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{{short description|Italian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1941)}}
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| honorific-prefix = His Eminence
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| name = Beniamino Stella
| name = Beniamino Stella
| title = Prefect of the [[Congregation for the Clergy]]
| title = [[Congregation for the Clergy|Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy]]
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| see = [[Santi Cosma e Damiano]]
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| appointed = 21 September 2013
| term_start = 21 September 2013
| predecessor = [[Mauro Cardinal Piacenza]]
| predecessor = [[Mauro Piacenza]]
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| term_end = 2 August 2021
| successor = [[Lazarus You Heung-sik]]
| other_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Santi Cosma e Damiano|Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano]]|Member of the [[Congregation for Catholic Education]]}}
| other_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Porto–Santa Rufina|Cardinal Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina]] (2020–present)}}
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| ordination = 19 March 1966
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| consecrated_by = [[Pope John Paul II]]
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| cardinal = 22 February 2014
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| birth_name = Beniamino Stella
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| birth_place = [[Pieve di Soligo]], [[Kingdom of Italy]]
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| co-consecrators = [[Eduardo Martinez Somalo]]<br/>[[Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt]]
| date of consecration = 5 September 1987
| place of consecration =
| elevated by = [[Pope Francis]]
| date of elevation = 22 February 2014
| bishop 1 = [[Bernard Nsayi]]
| consecration date 1 = 16 September 1990
| bishop 2 = [[José Alberto Rozo Gutierrez]], [[S.M.M]]
| consecration date 2 = 19 March 2000
| bishop 3 = [[Alvaro Efrén Rincón Rojas]], [[C.SS.R]]
| consecration date 3 = 24 March 2000
| bishop 4 = [[José Vicente Huertas Vargas]]
| consecration date 4 = 4 August 2000
| bishop 5 = [[Héctor Javier Pizarro Acevedo]], [[O.A.R]]
| consecration date 5 = 27 January 2001
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| bishop 6 = [[Eulises González Sánchez]]
| consecration date 6 = 10 March 2001
| bishop 7 = [[Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano]], [[S.D.B]]
| consecration date 7 = 6 June 2001
| bishop 8 = [[Misael Vacca Ramirez]]
| consecration date 8 = 10 August 2001
| bishop 9 = [[Fidel León Cadavid Marin]]
| consecration date 9 = 22 September 2001
| bishop 10 = [[Carlos Germán Masa Ruiz]]
| consecration date 10 = 26 April 2003
| bishop 11 = [[Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo]]
| consecration date 11 = 24 June 2003
| bishop 12 = [[Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón]]
| consecration date 12 = 27 June 2003
| bishop 13 = [[Luis Alberto Parra Mora]]
| consecration date 13 = 11 December 2003
| bishop 14 = [[Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo]], [[M.X.Y.]]
| consecration date 14 = 31 March 2004
| bishop 15 = [[Luis Felipe Sanchez Aponte]]
| consecration date 15 = 22 April 2004
| bishop 16 = [[Juan Vicente Cordoba Villota]], [[S.J]]
| consecration date 16 = 28 August 2004
| bishop 17 = [[Jaime Enrique Duque Correa]], [[M.X.Y]]
| consecration date 17 = 25 February 2006
| bishop 18 = [[Guillermo Orozco Montoya]]
| consecration date 18 = 10 March 2006
| bishop 19 = [[José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez]], [[O.A.R]]
| consecration date 19 = 27 January 2007
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'''Beniamino Stella''' (born 18 August 1941) is an Italian cardinal and prefect of the [[Congregation for the Clergy]]. [[Pope Francis]] elevated him to the cardinalate on 22 February 2014. He has served as the [[postulator]] for the canonization cause of [[Pope John Paul I]] since 2016.
'''Beniamino Stella''' (born 18 August 1941) is an Italian prelate of the [[Catholic Church]] who was Prefect of the [[Congregation for the Clergy]] from 2013 to 2021; he has been a [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] since 2014. He began working in the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1970, was made an archbishop in 1987, and served as a nuncio in several countries between 1987 and 2007. He led the Vatican's training program for its diplomats, the [[Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy]], from 2007 to 2013.


== Life ==
== Early years==
Beniamino Stella was born in [[Pieve di Soligo]], [[Province of Treviso]], [[Italy]]. His parish priest was instrumental in his entering the seminary. After finishing secondary education, he went to Rome and entered the [[Pontifical Roman Seminary]], where he studied philosophy and theology; then, studied at the [[Pontifical Lateran University]].
Beniamino Stella was born in [[Pieve di Soligo]], [[Province of Treviso]], [[Italy]]. After finishing secondary education, he entered the [[Pontifical Roman Seminary]] and studied philosophy and theology at the [[Pontifical Lateran University]].<ref name=tocca>{{cite news | work = La Stampa | access-date = 16 April 2020 | url = https://www.lastampa.it/vatican-insider/it/2013/09/23/news/tocca-a-beniamino-corazon-1.35981953 | date= 23 September 2013 | title = Tocca a Beniamino "Corazón" | language = it}}</ref>


He was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] a priest of the [[Diocese of Vittorio Veneto]] on 19 March 1966 by his uncle, Archbishop [[Costantino Stella]] of [[Archdiocese of L'Aquila|L'Aquila]]. That same year, to prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the [[Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy]]|language =it|access-date = 15 April 2019 | title = Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999 |url = https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdeccles/documents/1950-1999.htm }}</ref> While there he also earned a degree in canon law from the [[Pontifical Lateran University]].
In 1965, his bishop, [[Albino Luciani]] of Vittorio Veneto, future Pope John Paul I, sent him to the [[Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy]], Rome, to study diplomacy. He studied at the academy from 1966 to 1970 and at the same time he obtained a doctorate in canon law.


==Diplomatic service ==
He was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] on 19 March 1966, by his uncle, Archbishop [[Costantino Stella]] of L'Aquila as a priest of the diocese of Vittorio Veneto. Entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1970. Worked in the nunciatures in the [[Dominican Republic]] as adetto from 1970 to 1973; and [[Zaire]] as secretary from 1973 to 1976. Named [[Monsignor|chaplain of His Holiness]] on 5 September 1974. From 1976 to 1978, he served in the Second Section of the Secretariat of State; then, he worked in the nunciature in Malta, as [[auditor]]. From 1978 to 1983 the nuncio was sent away by Malta's prime minister Don Mintoff, and Monsignor Stella stayed there as a [[chargé d'affaires]]. In 1983, he was assigned to the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church. Named counselor of nunciature on February 1, 1983.
He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1970 and held posts in the nunciatures in the [[Dominican Republic]] from 1970 to 1973 and in [[Zaire]] as secretary from 1973 to 1976.<ref name=tocca/> He was made a [[Monsignor|chaplain of His Holiness]] on 5 September 1974.<ref>{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | access-date = 16 April 2020 | page= 671 |date= 1974 | volume = LVI| url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-66-1974-ocr.pdf }}</ref> From 1976 to 1978, he served in the Second Section of the [[Secretariat of State (Holy See)|Secretariat of State]]; then in Malta as [[auditor]].<ref name=tocca/> In 1978, after Malta's prime minister [[Dom Mintoff]] declared the nuncio, [[Antonio del Giudice (nuncio)|Antonio del Giudice]] ''persona non grata'',<ref>{{cite news | url = https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2013/04/13/arcivescovo-del-giudice-un-agente-007.html | language = it | work = La Repubblica | access-date = 15 April 2020 | date= 13 April 2013 | title = L' arcivescovo Del Giudice un agente 007 del Vaticano | first = Giuseppe | last = Pesce }}</ref> Stella headed the nunciature as [[chargé d'affaires]]. In 1983, he was assigned to the [[Council for the Public Affairs of the Church]].<ref name=tocca/> He was assigned the rank of nunciature counselor on 1 February 1983.


On 21 August 1987, [[Pope John Paul II]] appointed Stella [[titular archbishop]] of [[Numidia (Roman province)#Episcopal sees|Midila]] as well as [[Apostolic Nunciature to the Republic of the Congo|Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to the Republic of the Congo]] and [[Apostolic Nunciature to Chad|Apostolic Delegate to Chad]].<ref>{{cite book | title= Acta Apostolicae Sedis | pages= 1239, 1250 | url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-79-1987-ocr.pdf | date= 1987 | access-date = 16 April 2020 | volume = LXXIX }}</ref>{{efn|On 10 January 1989, his title changed from Apostolic Delegate to Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Chad.<ref>{{cite book | title= Acta Apostolicae Sedis | pages= 389, 801 | url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-81-1989-ocr.pdf | date= 1989 | access-date = 16 April 2020 | volume = LXXXI }}</ref>}} Stella received his episcopal consecration from the Pope on 5 September.<ref name=tocca/> On 15 December 1992, he was named [[Apostolic Nunciature to Cuba|Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba]].<ref>{{cite book | title= Acta Apostolicae Sedis | page= 104 | url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-85-1993-ocr.pdf | date= 1993 | access-date = 16 April 2020 | volume = LXXXV }}</ref> On 11 February 1999, he was appointed [[Apostolic Nunciature to Colombia|Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia]].<ref>{{cite book | title= Acta Apostolicae Sedis | page= 327 |url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-91-1999-ocr.pdf | date= 1999 | access-date = 16 April 2020 | volume = LXXXXI }}</ref>
==Episcopate==


On 13 October 2007 [[Pope Benedict XVI]] appointed him President of the [[Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy]].<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 15 April 2020 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2007/10/13/0529/01424.html | date= 13 October 2007 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 13.10.2007 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}}</ref>
In 1987 Stella was appointed [[titular archbishop]] of ''Midila'' by [[Pope John Paul II]], who was also his principal consecrator. In the following years he served as [[apostolic nuncio]] to the [[Republic of Congo]], [[Cuba]], and [[Colombia]]. In 2007 [[Pope Benedict XVI]] appointed him President of the [[Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy]], a position he held until [[Pope Francis]] nominated him Prefect of the [[Congregation for the Clergy]] on 21 September 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/vaticano/dettaglio-articolo/articolo/curia-curia-curia-28005/|title=Vaticano, nuove nomine: Stella al Clero e Baldisseri al Sinodo |language=Italian|work=Vatican Insider|date=2013-09-20|accessdate=2015-01-09}}</ref>


==Congregation for the Clergy==
On 30 November 2013, Pope Francis named Archbishop Stella a Member of the [[Congregation for Catholic Education]].<ref>http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2013/11/30/0795/01791.html</ref> On 16 December 2013 he was appointed as a member of the Congregation for Bishops.<ref>[http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/de/bollettino/pubblico/2013/12/16/0845/01901.html]</ref> In January 2014 it was announced that he will be elevated to the [[cardinalate]] at the next [[Papal consistory|consistory]] on 22 February 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.news.va/en/news/166955 | title=Annuncio di Concistoro per la Creazione di Nuovi Cardinali | publisher=[[The Vatican Today]] | date=12 January 2014 | accessdate=January 12, 2014 | language=Italian}}</ref>
[[Pope Francis]] nominated him Prefect of the [[Congregation for the Clergy]] on 21 September 2013.<ref>{{cite press release| date=21 September 2013| access-date= 15 April 2020 |language = it|url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2013/09/21/0594/01323.html | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 21.09.2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.lastampa.it/vatican-insider/it/2013/09/20/news/vaticano-nuove-nomine-stella-al-clero-e-baldisseri-al-sinodo-1.35981277 |title=Vaticano, nuove nomine: Stella al Clero e Baldisseri al Sinodo | first = Marco | last = Tosatti |language=it|work=Vatican Insider|date=20 September 2013|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> On 16 December 2013 he was appointed as a member of the Congregation for Bishops.<ref>{{cite press release | date= 16 December 2013 | access-date = 15 April 2020 | language = it |url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2013/12/16/0845/01901.html | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 16.12.2013}}</ref>


In an interview on 27 February 2019, Stella revealed that, for approximately ten years, the Congregation of the Clergy had been responsible for matters concerning priests who violate their vows of celibacy. Regarding violation of the celibacy policy, Stella stated "In such cases there are, unfortunately, Bishops and Superiors who think that, after having provided economically for the children, or after having transferred the priest, the cleric could continue to exercise the ministry."<ref>{{cite interview| work= Vatican News | url= https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2019-02/children-of-priest-cardinal-stella-interview-andrea-tornielli.html | title= For children of priests, the good of the child comes first |interviewer = Andrea Tornielli | date= 27 February 2019 | first = Beniamino| last = Stella }}</ref>
He was created [[Cardinal-Deacon]] of [[Santi Cosma e Damiano]].


Pope Francis accepted Stella's resignation as prefect of the congregation on 11 June 2021 and appointed [[Lazarus You Heung-sik]] as his successor, with the proviso that Stella would stay on until You was able to move to Rome and take office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2021-06/korean-bishop-new-prefect-of-clergy.html|title=Korean Bishop Lazarus You Heung-sik is the new Prefect of the Clergy|work=vaticannews.va|date=11 June 2021 |accessdate=13 June 2021}}</ref> You took up his new post on 2 August.<ref>{{cite web | access-date = 4 August 2021 | url = http://www.clerus.va/content/clerus/it/notizie/new209.html | title = S.E. Lazzaro You Heung-sik | language = it | website = Congregation for the Clergy }}</ref>
On Tuesday, 10 March 2015, [[Pope Francis]] appointed Cardinal Stella to serve as a Member of the [[Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses]].<ref>http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2015/03/10/0176/00389.html</ref><ref>http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fsalastampa%2Fen%2Fbollettino%2Fpubblico%2F2015%2F03%2F10%2F0176%2F00389.html</ref>

==Cardinal==
In the [[Consistory (Catholicism)|consistory]] of 22 February 2014, he was created [[Cardinal-Deacon]] of [[Santi Cosma e Damiano, Rome|Santi Cosma e Damiano]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.va/en/news/166955|title=Annuncio di Concistoro per la Creazione di Nuovi Cardinali|date=12 January 2014|publisher=[[The Vatican Today]]|language=it|access-date=12 January 2014|archive-date=14 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214043451/http://www.news.va/en/news/166955|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2014/documents/ns_lit_doc_20140222_titoli-diaconie-nuovi-cardinali_it.html|title=Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali|date=22 February 2014|website=[[Holy See|The Holy See]]|publisher=[[Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff|Ufficio delle Celebrazioni Liturgiche del Sommo Pontefice]]|language=it|trans-title=Assignment of Titles and Deaconries to the new Cardinals|access-date=15 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703072411/https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2014/documents/ns_lit_doc_20140222_titoli-diaconie-nuovi-cardinali_it.html|archive-date=3 July 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

On 10 March 2015, [[Pope Francis]] appointed Stella a member of the [[Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2015/03/10/0176/00389.html |title=Rinunce e nomine |access-date=10 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092645/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2015/03/10/0176/00389.html |archive-date=2 April 2015 }}</ref>

He was named a member of the [[Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State]] on 11 June 2016,<ref>{{cite press release | date= 11 June 2016| access-date = 15 April 2020 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/06/11/0427/00980.html | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 11.06.2016}}</ref> of the [[Secretariat for Communications]] on 13 July 2016,<ref>{{cite press release | date= 13 July 2016| access-date = 15 April 2020 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/07/13/0517/01179.html | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 13.07.2016}}</ref> of the [[Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments]] on 28 October 2016,<ref>{{cite press release | date= 28 October 2016| access-date = 15 April 2020 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/10/28/0775/01733.html | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 28.10.2016}}</ref> of the [[Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]] on 22 November 2016,<ref>{{cite press release | date= 22 November 2016| access-date = 15 April 2020 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/11/22/0843/01873.html | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 22.11.2016}}</ref> and of the [[Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples]] on 4 October 2017.<ref>{{cite press release | date= 4 October 2017 |access-date = 15 April 2020 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2017/10/04/0664/01464.html | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 04.10.2017}}</ref>

On 1 May 2020, Stella was raised to the order of [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)#Cardinal bishops|cardinal bishop]] and assigned the [[Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Porto-Santa Rufina|suburbicarian see title of Porto-Santa Rufina]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Resignations and Appointments, 01.05.2020|url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2020/05/01/200501c.html|date=1 May 2020|access-date=1 May 2020|work=Holy See Press Office|publisher=Holy See}}</ref>

He has served as the [[postulator]] for the canonization cause of [[Pope John Paul I]] since 2016.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Cardinals created by Francis]]
*[[Cardinals created by Francis]]

==Notes==
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* {{cite web| access-date = 23 November 2017| title= Stella Card. Beniamino |publisher= [[Holy See Press Office]] | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_stella_b.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 19 September 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160919102335/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_stella_b.html }}
* {{catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bstella|Beniamino Stella|2013-09-21}}{{Self-published source|date=January 2016}}
* {{catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bstella|Beniamino Stella|2013-09-21}}{{Self-published source|date=January 2016}}


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His Eminence

Beniamino Stella
Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Installed21 September 2013
Term ended2 August 2021
PredecessorMauro Piacenza
SuccessorLazarus You Heung-sik
Other post(s)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination19 March 1966
by Constantino Stella
Consecration5 September 1987
by Pope John Paul II
Created cardinal22 February 2014
by Pope Francis
Rank
Personal details
Born
Beniamino Stella

(1941-08-18) 18 August 1941 (age 83)
Pieve di Soligo, Treviso, Kingdom of Italy
NationalityItalian
DenominationRoman Catholic
Alma mater
Ordination history of
Beniamino Stella
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byCostantino Stella
Date19 March 1966
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorPope John Paul II
Co-consecratorsEduardo Martinez Somalo
Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt
Date5 September 1987
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Francis
Date22 February 2014
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Beniamino Stella as principal consecrator
Bernard Nsayi16 September 1990
José Alberto Rozo Gutierrez, S.M.M19 March 2000
Alvaro Efrén Rincón Rojas, C.SS.R24 March 2000
José Vicente Huertas Vargas4 August 2000
Héctor Javier Pizarro Acevedo, O.A.R27 January 2001
Eulises González Sánchez10 March 2001
Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B6 June 2001
Misael Vacca Ramirez10 August 2001
Fidel León Cadavid Marin22 September 2001
Carlos Germán Masa Ruiz26 April 2003
Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo24 June 2003
Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón27 June 2003
Luis Alberto Parra Mora11 December 2003
Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y.31 March 2004
Luis Felipe Sanchez Aponte22 April 2004
Juan Vicente Cordoba Villota, S.J28 August 2004
Jaime Enrique Duque Correa, M.X.Y25 February 2006
Guillermo Orozco Montoya10 March 2006
José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R27 January 2007
Styles of
Beniamino Stella
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal

Beniamino Stella (born 18 August 1941) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 2013 to 2021; he has been a cardinal since 2014. He began working in the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1970, was made an archbishop in 1987, and served as a nuncio in several countries between 1987 and 2007. He led the Vatican's training program for its diplomats, the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, from 2007 to 2013.

Early years

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Beniamino Stella was born in Pieve di Soligo, Province of Treviso, Italy. After finishing secondary education, he entered the Pontifical Roman Seminary and studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Lateran University.[1]

He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Vittorio Veneto on 19 March 1966 by his uncle, Archbishop Costantino Stella of L'Aquila. That same year, to prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.[2] While there he also earned a degree in canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University.

Diplomatic service

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He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1970 and held posts in the nunciatures in the Dominican Republic from 1970 to 1973 and in Zaire as secretary from 1973 to 1976.[1] He was made a chaplain of His Holiness on 5 September 1974.[3] From 1976 to 1978, he served in the Second Section of the Secretariat of State; then in Malta as auditor.[1] In 1978, after Malta's prime minister Dom Mintoff declared the nuncio, Antonio del Giudice persona non grata,[4] Stella headed the nunciature as chargé d'affaires. In 1983, he was assigned to the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church.[1] He was assigned the rank of nunciature counselor on 1 February 1983.

On 21 August 1987, Pope John Paul II appointed Stella titular archbishop of Midila as well as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to the Republic of the Congo and Apostolic Delegate to Chad.[5][a] Stella received his episcopal consecration from the Pope on 5 September.[1] On 15 December 1992, he was named Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba.[7] On 11 February 1999, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia.[8]

On 13 October 2007 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.[9]

Congregation for the Clergy

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Pope Francis nominated him Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy on 21 September 2013.[10][11] On 16 December 2013 he was appointed as a member of the Congregation for Bishops.[12]

In an interview on 27 February 2019, Stella revealed that, for approximately ten years, the Congregation of the Clergy had been responsible for matters concerning priests who violate their vows of celibacy. Regarding violation of the celibacy policy, Stella stated "In such cases there are, unfortunately, Bishops and Superiors who think that, after having provided economically for the children, or after having transferred the priest, the cleric could continue to exercise the ministry."[13]

Pope Francis accepted Stella's resignation as prefect of the congregation on 11 June 2021 and appointed Lazarus You Heung-sik as his successor, with the proviso that Stella would stay on until You was able to move to Rome and take office.[14] You took up his new post on 2 August.[15]

Cardinal

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In the consistory of 22 February 2014, he was created Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano.[16][17]

On 10 March 2015, Pope Francis appointed Stella a member of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses.[18]

He was named a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State on 11 June 2016,[19] of the Secretariat for Communications on 13 July 2016,[20] of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on 28 October 2016,[21] of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on 22 November 2016,[22] and of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on 4 October 2017.[23]

On 1 May 2020, Stella was raised to the order of cardinal bishop and assigned the suburbicarian see title of Porto-Santa Rufina.[24]

He has served as the postulator for the canonization cause of Pope John Paul I since 2016.[citation needed]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ On 10 January 1989, his title changed from Apostolic Delegate to Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Chad.[6]

Sources

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Tocca a Beniamino "Corazón"". La Stampa (in Italian). 23 September 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  3. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LVI. 1974. p. 671. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ^ Pesce, Giuseppe (13 April 2013). "L' arcivescovo Del Giudice un agente 007 del Vaticano". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  5. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXIX. 1987. pp. 1239, 1250. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXI. 1989. pp. 389, 801. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  7. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXV. 1993. p. 104. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  8. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXXI. 1999. p. 327. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 13.10.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 October 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 21.09.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  11. ^ Tosatti, Marco (20 September 2013). "Vaticano, nuove nomine: Stella al Clero e Baldisseri al Sinodo". Vatican Insider (in Italian). Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  12. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 16.12.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  13. ^ Stella, Beniamino (27 February 2019). "For children of priests, the good of the child comes first". Vatican News (Interview). Interviewed by Andrea Tornielli.
  14. ^ "Korean Bishop Lazarus You Heung-sik is the new Prefect of the Clergy". vaticannews.va. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  15. ^ "S.E. Lazzaro You Heung-sik". Congregation for the Clergy (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Annuncio di Concistoro per la Creazione di Nuovi Cardinali" (in Italian). The Vatican Today. 12 January 2014. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  17. ^ "Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali" [Assignment of Titles and Deaconries to the new Cardinals]. The Holy See (in Italian). Ufficio delle Celebrazioni Liturgiche del Sommo Pontefice. 22 February 2014. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  18. ^ "Rinunce e nomine". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  19. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.06.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  20. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 13.07.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  21. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 28.10.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  22. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 22.11.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  23. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 04.10.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  24. ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 01.05.2020". Holy See Press Office. Holy See. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to the Republic of the Congo
7 November 1987 – 15 December 1992 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba
15 December 1992 – 11 February 1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia
11 February 1999 – 13 October 2007 		Succeeded by
Educational offices
Preceded by President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
13 October 2007 – 21 September 2013 		Succeeded by
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
21 September 2013 – 1 August 2021 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano
22 February 2014 – 1 May 2020 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina
1 May 2020 – present 		Incumbent
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