Gianfranco Cardinal Ravasi

Gianfranco Cardinal Ravasi

Gianfranco Ravasi (born 18 October, 1942 in Merate, Italy) is the current President of the Pontifical Council for Culture.

On September 2, 2007 he was appointed President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church and President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology. On September 29 he was ordained bishop by Pope Benedict XVI with the dignity of titular archbishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari. Before becoming member of the Roman Curia, he was prefect of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan, Italy.


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