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Angelo Comastri (born 17 September 1943) is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica, Vicar General for the Vatican City State, and President of the Fabric of Saint Peter. He previously served as Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino (1990–1994) and Territorial Prelate of Loreto (1996–2005). He was named a cardinal in 2007.

Biography

Comastri was born in Sorano, in the province of Grosseto^[1] to Fernando and Beneria (née Scossa) Comastri. He received his early education at schools in his native town and attended the seminary of Pitigliano and the Regional Seminary S. Maria della Quercia in Viterbo. He continued his studies at the Pontifical Lateran University where he earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology) and at the Pontifical Roman Seminary. On 11 March 1967, he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Luigi Boccadoro.

Comastri served as vice-rector of the minor seminary of Pitigliano and, at the same time, did pastoral work in the parish of San Quirico'. He was later assigned to the Roman Curia as an official of the Congregation for Bishops. He served as spiritual director of the Pontifical Minor Roman Seminary and a chaplain at Roman jails before returning to Pitigliano, where he became rector of the seminary in 1971. In 1979, he was named pastor of the parish of San Stefano Protomartire in Porto Santo Stefano. He was also a member of the diocesan college of consultors, and served as episcopal delegate for the seminarians residing outside of the diocese and professor of religion at the Professional Institute for Maritime Activities in Porto Santo Stefano.

On 25 July 1990, Comastri was appointed Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino by Pope John Paul II.^[1] He received his episcopal consecration on 12 September from Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, with Archbishop Gaetano Bonicelli and Bishop Eugenio Binini serving as co-consecrators, in the parish church San Stefano Protomartire. He resigned as bishop for health reasons on 3 March 1994. Following his recovery, he was named president of the National Italian Committee for the Jubilee of the Year 2000 and placed in charge of the National Center for Vocations of the Italian Episcopal Conference.

Comastri was named Territorial Prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Loreto, with the personal title of archbishop, on 9 November 1996.^[1] On 5 February 2005, he was appointed President of the Fabric of Saint Peter, Vicar General of His Holiness for the State of Vatican City, and Coadjutor Archbishop of St. Peter's Basilica.^[1] He preached the Lenten spiritual exercises for Pope John Paul II and the Roman Curia in 2003 and the meditations for the Stations of the Cross in the Colosseum on Good Friday 2006.^[2] Upon the retirement of Cardinal Francesco Marchisano on 31 October 2006, Comastri succeeded him as Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica.

Pope Benedict XVI created him Cardinal in the consistory of 24 November 2007,^[3] assigned to the titular church of San Salvatore in Lauro with the rank of cardinal-deacon. In addition to his main duties, he also serves as vice-president of the Pontifical Academy of the Immacolata and he has been a member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints since 2005.^[4]

References

1. ^¹²³{{cite web|title=Comastri Card. Angelo| url=http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_comastri_a_en.html |website=College of Cardinals Biographical Notes, 13 June 2008|publisher=Press Office of the Holy See|accessdate=27 July 2017}}
2. ^{{cite news | work = Zenit | accessdate = 27 July 2017 | date= 6 April 2006 | title = Way of the Cross to Focus on Loss of Sense of Sin | url = https://zenit.org/articles/way-of-the-cross-to-focus-on-loss-of-sense-of-sin/ }}
3. ^{{cite news| work= La Reppublica | language=it | url=http://www.repubblica.it/2007/10/sezioni/esteri/benedettoxvi-17/concistoro2/concistoro2.html | date= 24 November 2007 | title= Concistoro, ecco i nuovi cardinali 'Rappresentano universalità della Chiesa'}}
4. ^{{cite press release | accessdate = 27 July 2017 | date = 24 October 2005 | language= it | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2005/10/24/0540/01326.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 24.10.2005 | publisher = Press Office of the Holy See}}
5. ^{{cite news | work = Zenit | accessdate = 27 July 2017 | url = https://zenit.org/articles/list-of-cardinal-electors/ | date = 12 March 2013 | title= List of Cardinal Electors}}

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