Roberto Repole

Roberto Repole (born 29 January 1967) is an Italian Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Turin and Bishop of Susa since 2022. He taught theology at the university level from 1996 to 2022 and headed the Italian Theological Association from 2011 to 2016. Pope Francis made Repole a cardinal on 7 December 2024.

Biography Roberto Repole was born in the Givoletto district of Turin on 29 January 1967. His father was a municipal councilor in Druento. Both his parents were originally from Rapone in southern Italy. He completed his studies at the in Turin in 1986 and then obtained his bachelor's degree in theology from the Faculty of Turin in 1992.

He was ordained a priest on 13 June 1992 by Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini.

To mark the fifth anniversary of Francis' pontificate, Repole served as editor of La Teologia di Papa Francesco, an 11-volume series of analyses by theologians. Pope emeritus Benedict XVI expressed surprise at the inclusion of theologian , who, according to Benedict, had viciously attacked his teaching authority as pope. and it was unusual in that someone named to head an archdiocese is almost always already a bishop. He is the first native of Turin to be named archbishop there since the appointment of Agostino Richelmy in 1897 and the first graduate of the Turin Faculty of Theology named archbishop. He was installed in Susa on 8 May.

On 7 December 2024, Pope Francis made him a cardinal, assigning him as a member of the order of cardinal priests with the title of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti.

He participated as a cardinal elector in the 2025 papal conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV.

Selected writings Books His publications include:

Il pensiero umile. In ascolto della Rivelazione (Città Nuova, 2007) Seme del Regno. Introduzione alla Chiesa e al suo mistero (Esperienze) L'umiltà della Chiesa (Qiqajon, 2010) Come stelle in terra. La Chiesa nell'epoca della secolarizzazione (Cittadella, 2012) Dono (Rosenberg & Sellier, 2013) La vita cristiana (Edizioni San Paolo, 2013) Chiesa (Cittadella, 2015) Il sogno di una Chiesa evangelica (Libreria Vaticana, 2017)

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