Domenico Calcagno (born 3 February 1943) is an Italian prelate of the

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. He has been a bishop since 2002 and a cardinal since 2012. From 7 July 2011 to 26 June 2018 he was President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, where he had served as secretary since 2007.

Biography

Calcagno was born in Tramontana di Parodi Ligure, in the province of Alessandri on 3 February 1943. After studying arts at the

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, he attended the

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in Rome, earning a degree in dogmatic theology. He was ordained a priest on 29 June 1967 by Cardinal

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. After several years of parish ministry, he was appointed professor of theology at the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy and, later, at the Higher Institute of Religious Studies of

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. He served as president of the diocesan clergy institute and was the

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for "new activities". At the national level his assignments included: Secretary of the Italian Priests Commission, Inspector of the

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for Institutes of Religious Sciences, Director of National Missionary Cooperation between Churches, and Treasurer of the Bishops Conference.

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appointed him Bishop of Savona-Noli on 25 January 2002. He was

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on 9 March. He served as Bishop of Savona until Pope Benedict appointed him Secretary of the

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(APSA) and with the personal title of archbishop on 7 July 2007. On 7 July 2011 he became its president. On 20 February 2012 Pope Benedict created him

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assigned to the church of

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. He was one of the

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who participated in the

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that elected

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. Pope Francis made him a member of the

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on 29 March 2014. In October 2016, when several cardinals protested his plan for the APSA to lease commercial space to

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in a building where several cardinals live not far from St. Peter's Basilica, he dismissed their complaints. He said: "I don't see the scandal." Francis accepted his resignation as President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See on 26 June 2018. On 4 March 2022, he was elevated to the rank of cardinal priest.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Calcagno, Domenico 1943 births Living people Pontifical Gregorian University alumni Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See Cardinals created by Pope Benedict XVI 21st-century Italian cardinals Bishops of Savona 21st-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops