James Michael Harvey position held Archpriest of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica
Archpriest and cardinal
Pope Benedict XVI appointed Harvey as archpriest of St Paul Outside the Walls, one of the four major basilicas in Rome, on November 23, 2012. The next day, the pope appointed him cardinal-deacon of San Pio V a Villa Carpegna. On December 22, 2012, Harvey was appointed a member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints for a five-year renewable term. On January 31, 2013, Harvey was appointed a member of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See and the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Harvey was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis.Harvey was awarded the title Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by the President of the Republic in 1999. He has also been titled Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic.Pope Francis named Harvey a member of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura on June 21, 2021.Since March 4, 2022, Harvey has been–among the cardinal electors–the highest ranking member of the order of cardinal deacons and therefore has the responsibility of the protodeacon for announcing the election of a new pope.Besides his native English, he speaks Italian, German, French, and Spanish.
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