Giovanni Angelo Becciu

Episcopal succession
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Giovanni Angelo Becciu as principal consecrator
Almeida Kanda (Canda)	23 October 2005
Mateus Feliciano Augusto Tomás	21 June 2009
Antonio Mura	25 March 2014
Corrado Melis	13 September 2015

History
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Francesco Cogoni
Date	27 August 1972
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Angelo Cardinal Sodano
Co-consecrators	Paolo Cardinal Romeo, and Sebastiano Sanguinetti
Date	1 December 2011
Place	Anfiteatro 2001, Pattada, Diocese of Ozieri, Italy
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope Francis
Date	21 June 2018

His Eminence

Giovanni Angelo Becciu
His Eminence; Giovanni Angelo Becciu
Cardinal Deacon of San Lino
	Becciu in 2018
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	28 June 2018
Installed	20 January 2019
Predecessor	Giovanni Coppa
Orders
Ordination	27 August 1972; by Francesco Cogoni
Consecration	1 December 2001; by Angelo Sodano
Created cardinal	28 June 2018; by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal deacon
Personal details
Born	Giovanni Angelo Becciu; 2 June 1948; Pattada, Sardinia, Italy
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)	Titular Archbishop of Rusellae (2001–2018); Apostolic Nuncio to Angola (2001–2009); Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe (2001–2009); Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba (2009–2011); Substitute for General Affairs (2011–2018); Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints (2018–2020); Special Delegate to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (2017–2020);
Alma mater	Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
Motto	Custos sanctitatis charitas
Coat of arms
Ordination history
Ordained by
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Francesco Cogoni
Date	27 August 1972
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Angelo Cardinal Sodano
Co-consecrators	Paolo Cardinal Romeo, and Sebastiano Sanguinetti
Date	1 December 2011
Place	Anfiteatro 2001, Pattada, Diocese of Ozieri, Italy
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope Francis
Date	21 June 2018
Almeida Kanda (Canda)
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Giovanni Angelo Becciu as principal consecrator
Almeida Kanda (Canda)	23 October 2005
Mateus Feliciano Augusto Tomás	21 June 2009
Antonio Mura	25 March 2014
Corrado Melis	13 September 2015
Reference style
Styles of; Giovanni Angelo Becciu
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Giovanni Angelo Becciu (born 2 June 1948) is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and convicted felon. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018. On 24 September 2020, he resigned the rights associated with the cardinalate.

An archbishop since 2001, he held several appointments in the diplomatic service of the Holy See between 1984 and 2011, including those of Apostolic Nuncio to Angola and to Cuba. From 2011 to 2018 he was Substitute for General Affairs in the Secretariat of State, a key position in the Roman Curia. He was head of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints from 2018 to 2020, when he resigned from that office and from the rights and privileges of a cardinal, including the right to participate in a papal conclave, after being implicated in a financial corruption scandal; he retains the title of cardinal.

In July 2021, a Vatican judge ordered Becciu and nine others to stand trial on charges of embezzlement, abuse of office and subornation. The charges are in connection with an investment in London real estate. Becciu said he was innocent and "the victim of a conspiracy". Becciu's trial is the first criminal trial of a cardinal in a Vatican court. He was convicted in the Vatican in December 2023 and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison.

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