Ángel Sixto Rossi
SJ (born 11 August 1958) is an Argentine prelate of the
Catholic Church
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who has been archbishop of
Córdoba Córdoba most commonly refers to:
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* Córdoba, Argentina, the second largest city in Argentina and the capital of Córdoba Province
Córdoba or Cord ...
since 2021. He has been a
Jesuit
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since 1976.
Pope Francis
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made him a
cardinal
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**''Cardinalis'', genus of three species in the family Cardinalidae
***Northern cardinal, ''Cardinalis cardinalis'', the common cardinal of ...
on 30 September 2023.
Biography
Ángel Sixto Rossi was born on 11 August 1958 in
Córdoba, Argentina
Córdoba () is a city in central Argentina, in the foothills of the Punilla Valley, Sierras Chicas on the Primero River, Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province, Argentina, Córdoba Province an ...
, the third child of Ángel Sixto Rossi and Delicia Ruiz Caraffa.
In 1976 he entered the novitiate of the Argentine Province of the Society of Jesus. After studying philosophy and theology in Argentina and Ecuador he was ordained a priest on 12 December 1986. He earned a degree in spiritual theology at the
Pontifical Gregorian University
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The Gregorian originated as a part of the Roman College, founded in 1551 by Ignatius of Loyo ...
in Rome with a thesis on spiritual discernment in
Saint Ignatius.
He took his solemn vows as a Jesuit on 9 May 1994.
[
From 1990 to 1992 he was rector of the Church of El Salvador in Buenos Aires; he opened the Hogar San José for people who live on the street. In 1992 he created the Manos Abiertas Foundation, which provides help to the poorest and vulnerable in ten cities in Argentina. From 1992 to 1995 he was novice master of the Society of Jesus and from 2013 to 2019 he was superior of the Jesuit community residence in Córdoba.][
He has offered numerous Ignatian spiritual exercises to groups of priests, religious and lay people. Before becoming a bishop, he was councilor of the Argentine-Uruguayan Province of the Society of Jesus, based in Córdoba, and as coordinator of the itinerant missionary team and spiritual assistant of the Manos Abiertas Foundation.][
Pope Francis named him archbishop of Córdoba on 6 November 2021.]coat of arms
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he adopted was far simpler than that of other prelates in that it did not employ the insignia that indicate his rank as a metropolitan archbishop and centered a shepherd's crook behind the shield in place of a cross.
On 9 July 2023, Pope Francis announced plans to make him a cardinal at a consistory scheduled for 30 September. At that consistory he was made cardinal priest of Santa Bernadette Soubirous. He participated as a cardinal elector
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in the 2025 papal conclave
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that elected Pope Leo XIV
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.[
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See also
* Cardinals created by Francis
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References
External links
* in Spanish
Rossi Card. Ángel Sixto, S.I.
Holy See Press Office
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Archived
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1958 births
Living people
People from Córdoba, Argentina
Pontifical Gregorian University alumni
Bishops appointed by Pope Francis
Roman Catholic archbishops of Córdoba
Jesuit archbishops
Argentine Jesuits
Cardinals created by Pope Francis
Argentine cardinals
Jesuit cardinals
21st-century cardinals