQcNJPHkJ/pagina.html). *La Stampa* (in Italian). 10 October 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Glatz, Carol (20 March 2015). ["Way of Cross takes Jesus' point of view to help others carry crosses"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161119064945/http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2015/way-of-cross-takes-jesus-point-of-view-to-help-others-carry-crosses.cfm). Catholic News Service. Archived from [the original](http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2015/way-of-cross-takes-jesus-point-of-view-to-help-others-carry-crosses.cfm) on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Way of the Cross Led by His Holiness Pope Francis"](https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2015/documents/ns_lit_doc_20150403_via-crucis-meditazioni_en.html). *vatican.va*. Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Il vescovo di Novara Renato Corti è diventato cardinale"](http://www.lastampa.it/2016/11/19/edizioni/verbania/cronaca/il-vescovo-renato-corti-stato-creato-cardinale-xRrCRiRVbCtJDmTn6rsJaO/pagina.html). *La Stampa* (in Italian). 19 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Addio al cardinale Renato Corti"](https://www.chiesadimilano.it/news/chiesa-diocesi/addio-al-cardinale-renato-corti-319676.html) (in Italian). Chiesa di Milano. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

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- ["Corti Card. Renato"](https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_corti_r.html). [Holy See Press Office](/source/Holy_See_Press_Office). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170904070542/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_corti_r.html) from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

- Pelizzoni, Chiara (12 October 2016). ["Renato Corti, Il Pastore Appassionato Diventa Cardinale"](http://m.famigliacristiana.it/articolo/renato-corti-pastore-appassionato-consolatore-degli-afflitti.htm) (in Italian). Retrieved 24 October 2017.

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