consecration other_post created_cardinal_by nationality coat_of_arms article_title birth_date title rank image name caption cardinal consecrated_by predecessor birth_place motto type ordained_by previous_post appointed religion ordination birth_name
29 september 2007 cardinal-deacon pontifical commission for the cultural heritage of the church president of of the pontifical commission for sacred archeology san giorgio in velabro president of the benedict xvi italian coat of arms of gianfranco ravasi.svg gianfranco ravasi
 18 october 1942 president of the pontifical council for culture cardinal-deacon gianfranco ravasi.jpg gianfranco ravasi cardinal ravasi in 2012 20 november 2010 pope benedict xvi paul poupard merate , province of lecco , italy '' -- 2 timothy 4:2 praedica verbum '' -lrb- preach the word -rrb- cardinal giovanni umberto colombo prefect -rrb- titular archbishop of villamagna in proconsulari -lrb- 2007 -- of 2010 -rrb- the ambrosian library -lrb- 1989 -- 2007 3 september 2007 roman catholic 28 june 1966 gianfranco ravasi
gianfranco ravasi

gianfranco ravasi -lrb- born 18 october 1942 -rrb- is an italian prelate , a cardinal of the catholic church .
he currently serves in the roman curia as president of the pontifical council for culture .
on 20 november 2010 ravasi was created cardinal by pope benedict xvi .
cardinal ravasi was named in the press as a likely papabile for election to the papacy after pope benedict xvi announced his resignation due to ill health .
