Salvatore De Giorgi

Salvatore De Giorgi

Salvatore De Giorgi (born September 6, 1930) is an Italian churchman, Emeritus Archbishop of Palermo in Sicily.

De Giorgi was born in Vernole, in Apulia (Southern Italy). He was ordained as a priest in 1953 and first became a bishop in 1973, when he was made titular bishop of Tulana and an auxiliary bishop of Oria. Seven years later, in 1981, he was made archbishop of Foggia. From 1987 to 1990, he served as archbishop of Taranto. In 1990, he was appointed General Chaplain of Catholic Action, a position which he held until becoming archbishop of Palermo in 1996. At the same time, he was also elected President of the Sicilian Episcopal Conference.

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De Giorgi was proclaimed a cardinal of the Catholic Church in 1998 and as one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI. He his titular of the church of Santa Maria "in Aracoeli", in Rome.

He retired as Archbishop of Palermo on December 16, 2006, and was replaced by Archbishop Paolo Romeo, who had been apostolic nuncio to Italy and San Marino. Romeo is likely to be named a cardinal also.

Cardinal De Giorgi is noted as a writer and journalist. He has been the author of several religious publications.

External links

* [http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_de-giorgi_s_en.html Vatican bio]
* [http://www.donegalexpress.net/2005-04-06/cardinal-salvatore-de-giorgi/ Speculation] on De Giorgi's chances of becoming pope


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