San Giovanni Maria Vianney, Rome Explained

St. John Maria Vianney
Other Name:Chiesa di San Giovanni Maria Vianney
Sancti Ioannis Mariæ Vianney
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Coordinates:41.8614°N 12.6705°W
Location:Via Lentini 6, Rome
Country:Italy
Province:Rome
District:Lazio
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Tradition:Roman Rite
Cardinal Protector:Rainer Maria Woelki
Dedication:John Vianney
Status:Titular church
Style:Modernist
Architectural Type:Church
Groundbreaking:1952

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.

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