1. Angelo Comastri was born on 17 September 1943 and is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church.
15 Facts About Angelo Comastri
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Angelo Comastri was Archpriest of St Peter's Basilica from 2006 to 2021, and Vicar General for the Vatican City State and President of the Fabric of Saint Peter from 2005 to 2021.
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Angelo Comastri previously served as Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino and Territorial Prelate of Loreto.
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Angelo Comastri received his early education at schools in his native town and attended the seminary of Pitigliano and the Regional Seminary S Maria della Quercia in Viterbo.
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Angelo Comastri continued his studies at the Pontifical Lateran University where he earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology and at the Pontifical Roman Seminary.
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Angelo Comastri served as vice-rector of the minor seminary of Pitigliano and, at the same time, did pastoral work in the parish of San Quirico'.
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Angelo Comastri was later assigned to the Roman Curia as an official of the Congregation for Bishops.
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Angelo Comastri served as spiritual director of the Pontifical Minor Roman Seminary and a chaplain at Roman jails before returning to Pitigliano, where he became rector of the seminary in 1971.
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Angelo Comastri was a member of the diocesan college of consultors, and served as episcopal delegate for the seminarians residing outside of the diocese and professor of religion at the Professional Institute for Maritime Activities in Porto Santo Stefano.
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On 25 July 1990, Angelo Comastri was appointed Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino by Pope John Paul II.
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Angelo Comastri resigned as bishop for health reasons on 3 March 1994.
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Angelo Comastri was named Territorial Prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Loreto, with the personal title of archbishop, on 9 November 1996.
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Angelo Comastri preached the Lenten spiritual exercises for Pope John Paul II and the Roman Curia in 2003 and the meditations for the Stations of the Cross in the Colosseum on Good Friday 2006.
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Angelo Comastri participated in the papal conclave that elected Pope Francis.
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Angelo Comastri said COVID-19 "does not come from God" and that powerful states are "organizing world wars, including bacteriological wars"; he said it was possible that Chinese government research was the source of COVID-19, a charge China has denied.