Mario Zenari
His Eminence Mario Zenari |
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Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to Syria | |
File:Cardinal Mario Zenari in 2016.jpg
Zenari in late 2016.
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Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Appointed | 30 December 2008 |
Predecessor | Giovanni Battista Morandini |
Other posts | Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri |
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Ordination | 5 July 1970 by Giuseppe Carraro |
Consecration | 25 September 1999 by Angelo Sodano |
Created Cardinal | 19 November 2016 by Pope Francis |
Rank | Cardinal Deacon |
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Birth name | Mario Zenari |
Born | Rosegaferro, Verona, Italy |
5 January 1946
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Motto | "Levate Oculos Vestros" (Lift up your eyes) |
Coat of arms | Mario Zenari's coat of arms |
Ordination history of Mario Zenari | |
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Priestly ordination
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Date of ordination | 5 July 1970 |
Episcopal consecration
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Principal consecrator | Angelo Sodano |
Co-consecrators | Flavio Roberto Carraro, OFM Cap. Marcello Zago, OMI |
Date of consecration | 25 September 1999 |
Cardinalate
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Elevated by | Pope Francis |
Date of elevation | 19 November 2016 |
Styles of Mario Zenari |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
Mario Zenari (born 5 January 1946) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal since 2016.[1] He has served his entire ecclesiastical career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, holding senior positions beginning in 1999. He has been Apostolic Nuncio to Syria since 30 December 2008. He was nuncio to Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2008.
Life
Mario Zenari was born in 1946 in Rosegaferro. He received his ordination to the priesthood on 5 July 1970 in Verona from Bishop Giuseppe Carraro.
To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1976.[2]
On 7 February 1994, Pope John Paul II appointed him to several diplomatic positions as papal representative to non-governmental organizations in Vienna.[3] And on 15 June he was given the title monsignor as a Prelate of Honour of His Holiness.[4]
He was named Titular Archbishop of Iulium Carnicum and apostolic nuncio to Burkina Faso, Niger, and Cote d'Ivoire on 12 July 1999.[5] He received his episcopal consecration on 25 September 1999 from Cardinal Angelo Sodano.[6]
On 10 May 2004, he was named the nuncio to Sri Lanka.[7] On 30 December 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him nuncio to Syria[8] where he was stationed during the Syrian Civil War that began in 2011.
Pope Francis on 9 October 2016 announced that he would make Zenari a cardinal in a papal consistory scheduled for 19 November 2016, citing his work for the "beloved and martyred Syria".[9] He was made a Cardinal Deacon on that day and assigned to the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri.[10] Francis made him a member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches on 23 December 2017.[11]
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Preceded by | Titular Archbishop of Iulium Carnicum 1999–2016 |
Succeeded by Pedro Sergio de Jesús Mena Díaz |
Preceded by | Cardinal Deacon of Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri 2016-present |
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Preceded by | Apostolic Nuncio to the Ivory Coast, Niger and Burkina Faso 1999–2004 |
Succeeded by Mario Roberto Cassari |
Preceded by | Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka 2004–2008 |
Succeeded by Joseph Spiteri |
Preceded by | Apostolic Nuncio to Syria 2008–present |
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