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Giovanni Battista Re (born 30 January 1934) is an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church whose service has been primarily in the Roman Curia. He was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2001. He was prefect of the Congregation for Bishops from 2000 to 2010.
Giovanni Battista Re è un cardinale e arcivescovo cattolico italiano, dal 30 giugno 2010 prefetto emerito della Congregazione per i vescovi e dal 18 gennaio 2020 decano del collegio cardinalizio.
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops and President emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, was born on 30 January 1934 in Borno (Brescia), Italy.
Jan 25, 2020 · The new Dean of the College of Cardinals is Giovanni Battista Re, an 85-year-old Italian cardinal from northern Italy who has worked most of his life in the Roman Curia and exercised enormous...
Aug 29, 2021 · Cardinal Re: Begin anew from Christ and bear witness to faith. The dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, presides over the Mass at Italy’s Marian Sanctuary of Oropa for the celebration of the fifth Coronation of the Black Madonna.
Jan 25, 2020 · Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re is Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops and President emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. He was born on 30 January 1934 in Borno (Brescia), Italy and ordained a priest in 1957.
Jan 30, 2024 · When Benedict XVI was laid to rest on 5 January 2023, it was Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re who blessed the coffin of the deceased and celebrated Mass at the altar of St Peter's Basilica. As the longest-serving of the most senior cardinals, Re is Dean of the College of Cardinals. He turns 90 on Tuesday.
