Angelo Cardinal Amato, S.D.B.

Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Jun 1938		Born	Molfetta
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	64.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Sila
9 Jul 2008	70.1	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
20 Nov 2010	72.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro
20 Nov 2010	72.4	Elevated to Cardinal
11 Feb 2011	72.7	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro

Consistory - 2010: Created Cardinal

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 Karol Józef Wojtyła †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Leonardo Cardinal Sandri
Archbishop Antonio Maria Vegliò

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Angelo Cardinal Amato, S.D.B. (2003)
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Boleslaw Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

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