Giuseppe Betori

Giuseppe Betori (born 25 February 1947) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Florence from 2008 to 2024.

While serving in local parishes in Foligno he was Professor of Sacred Scripture and Dean of the Theological Institute of Assisi; diocesan assistant of Catholic Action; director of the Regional Pastoral Centre; assistant at the Youth Pastoral Center of the S. Carlo Institute in Foligno; coordinator of the Secretariat of the Ecclesiastical Conference held in Palermo in 1995; vice-president of the Italian Committee for the XV World Youth Day; and director of the Catechistic Office of the CEI.

[citation needed] On 5 April 2001, Pope John Paul II named Betori Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference and Titular Bishop of Falerone.

An unidentified man confronted him outside his office, shot and wounded his secretary, and waved a gun at the Betori before fleeing.

[8] On 21 April 2012, Betori was appointed a member of the Congregation for Catholic Education and the Pontifical Council for Culture.

The coat of arms of H.E. Mgr Giuseppe Betori, as archbishop of Florence before his elevation to Cardinal, as seen on the façade of the archbishop's residence