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College of Cardinals Biographical notes [Updated: 13.06.2008]
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Notice: the biographical notes are only a working instrument for the press, for the exclusive use of accredited journalists.
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Cardinal Angelo Comastri, Vicar General of His Holiness for Vatican City State, Archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica and President of the Fabric of Saint Peter’s, was born on 17 September 1943 in Sorano, Italy. He was ordained a priest on 11 March 1967 and holds a licentiate in theology from the Pontifical Lateran University. In 1968 he began work at the Congregation for Bishops, and simultaneously as spiritual director at the Roman Minor Seminary and assistant chaplain of Regina Caeli Prison. In 1971 he became rector of the Seminary in Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello. In 1979 he went as parish priest to Porto Santo Stefano. During his 11 years there, he received a visit from Mother Teresa, with whom he had a close friendship. On 25 July 1990 he was appointed Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino and ordained on 12 September, but a heart ailment obliged him to resign on 3 March 1994. Then, in 1994, he became president of the National Vocations Centre and president of the National Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, and on 9 November 1996, Archbishop and Pontifical Delegate for the Shrine of Loreto, where his preaching attracted many pilgrims. On 5 February 2005, he was appointed Vicar for Vatican City State, President of St. Peter’s Fabric and Coadjutor of the Archpriest of St. Peter’s, and on 31 October 2006, Archpriest. He preached the Lent Spiritual Exercises for Pope John Paul II and the Roman Curia. He redacted the meditations for the Way of the Cross presided by Pope Benedict XVI in the Colosseum on Good Friday 2005. Created and proclaimed Cardinal by Benedict XVI in the consistory of 24 November 2007, of the Deaconry of San Salvatore in Lauro (St. Salvatore in Lauro). Member of:
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