1. Dominique Francois Joseph Mamberti was born on 7 March 1952 and is a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and the Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura in the Roman Curia.
17 Facts About Dominique Mamberti
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Dominique Mamberti was elevated to the rank of cardinal by Pope Francis in 2015.
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Dominique Mamberti was born in Marrakesh, Morocco, on 7 March 1952 and was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Ajaccio, France, on 20 September 1981.
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Dominique Mamberti has academic degrees in civil and canon law.
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Dominique Mamberti entered the Holy See's diplomatic service and worked in the apostolic nunciatures in Algeria, Chile and Lebanon, in the Holy See's office at United Nations headquarters in New York City and in the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State.
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Dominique Mamberti received episcopal consecration from Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano on 3 July 2002.
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Dominique Mamberti was appointed Secretary for Relations with States by Pope Benedict XVI on 15 September 2006.
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In 2007 Archbishop Dominique Mamberti was awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
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In September 2007, Dominique Mamberti orchestrated the first official visit between an Arab Head of State, Sudan's President Omar el-Bashir and Pope Benedict.
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In June 2010, Dominique Mamberti visited Cuba and spent several days on the island, marking 75 years of diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Cuba and participating in a national conference on the church's social teachings.
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On 16 January 2013, Dominique Mamberti gave an interview on Vatican Radio about the Catholic Church's autonomy and religious freedom.
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Dominique Mamberti defended the right to a conscience clause for Christian employers who refused services to homosexuals.
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In July 2014 commenting on the situation in Gaza, Dominique Mamberti sent a formal note to all the ambassadors accredited to the Holy See, calling their attention to the appeals by Pope Francis for Christians in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East.
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Dominique Mamberti said that the Holy See is "deeply concerned" with the suffering of Christians in the region.
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Dominique Mamberti succeeded Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, who was named patron to the Order of Malta.
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On 13 April 2015, Dominique Mamberti was named a member of the Board of the Cardinals and Bishops for the Section for Relations with States of the Vatican Cardinal Secretary of State's office, a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, and a member of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints.
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Dominique Mamberti retained that role when he became the senior member of the order of cardinal deacons, the protodeacon of the College of Cardinals, upon the death of Cardinal Renato Martino on 28 October 2024.