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College of Cardinals Biographical notes [Updated: 09.03.2012]
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Cardinal Angelo Scola, Archbishop of Milan, was born on 7
November 1941 at Malgrate, Milan. He was ordained on 18 July 1970 and
holds doctorates in theology and philosophy. Cardinal Scola was actively involved in the Communion and Liberation Movement before becoming assistant researcher in philosophy and then assistant professor of moral theology at the University of Fribourg. In 1982 he was appointed professor of theological anthropology at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, and taught contemporary Christology at the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome. On 21 September 1991, he was ordained Bishop of Grosseto, subsequent to his appointment on 20 July.
The Holy Father appointed him Rector of the
Pontifical Lateran University and President of the John Paul II
Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in 1995.
On 5 January 2002 the Pope appointed him Patriarch of Venice, and on 9
April 2002 he was elected President of the Bishops’ Conference of the
Triveneta region. On 28 June 2011 he was appointed Archbishop of Milan. On 11 October 2011 he was elected President of the Bishops’ Conference of Lombardy (Italy). Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the Consistory of 21 October 2003, of the Title of Ss. XII Apostoli (Twelve Holy Apostles). Member of:
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