Mario Francesco Pompedda | |
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| President of the Commission for Advocates | |
| Church | RomanCatholic Church |
| Appointed | 7 March 2000 |
| Term ended | 18 October 2006 |
| Predecessor | Zenon Grocholewski |
| Successor | Agostino Vallini |
| Other post | Cardinal-Deacon ofAnnunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina (2001–06) |
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| Ordination | 23 December 1951 |
| Consecration | 6 January 1998 by Pope John Paul II |
| Created cardinal | 21 February 2001 by Pope John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-deacon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mario Francesco Pompedda 18 April 1929 |
| Died | 18 October 2006(2006-10-18) (aged 77) |
| Buried | Ozieri Cathedral (since 2010) |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University Pontifical Biblical Institute Pontifical Lateran University |
| Motto | Soli Deo |
| Coat of arms |  |
Carlo Mario Francesco Pompedda (18 April 1929 – 18 October 2006) was an Italiancardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the Prefect of theApostolic Signatura[1] for theRoman Curia. He spent nearly fifty years in a variety of posts within the Catholic Church'secclesiastical court system, from 1955 to 2004.[2]
Pompedda was born inOzieri in Sardinia. He studied atseminaries inSassari andCuglieri and was ordained a priest in Rome on 23 December 1951. He obtained a doctorate in theology from thePontifical Gregorian University, and a doctoratein utroque iure (in civil law and canon law) from thePontifical Lateran University.[3] He became an officer of theRoman Rota, the generalappellate court of the Catholic Church, in 1955, serving as adefender of the bond. He joined the tribunal as an auditor in 1969 and served in that capacity until he becameDean of the Roman Rota in 1993. He was appointed Prefect of theSupreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the highest tribunal in the church, in 1999. He resigned this position, as is customary, upon reaching the age of 75, on 18 April 2004, and his resignation was accepted on 27 May 2004.
Pompedda was appointedtitular Archbishop ofBisarcio on 29 November 1997 and consecrated on 6 February 1998. He was proclaimed aCardinal-Deacon ofSantissima Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina byPope John Paul II on 21 February 2001. He was one of thecardinal electors who participated in the2005 papal conclave that selectedPope Benedict XVI. It was suspected that he may have been the source of information about the conclave published in the Italian journalistLucio Brunelli in the journalLimes in September 2005; many also suspected that the information was false.
| Styles of Mario Francesco Pompedda | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Bisarcio (titular) |
Cardinal Pompedda also served as president of theappellate court ofVatican City and, from 1999, as president of theCourt of Cassation of Vatican City. He is credited with draftingUniversi Dominici Gregis.[1]
Pompedda taughtcanon law at thePontifical Gregorian University.[3] He was also involved in the revision of the code of canon law in 1983, the first substantial revision since 1917. He was also the principal editor ofUniversi Dominici Gregis, the apostolic constitution of Pope John Paul II published in 1995, which set the rules for thesede vacante and papal conclave. He supported proposals to make it easier to obtain an annulment of marriage, and gave several public lectures in 2003 outlining the changes. He retired before the changes were implemented, and the final document,Dignitas connubii, did not go as far he had expected, reaffirming existing doctrine instead.
Pompedda was appointed as the Cardinal Grand Prior of theSacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George by order of the Grand Master, theDuke of Castro. In November 2003, he became the Ecclesiastical Counsellor of the Order by appointment ofPope John Paul II. This position continued underPope Benedict XVI.
Cardinal Pompedda died in Rome of abrain hemorrhage. He was buried in a tomb in the cathedral in Ozieri.[1]
On 18 February 2010, his remains were reinterred in a specially constructed sarcophagus in the cathedral of Ozieri at the chapel of the Most Holy Sacrament. The requiem mass was celebrated at 5 pm, presided by BishopSergio Pintor of Ozieri. At the end of the mass, MgrGiuseppe Sciacca, judge of theRoman Rota and a long time collaborator of Cardinal Pompedda, read a special message sent for the occasion by Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B., secretary of State, in the name of Pope Benedict XVI.
Pompedda wrote and co-wrote several books, including;
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| Preceded by | Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura 15 November 1999 – 27 May 2004 | Succeeded by |
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