Coat of arms of Giuseppe Salvatore Baturi

Giuseppe Baturi (born 21 March 1964) is an Italian prelate of the

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who has been

Archbishop of Cagliari The Archdiocese of Cagliari ( la, Archidioecesis Calaritana) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese centred on the city of Cagliari. It holds the Primacy of Sardinia.Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

since 2020 and secretary of the

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(CEI) since 2022.

Biography

Giuseppe Andrea Salvatore Baturi was born in

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on 21 March 1964. After completing high school, he obtained a law degree from the

University of Catania The University of Catania ( it, Università degli Studi di Catania) is a university located in Catania, Sicily. Founded in 1434, it is the oldest university in Sicily, the 13th oldest in Italy, and the 29th oldest university in the world. With a ...

. As a student of the Archepiscopal Seminary he earned a bachelor's degree in theology at the Theological Studio of San Paolo in Catania. He completed a licentiate in canon law at the

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. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Catania on 2 January 1993 by Luigi Bommarito, Archbishop of Catania. Baturi was parish priest of Valcorrente, a hamlet of

Belpasso Belpasso ( scn, Malupassu, Marpassu or Mappassu) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about northwest of Catania. Belpasso is the second biggest ...

, from 1993 to 2002 and Diocesan Treasurer from 1999 to 2008. He was also the Episcopal Vicar for Economic Affairs, a member of the Presbyteral Council, General Procurator of the Archbishop, vice-president of the Catanese Opera for Worship and Religion, a member of the boards of directors of the Pious Work of Poor Clerics, of the Pious San Benedetto Educational Institute, and of the Regina Pacis Committee Association of Belpasso, and a member of the steering committee of the Michelangelo Virgilito Foundation of

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. He was also head of

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for

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. He became Canon Major of the Cathedral Chapter of Catania in 2012. From 2012 to April 2019, he was director of the National Office for Legal Problems and secretary of the Council for Legal Affairs of the CEI. He became under-secretary of the CEI in 2015. On 16 November 2019,

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appointed him archbishop of Cagliari. He received his episcopal consecration in the

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on 5 January 2020 from Cardinal

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, Archbishop of Perugia. He was installed as bishop of Cagliari that same day. He received the

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, the symbol of his status as a

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, on 20 September from Archbishop

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, apostolic nuncio to Italy, in front of the cathedral on the Piazza Palazzo. On 25 May 2021, he was elected vice president of the CEI for central Italy. In March 2022 he met with the head of the Ukrainian community in Cagliari and in April 2022, he visited

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to express his solidarity with his former schoolmate, Archbishop

Mieczysław Mokrzycki Mieczysław Mokrzycki (born 29 March 1961 in Majdan Lipowiecki) is the archbishop of Lviv. Early life and ordination Mokrzycki completed primary school in Łukawiec and Cieszanów, and then studied at the State Agricultural Technical School in O ...

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. On 5 July 2022, Pope Francis named him secretary of the CEI. Baturi said he would continue to serve as archbishop of Cagliari.

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* Living people 1964 births People from Catania Bishops appointed by Pope Francis {{Catholic-Church-stub