Giorgio Marengo | |
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| Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar | |
 Marengo in 2022 | |
| Church | Catholic |
| See | Ulaanbaatar |
| In office | 2 April 2020 |
| Predecessor | Wenceslao Selga Padilla |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 26 May 2001 by Severino Poletto |
| Consecration | 8 August 2020 by Luis Antonio Tagle |
| Created cardinal | 27 August 2022 byPope Francis |
| Rank | Cardinal priest |
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| Born | Giorgio Marengo (1974-06-07)7 June 1974 (age 51) Cuneo, Italy |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Urban University |
| Motto | Respicite ad eum et illuminamini (Latin for 'Look towards Him and be enlightened') |
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| Styles of Giorgio Marengo | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Religious style | Cardinal |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Ulaanbaatar |
Giorgio Marengo,I.M.C. (Mongolian:Жиоржио Маренго; born 7 June 1974) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. Created acardinal byPope Francis on 27 August 2022, he has been theApostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, a missionary jurisdiction that covers the entire country ofMongolia, since 2 April 2020.
He is the second youngest member of theCollege of Cardinals.[1]
Marengo was born inCuneo on 7 June 1974. He is part of thescouts, practicesfencing[2] and he graduated at aclassical lyceum.
He studied philosophy from 1993 to 1995 at the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy and theology from 1996 to 1999 at thePontifical Gregorian University. He studied at thePontifical Urban University from 1999 to 2002, earning a licentiate and later on (2016) a doctorate in missiology. On 24 June 2000, he made his profession of vows for theConsolata Missionaries and on 26 May 2001 he was ordained apriest.[3]
The first member (together with a confrere and 3 religious sisters) of his order to work inMongolia, he has served there since becoming a priest.[3]
From 2016 to 2020 he was his order's regional councilor of Asia, superior of the Consolata Missionaries for Mongolia and parish priest at Mary Mother of Mercy parish inArvaikheer.[3][4]
On 2 April 2020Pope Francis appointed him apostolic prefect ofUlaanbaatar and titular bishop of Castra Severiana.[3] He succeededWenceslao Selga Padilla, who died on 25 September 2018.[5] He was consecrated in theSantuario della Consolata on 8 August 2020 by CardinalLuis Antonio Tagle,[6][7] assisting him were ArchbishopCesare Nosiglia, Archbishop of Turin and CardinalSeverino Poletto, Archbishop-emeritus of Turin.[8][9]
When Pope Francis announced on 29 May 2022 that he planned to make Marengo a cardinal on 27 August, Marengo was in Rome to participate in a meeting he had arranged between the pope and Buddhist leaders from Mongolia. He said: "Dialogue with the Buddhist world, which is a majority in Mongolia, is fundamental for us, it is part of our mission. I am sure it will bear good fruit."[10][11]
On 27 August 2022, Pope Francis made him aCardinal-Priest, assigning him the title ofSan Giuda Taddeo Apostolo.[12] On 7 October 2022, Pope Francis appointed him as a member of theDicastery for Evangelization.[13][14] He participated as acardinal elector in the2025 papal conclave that electedPope Leo XIV.[15]
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| Preceded by | Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar 2 April 2020–present | Incumbent |
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