Gianfranco Ghirlanda (born 5 July 1942) is an Italian

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whose career has been closely associated with the

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where he has taught since 1975, served as dean of the Faculty of Canon Law from 1995 to 2004, and led as rector from 2004 to 2010.

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made him a cardinal on 27 August 2022.

Biography

Gianfranco Ghirlanda was born on 5 July 1942 in

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. He worked at

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while studying at the

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and earned a doctorate in jurisprudence there in 1966. He joined the

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that same year and completed his studies of theology at the

, earning a bachelor's degree in sacred theology in 1973. He was

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a priest in 1973. Continuing to study at the Gregorian, he earned a licentiate in

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in 1975 and a doctorate in canon law ''summa cum laude'' in 1978. Ghirlanda has taught courses in canon law in various faculties of the Gregorian since 1975. In 1986 he became a full professor and served as dean of the Faculty of Canon Law from 1995 to 2004. He has served the

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as a

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of various congregations and councils, and was a judge of the Court of Appeal in Vatican City from 1993 to 2003. He has published books on canon law, and approximately 110 articles in various publications. He was appointed rector of the Gregorian on 1 September 2004 by

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. He has assisted in the drafting of apostolic constitutions and authored the commentary that accompanied the release of '' Anglicanorum coetibus'' in 2009. On 4 July 2014, Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz and Archbishop Jose Rodriguez Carballo, the Prefect and the Secretary of the

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, announced Ghirlanda's appointment as papal assistant to the

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in its ongoing attempt to complete its renewal process. He was assigned a similar role in 2020 with respect to the lay association . On 6 October 2018, he was named a member of the

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. On 27 August 2022, Pope Francis made him a

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, assigning him as his deaconry the

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. He received a dispensation from the requirement that only bishops can become cardinals.

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