Fernando Vérgez Alzaga
Fernando Vérgez Alzaga | |
|---|---|
| President Emeritus of the Governorate of Vatican City State | |
Vérgez in 2024 | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 8 September 2021 |
| Installed | 1 October 2021 |
| Term ended | 1 March 2025 |
| Predecessor | Giuseppe Bertello |
| Successor | Raffaella Petrini |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant'Adriano a Villa Albani (2022–) |
| Previous post(s) | Director of the Internet Office of the Holy See (2004–08) Director of the Directorate of Telecommunications and Information Systems of the Vatican City State (2008–21) Secretary General of the Governorate for the Vatican City State (2013–21) Titular Bishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari (2013–21) Titular Archbishop of Villamanga in Proconsulari (2021–22) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 26 November 1969 by Ildebrando Antoniutti |
| Consecration | 15 November 2013 by Pope Francis |
| Created cardinal | 27 August 2022 by Pope Francis |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fernando Vérgez Alzaga 1 March 1945 |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University |
| Motto | Christus in vobis spes gloriae (Christ in you, the hope of glory) |
| Coat of arms | |
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| Styles of Fernando Vérgez Alzaga | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Fernando Vérgez Alzaga L.C. (born 1 March 1945) is a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as President of the Pontifical Commission and Governorate for Vatican City State from 2021 to 2025. He was Secretary General of the Governorate of Vatican City State from 2013 to 2021, and before that, director of the Vatican City State Telecommunications Directorate.
He has worked in the Roman Curia since 1972. He was made a bishop in 2013 and given the personal title of archbishop in 2021. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 27 August 2022. He is the first member of the Legionaries of Christ to become a cardinal. He is a member of the Council of Cardinals.