Angelo Cardinal Amato, S.D.B.

Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Jun 1938		Born
16 Aug 1956	18.1	First Vows	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
28 Jun 1962	24.0	Solemn Vows	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
22 Dec 1967	29.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
19 Dec 2002	64.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Sila
19 Dec 2002	64.5	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
6 Jan 2003	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Sila
9 Jul 2008	70.0	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
20 Nov 2010	72.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro
20 Nov 2010	72.4	Elevated to Cardinal
11 Feb 2011	72.6	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro
28 Feb 2013	74.7	Ceased	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
16 Mar 2013	74.7	Confirmed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
31 Aug 2018	80.2	Retired	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
3 May 2021	82.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro

MicroData Summary for Angelo Amato
(VIAF: 64413594; WikiData: Q535546)
Angelo Cardinal Amato S.D.B. (born 8 Jun 1938) Prefect Emeritus of Causes of Saints

Consistory - 2010: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Molfetta, Diocese of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Cardinal through the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Leonardo Sandri
Titular Archbishop of Aemona
Archbishop Antonio Maria Vegliò
Titular Archbishop of Aeclanum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Molfetta, Diocese of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 9 Jul 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Number 14,304
c: Bollettino, 16 Mar 2013
r: Bollettino, 26 May 2018
firs/sole: AM, 1 Aug 2018
ab: Bollettino, 3 May 2021

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