17 Facts About Francesco Moraglia

Francesco Moraglia was born on 25 May 1953 and is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church.

Francesco Moraglia has been Patriarch of Venice since March 2012; he is the first native of Genoa to hold that position.

Francesco Moraglia was bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato from 2008 to 2012.

Francesco Moraglia was born to a wealthy family in Genoa on 25 May 1953.

Francesco Moraglia attended public high school and then studied for the priesthood at the seminary in Genoa.

Francesco Moraglia received his episcopal ordination on 3 February 2008 in the cathedral of Genoa from Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, archbishop of Genoa, assisted by Archbishop Mauro Piacenza, secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy and Bishop Staffieri, his predecessor in La Spezia.

Francesco Moraglia was the first Genoese ever appointed patriarch of Venice.

Francesco Moraglia has been president of the Triveneto Episcopal Conference since he was elected to his first five-year term on 29 May 2012, consequently he is grand chancellor of the Theological Faculty of Triveneto which is based in Padua.

Francesco Moraglia was re-elected president of that Conference on 16 May 2017 and 10 May 2022.

Francesco Moraglia acted quickly to reduce administrative costs of the archdiocese, closing offices in the Calle degli Albanesi in the spring of 2013 and closing a high school.

Francesco Moraglia took this action after Scola declined to provide financial support and having coordinated his decision with officials of the Roman Curia and informed Pope Francis.

Francesco Moraglia established the practice of weekday visits to each of the 128 parishes of the lagoon diocese which begins the week after its entry and completes in December 2014, celebrating Mass and meeting the faithful in the daily life of the weekdays It establishes, as already in La Spezia, the practice of diocesan Marian pilgrimages on the first Saturday of the month.

Francesco Moraglia initiated a series of pastoral visits to provoke these collaborations to action.

Francesco Moraglia said saving the exhausted residents needed to take priority over the city's artistic treasures.

Francesco Moraglia called for banning visits by transatlantic liners and an end to "the suffocating onslaught of tourists", an end to corruption that leaves the city at risk of destruction.

Francesco Moraglia hoped for urgent recognition that Venice "can no longer be entrusted to occasional funding and distracted policies".

Francesco Moraglia has cooperated with the Muslim community of Venice in welcoming refugees from the former concentration camp in Cornetta.