San Giovanni Maria Vianney, Rome

St. John Maria Vianney
Chiesa di San Giovanni Maria Vianney (in Italian) Sancti Ioannis Mariæ Vianney (in Latin)
Facade
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41°51′41″N 12°40′14″E
Location	Via Lentini 6, Rome
Country	Italy
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Tradition	Roman Rite
Website	Official website
History
Status	Titular church
Dedication	John Vianney
Architecture
Architectural type	Church
Style	Modernist
Groundbreaking	1952
Administration
District	Lazio
Province	Rome
Clergy
Cardinal protector	Rainer Maria Woelki

The church of San Giovanni Maria Vianney is a church in Rome, the Borghesiana area, wide Monreale. It was built in the eighties, in the place of an earlier church built above ground in 1952, and solemnly consecrated by Cardinal Ugo Poletti on 4 November 1990; It is dedicated to Saint John Mary Vianney, known simply as "the holy Cure of Ars", which was inspired of the Prado, priestly Association International which took charge of the parish in his first decades of life.

The church is home parish, erected on 26 July 1963, with the decree of the Cardinal Vicar Clemente Micara Quo efficacius, initially entrusted to the Institute of the Prado, then, since 1974, to the clergy of the Diocese of Treviso, and finally, since 1999, to the priests of the diocese of Rome. On 27 February 1983, the church was visited by Pope John Paul II. Currently the parish priest is Msgr. Marco Gandolfo.

In the consistory of 18 February 2012, it was instituted by Pope Benedict XVI the title of cardinal of St. John Mary Vianney. The current Cardinal Priest is Cardinal Rainer Woelki.

List of Cardinal Protectors

• Rainer Maria Woelki (18 February 2012 – present)

External links

• San Giovanni Maria Vianney ^{[self-published]}