Filippo Iannone (born 13 December 1957) is an Italian prelate of the

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who has been president of the

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since April 2018. He has been a bishop since 2001 and an archbishop since 2012. He is a member of the Carmelites.

Education and early career

Filippo Iannone was born on 13 December 1957 in

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. On 1 August 1976, he entered the

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. He was a novice at the

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and then studied at the Santa Maria del Carmine in Naples. He later studied at the

San Luigi Papal Theological Seminary of Southern Italy The San Luigi Papal Theological Seminary of Southern Italy (Italian: ''Pontificia Facoltà Teologica dell'Italia Meridionale, San Luigi'') is an institution of higher learning in Naples, Italy. It is located prominently on via Petrarca in the Posil ...

for his bachelor’s degree in theology and at the

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, where he earned a doctorate in civil and canon law. After a course of study at the

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, he gained the title of . He took his first vows on 1 October 1977 and his final vows on 15 October 1980. He received his priestly ordination on 26 June 1982. He was associate professor of canon law at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Southern Italy and a visiting professor at several other institutions. Within the Carmelite order he worked in the regional Treasury Commissioner's office from 1985 to 1988 and for the national body from 1988 to 1991. From 1988 to 1994 he was President of the Commission for the Revision of the Constitution. For the

Archdiocese of Naples The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples ( it, Arcidiocesi di Napoli; la, Archidioecesis Neapolitana) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in southern Italy, the see being in Naples. A Christian community was founded there in the 1st century AD a ...

, he held the position of Defender of the Faith in the Regional Court from 1987 to 1990; and

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at the Naples Diocese Tribunal from 1990 to 1994. He was episcopal vicar for part of the Archdiocese from 1994 to 1996 and vicar general from 1996 to 2001.

Episcopal ministry

On 12 April 2001, Iannone was appointed auxiliary bishop of the

and

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. He received his episcopal ordination on 26 May 2001 from Cardinal

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. At the time of his appointment, he was the youngest Italian bishop. As part of the reorganisation of the

undertaken by Cardinal

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, he was nominated as

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, co-ordinating with the clergy and ) (lit. "Court moderators") in matters of Church administration. On 19 June 2009,

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named him Bishop of the Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo. On 31 January 2012, Pope Benedict named him

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of the

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, elevating him to the rank of

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. His appointment to that position was requested by Cardinal

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, the pope's vicar for Rome, who had himself come to Rome from Naples and knew Iannone's work there. As of December 2015, he is a member of the

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, a consultant to the

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, a member of the Council for Legal Affairs of the

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, and president of the Education and Culture Committee of the Lazio episcopal region. On 11 November 2017, Pope Francis named him adjunct secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, the first to hold that title since 2000. On 7 April 2018,

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named him President of that body, which was unusual in that he was promoted above the Council's secretary, Archbishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta. On 5 December 2020, Pope Francis named him a member of the

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