Mauro Maria Cardinal Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv.

Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy

Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano

Motto: Omnibus Subiecti In Caritate

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Oct 1965		Born
19 Sep 1992	26.8	Entered	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
29 Aug 1995	29.8	Temporary Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
20 Sep 1998	32.8	Perpetual Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
8 Jan 2000	34.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
30 Oct 2020	55.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Thisiduo
22 Nov 2020	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Thisiduo
28 Nov 2020	55.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano
28 Nov 2020	55.0	Elevated to Cardinal
20 Feb 2021	55.3	Appointed	President of the Fabric of St. Peter
20 Feb 2021	55.3	Appointed	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}
29 May 2021	55.5	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano
3 Oct 2026	60.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy
29 Nov 2026	61.0	Installed	Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy

MicroData Summary
Mauro Maria Gambetti
Mauro Maria Cardinal Gambetti O.F.M. Conv.
(born 27 Oct 1965)
Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto

Consistory - 2020: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Castel San Pietro Terme, Archdiocese of Bologna
Ordained Priest SS. Crocifisso, Convent, Longiano, Diocese of Cesena-Sarsina
Ordained Bishop San Francesco d’Assisi, Basilica, Assisi, Diocese of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto.

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

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Lino Esterino Garavaglia, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina
Principal Consecrator:
Agostino Cardinal Vallini
Cardinal-Priest of San Pier Damiani ai Monti di San Paolo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino
Bishop of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino
Bishop Giovanni Mosciatti
Bishop of Imola

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Agostino Cardinal Vallini (1989)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pier Damiani ai Monti di San Paolo
Michele Cardinal Giordano † (1972)
Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}
Archbishop Giacomo Palombella † (1946)
Archbishop of Matera
Archbishop Marcello Mimmi † (1930)
Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa)
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano † (1907)
Archbishop of Bologna
Vincenzo Cardinal Vannutelli † (1880)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Fortunato Cardinal Frezza (2022)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Dominique Joseph Cardinal Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv. (2021)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 7159163335752303270006
WikiData: Q100846983

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 25 Oct 2020
ob/c2+: CB, 5 Nov 2020
3t43: Annuario Pontificio Variazioni, Year 2020, Number 19
c34: CB, 17 Nov 2020
cpri: Bollettino, 28 Nov 2020
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 246, Number 20,542
mn: CB, 11 Feb 2021
ab: Bollettino, 20 Feb 2021
i: Bollettino, 25 May 2021
ab: Bollettino, 3 Oct 2026
i: CB, 3 Oct 2026

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