Oscar Cantoni


Oscar Cantoni
Bishop of Como
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseComo
Appointed4 October 2016
Installed27 November 2016
PredecessorDiego Coletti
Previous post(s)Bishop of Crema (2005–16)
Orders
Ordination28 June 1975
by Teresio Ferraroni
Consecration5 March 2005
by Alessandro Maggiolini
Created cardinal27 August 2022
by Pope Francis
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Oscar Cantoni

(1950-09-01) 1 September 1950
NationalityItalian
DenominationCatholicism
MottoFare di Cristo il cuore del mondo
("Make Christ the heart of the world")
Coat of arms

Oscar Cantoni (born 1 September 1950) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Bishop of Como since 2016. He was previously Bishop of Crema from 2005 to 2016.

On 27 August 2022, Pope Francis made him a cardinal.