Cardinal Title

S. Maria in Ara Coeli

Also known as: St. Mary of the Altar of Heaven (English), S. Mariæ de Aracœli (Latin)

Basilica di Santa Maria in Ara Coeli al Campidoglio, Roma

History

1517.07.10: Established as Cardinal Title of S. Maria in Ara Coeli (Italiano) / St. Mary of the Altar of Heaven (English) / S. Mariæ de Aracœli (Latin)

Cardinal-Protector

Cardinal Salvatore De Giorgi (94)
(1998.02.21 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Palermo (Italy)

In caritate pax

Born:	1930.09.06 (Vernole, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1953.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.12.27
Created Cardinal:	1998.02.21

Priest of Lecce (Italy) (1953.06.28 – 1973.11.21)

Titular Bishop of Tulana (1973.11.21 – 1975.11.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Oria (Italy) (1973.11.21 – 1975.11.29)

Coadjutor Bishop of Oria (Italy) (1975.11.29 – 1978.03.17)

Bishop of Oria (Italy) (1978.03.17 – 1981.04.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Foggia (Italy) (1981.04.04 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Bovino (Italy) (1981.04.04 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Troia (Italy) (1981.04.04 – 1986.09.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Foggia–Bovino (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1987.10.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1987.10.10 – 1990.05.11)

General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action (1990.02.02 – 1996.04.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) (1996.04.04 – 2006.12.19)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli (1998.02.21 [1998.05.30] – ...)

Past Cardinal-Protectors

Cardinal Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M. (1962.03.22 – 1997.01.16)
Cardinal Jozef-Ernest van Roey (1927.06.23 – 1961.08.06)
Cardinal Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó (1921.06.16 – 1926.02.14)
Cardinal Filippo Camassei (1919.12.18 – 1921.01.18)
Cardinal Basilio Pompilj (1914.05.28 – 1917.03.22)
Cardinal Diomede Falconio, O.F.M. (1911.11.30 – 1914.05.25)
Cardinal Beniamino Cavicchioni (1903.06.25 – 1911.04.17)
Cardinal Francesco Satolli (1896.12.03 – 1903.06.22)
Cardinal Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski (1876.04.07 – 1896.11.30)
Cardinal Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy (1874.05.04 – 1876.04.04)
Cardinal Giuseppe Milesi Pironi Ferretti (1858.03.18 – 1870.03.21)
Cardinal Francesco Gaude, O.P. (1855.12.20 – 1857.12.21)
Cardinal Giacomo Filippo Fransoni (1828.06.23 – 1855.09.28)
Cardinal Fabrizio Turriozzi (1823.05.16 – 1826.11.09)
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Quarantotti (1816.09.23 – 1820.09.15)
Cardinal Francesco Maria Locatelli (1803.03.28 – 1811.02.13)
Cardinal Alessandro Mattei (1786.04.03 – 1800.04.02)
Cardinal Innocenzo Conti (1783.12.15 – 1785.11.15)
Cardinal Vitaliano Borromeo (1768.12.19 – 1783.12.15)
Cardinal Niccolò Oddi, S.J. (1766.12.01 – 1767.05.25)
Cardinal Baldassare Cenci (1762.01.25 – 1763.03.02)
Cardinal Johann Theodor Herzog von Bayern (Jean-Théodore de Bavière) (1759.02.12 – 1761.07.13)
Cardinal Luigi Mattei (1756.04.05 – 1758.01.30)
Cardinal Carlo Rezzonico (later Pope Clement XIII) (1747.05.15 – 1755.02.17)
Cardinal Carlo Leopoldo Calcagnini (1743.09.23 – 1746.08.27)
Cardinal Marcello Passari (1733.12.02 – 1741.09.25)
Cardinal Alamanno Salviati (1730.07.24 – 1733.02.24)
Cardinal Lorenzo Cozza, O.F.M. Obs. (1727.01.20 – 1729.01.19)
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Bussi (1713.01.30 – 1726.12.23)
Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Negroni (1696.01.02 – 1713.01.01)
Cardinal Giacomo de Angelis (1686.09.30 – 1695.09.15)
Cardinal Giacomo Franzoni (1673.02.27 – 1685.04.30)
Cardinal Carlo Roberti de’ Vittori (1667.07.18 – 1673.02.14)
Cardinal Ascanio Filomarino (1642.02.10 – 1666.11.03)
Cardinal Agostino Galamini, O.P. (1612.11.14 – 1639.09.06)
Cardinal Francesco Maria Bourbon del Monte Santa Maria (1592.02.14 – 1611.01.24)
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Castrucci (1586.01.15 – 1592.02.14)
Cardinal Alessandro Riario (1578.03.03 – 1585.07.18)
Cardinal Alessandro Crivelli (1570.11.20 – 1574.12.22)
Cardinal Clemente d’Olera, O.F.M. Obs. (1557.03.24 – 1568.01.06)
Cardinal Giovanni Michele Saraceni (1551.12.04 – 1557.03.24)
Cardinal Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla (1545.12.04 – 1550.02.28)
Cardinal Cristoforo Numai, O.F.M. Obs. (1517.07.10 – 1528.03.23)

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