Facts: - diocese: archdiocese of vercelli - title: prefect of the congregation for catholic education - province: 15px - birth name: giuseppe versaldi - predecessor: 15px - birth date: 30 july 1943 - archdiocese: archdiocese of vercelli - consecrated by: enrico masseroni - created cardinal by: 15px - name: giuseppe versaldi - birth place: 15px - previous post: 15px of the holy see -lrb- 2011 -- 2015 -rrb- bishop 13pxpresident of alessandria -lrb- della paglia -rrb- from 2007 to 2011 of ; appointed on 4 april 2007 by 15px 13pxpope benedict the xvi prefecture for the economic affairs - type: cardinal - consecration: 26 may 2007 - ordination: 29 june 1967 - nationality: 15px - alma mater: 15px - other post: cardinal-deacon of sacro cuore di gesu a castro pretorio - cardinal: 18 february 2012 - ordained by: albino mensa - appointed: 31 march 2015 , 15px - coat of arms: coat of arms of giuseppe versaldi.svg - image: file : giuseppe cardinal versaldi.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of giuseppe versaldi .
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giuseppe versaldi -lrb- born 30 july 1943 -rrb- is the cardinal prefect of the congregation for catholic education , since his appointment , by pope francis on 31 march 2015 to succeed zenon cardinal grocholewski .previously , cardinal versaldi had served as cardinal president of the prefecture for the economic affairs of the holy see since 21 september 2011 .cardinal versaldi had served before that as bishop of alessandria .he was elevated to the cardinalate on 18 february 2012 .versaldi was born in villarboit in 1943 and was ordained a priest on 29 june 1967 .in 1972 he was sent to rome to study psychology and then canon law at the pontifical gregorian university , where he earned a degree in psychology and a doctorate in canon law .versaldi returned to vercelli in 1976 , was instructed to start the diocesan family counseling centre in the same diocese .at the same time he attended courses at the roman rota .he received his law degree in 1980 .in 1977 he was entrusted with the care of the parish of larizza in the diocese .in 1980 he was called to teach canon law and psychology at the pontifical gregorian university .in 1985 he was appointed by the holy see and in 1990 voter referendum at the supreme tribunal of the apostolic signatura .on 25 march 1994 he was appointed vicar general of vercelli , by the then archbishop tarcisio bertone , who from 2006 , until 2013 served as cardinal secretary of state .pope benedict xvi named him bishop of alessandria on 4 april 2007 .he was consecrated on 26 may 2007 , by enrico masseroni , archbishop of vercelli , as principal consecrator , and bishops fernando charrier and natalino pescarolo as co-consecrators .he was installed on 10 june .after four years as bishop of alessandria , versaldi was named president of the prefecture for the economic affairs of the holy see and archbishop on 21 september 2011 by pope benedict xvi .on 18 february 2012 he was created cardinal-deacon of '' sacro cuore di gesu a castro pretorio '' by benedict xvi .on 21 april...