15 Facts About Dionigi Tettamanzi

Dionigi Tettamanzi was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who was named a cardinal in 1998.

Dionigi Tettamanzi was Archbishop of Genoa from 1995 to 2002 and Archbishop of Milan from 2002 to 2011.

Dionigi Tettamanzi was educated at the Minor Seminary of Seveso and the Seminary of Venegono Inferiore and finally at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome where he earned a doctorate in theology.

Dionigi Tettamanzi served in the Archdiocese of Milan as a pastor and faculty member at the Minor Seminary of Masnago and of Seveso San Pietro from 1960 until 1966.

Dionigi Tettamanzi was a faculty member of the Seminary of Venegono from 1966 to 1986.

Dionigi Tettamanzi submitted his resignation as bishop on 6 April 1991 to take up a five-year assignment as Secretary-General of the Italian Episcopal Conference.

Dionigi Tettamanzi helped John Paul draft his 1995 encyclical Evangelium Vitae.

At the consistory of 21 February 1998, Dionigi Tettamanzi was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss.

Dionigi Tettamanzi was named to succeed Martini as archbishop of Milan on 11 July 2002.

Dionigi Tettamanzi said: "It is better to be Christian without saying it, than to proclaim it without being it".

In retirement, Dionigi Tettamanzi lived at the Villa Sacro Cuore, a retreat house of the Milan Archdiocese, in Triuggio.

Dionigi Tettamanzi was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that selected Pope Francis.

Dionigi Tettamanzi supported, under certain conditions, admitting the divorced and remarried to the Eucharist.

Dionigi Tettamanzi died on 5 August 2017, after a long illness.

Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi is buried in the metropolitan Cathedral of Milan.