Angelo Bagnasco

His Eminence Angelo Bagnasco
Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Genoa
Bagnasco in 2005
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Genoa
See	Genoa
Appointed	29 August 2006
Installed	24 September 2006
Term ended	8 May 2020
Predecessor	Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B.
Successor	Marco Tasca, O.F.M. Conv.
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio (2007-)
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Pesaro (1998–2000) Archbishop of Pesaro (2000–2003) Archbishop of the Military Ordinariate in Italy (2003–2006)
Orders
Ordination	29 June 1966 by Giuseppe Siri
Consecration	7 February 1998 by Dionigi Tettamanzi
Created cardinal	24 November 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Angelo Bagnasco (1943-01-14) 14 January 1943 (age 83) Pontevico, Brescia, Kingdom of Italy
Nationality	Italian
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Alma mater	University of Genoa
Motto	Christus spes mea
Coat of arms

Styles of Angelo Bagnasco
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Angelo Bagnasco (Italian pronunciation: [ˈandʒelo baɲˈɲasko]; born 14 January 1943) is an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Genoa from 2006 to 2020. He was President of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) from 2007 to 2017. He became a cardinal in 2007.

Bagnasco was seen as a possible replacement for Pope Benedict XVI in 2013.

In February 2018, Pope Francis extended Bagnasco's tenure in Genoa for two years beyond the normal retirement age of 75.

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