12 Facts About Mauro Piacenza

Mauro Piacenza was born on 15 September 1944 and is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church.

Mauro Piacenza was Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 7 October 2010 to 21 September 2013.

Mauro Piacenza was the diocesan assistant of the ecclesial Movement of Cultural Commitment.

Mauro Piacenza served as professor of contemporary culture and history of atheism at the Ligurian Higher Institute of Religious Studies as well as professor of dogmatic theology at the Diocesan Institute of Theology for the Lay "Didascaleion".

Mauro Piacenza was made a canon of the Genoa Cathedral in 1986.

Mauro Piacenza joined the staff of the Congregation for the Clergy in 1990 and was named its Undersecretary on 11 March 2000.

Mauro Piacenza was named president of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology on 28 August 2004.

Mauro Piacenza was appointed secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy and raised to the rank of archbishop on 7 May 2007.

Mauro Piacenza was appointed Prefect of that Congregation on 7 October 2010.

Mauro Piacenza was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis.

Mauro Piacenza had arrived years earlier at the Congregation for the Clergy as a check upon the Congregation's prefect Cardinal Hummes, one of Pope Francis' closest allies.

Mauro Piacenza was succeeded as major penitentiary by Angelo De Donatis on 6 April 2024.