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Matteo Maria Zuppi (born 11 October 1955) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Bologna since 12 December 2015. He was previously an auxiliary bishop of Rome from 2012 to 2015.
May 24, 2022 · Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna and member of the Sant'Egidio Community, as the leader of the CEI on 23 May 2022. The CEI is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in Italy, and its theme for 2022 is "Listening to the Narratives of the People of God".
Cardinal Zuppi is the archbishop of Bologna and the president of the Italian Episcopal Conference. He was born in Rome in 1955, ordained a priest in 1981, and became a bishop in 2012. He was created a cardinal in 2019 and appointed judge of the Vatican City State Supreme Court in 2023.
Jul 17, 2023 · Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Pope Francis' special envoy, visits Washington DC to promote peace in Ukraine. He has already met with officials in Kyiv and Moscow, and conveyed the Pope's greetings to Patriarch Kirill.
May 24, 2022 · Pope Francis appointed Zuppi, 66, as the president of the CEI after a vote by the bishops. Zuppi is known as the “bicycling cardinal” and has ties to the Sant’Egidio Community.
Matteo Maria Zuppi è un cardinale e arcivescovo cattolico italiano, dal 27 ottobre 2015 arcivescovo metropolita di Bologna e dal 24 maggio 2022 presidente della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana.
Jul 19, 2023 · Cardinal Matteo Zuppi met with President Biden and other officials to seek peace and humanitarian aid for the war-torn Ukrainian people. He also delivered a letter from the Pope expressing his sorrow for the suffering and his readiness to support initiatives.
