Michele Giordano

His Eminence  Michele Giordano
Archbishop of Naples Emeritus
Province	Campania
See	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples
Enthroned	9 May 1987
Reign ended	20 May 2006
Predecessor	Corrado Ursi
Successor	Crescenzio Sepe
Other posts	Archbishop of Matera (1974-87) Auxiliary bishop of Matera (1971-74)
Orders
Ordination	5 July 1953
Consecration	5 February 1972
Created Cardinal	28 June 1988
Rank	Cardinal-priest of S. Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello
Personal details
Born	26 September 1930 Sant'Arcangelo, Italy
Died	2 December 2010(2010-12-02) (aged 80) Naples, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Denomination	Roman catholicism
Residence	Naples

Michele Giordano (26 September 1930 - 2 December 2010) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate, who was the Archbishop of Naples and a Cardinal-Priest.

Biography

Giordano was born at Sant'Arcangelo, in Basilicata. In 1971 Pope Paul VI named him as the Titular Bishop of Lari Castello and the Auxiliary Bishop of Matera, and, in 1974, as the Archbishop of Matera; it was eventually renamed as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Matera-Irsina. He obtained the title of Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples in 1987. The following year John Paul II created him Cardinal. He retired in May 2006, and was succeeded by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe. Cardinal Giordano was admitted in the "Monaldi" hospital in Naples with respiratory problems and died a week later on Thursday 2 December 2010, at age 80. In the papal telegram of condolence sent on Friday 3 December 2010 to Cardinal Sepe, Pope Benedict XVI offered prayers for the repose of his soul and the Apostolic Blessing to all those in mourning, stating that he learned of the prelate's death "with great sadness."