Luigi Misto
Luigi Misto | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Elected | 7 July 2011 |
| Installed | 7 July 2001 (13 years, 146 days) |
| Predecessor | Domenico Calcagno |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 12 June 1976 (Priest) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 June 1952 |
Msgr Luigi Misto JCD (24 June 1952 - ) is the current secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 7 July 2011. He had previously served as Director of the Higher Institute of Religious Studies and Paul VI Ambrosian Foundation in Villa Cagnola Gazzada Schianno (Varese) and Head of Service of the Archdiocese of Milan for the Promotion of Economic support to the Church.
Misto was born in Binago, (Como Province, Archdiocese of Milan) in 1952. He was ordained a priest on 12 June 1976 for the Archdiocese of Milan. He was a student in Rome at the Pontifical Lombard Seminary (1976-1979). He received his doctorate in Canon Law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1981.
Misto served as a professor of Canon Law in the Seminary of Milan (Seveso, 1979-1983; Venegono Lower, 1983-1999), and chancellor of the Curia from 1999-2004 and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Institute for the Sustenance of the Clergy (2001-2011). He was created Chaplain of His Holiness on 6 November 2001.
He served as Director of the Higher Institute of Religious Studies and Fondazione Ambrosiana Paolo VI in Villa Cagnola Gazzada Schianno (Varese), and director of the Diocesan Service for the Promotion of Economic support to the Church and Regional Commissioner, and professor of Public Law of the Seminary Ecclesiastical Milan and Asset Ecclesiastical Law Institute of St. Pius X, Venice. He was appointed an Honorary Canon of the Metropolitan Chapter of the Basilica of Milan in recognition to his service to the Church in Milan.
He was appointed as secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See replacing Archbishop Domenico Calcagno who served as secretary to Cardinal Nicora until 7 July 2011 when he was appointed president.[1] Archbishop Calcagno was appointed after the resignation of Cardinal Nicora who wanted to became the full time president of Financial Information Authority. Cardinal Nicora held both positons when the FIA was created in January 2011.