See Biccari Successor Celso Morga Iruzubieta Appointed May 5, 2007 Name Michele Ruberto Consecration June 30, 2007 | Denomination Roman Catholic Ordination September 29, 1957 Nationality Italian Predecessor Edward Nowak Term ended December 29, 2010 | |
Other posts Titular Archbishop of Biccari Born 28 August 1934 (age 89)
Pietra Montecorvino, Foggia, Italy ( 1934-08-28 ) | ||
Michele Di Ruberto (born 28 August 1934) is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
Di Ruberto was born in Pietra Montecorvino, and was ordained to the priesthood on 29 September 1957. He graduated from the Pontifical Lateran University and the University of Naples, and then entered the Roman Curia in the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in 1969. In 1984, Di Ruberto was placed in charge of verifying miracles attributed to candidates for canonization, and in 1993 was named the Congregation's Undersecretary.
On 5 May 2007, he was appointed Secretary of Causes of Saints and Titular Archbishop of Biccari by Pope Benedict XVI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 30 June from Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, SDB, with Cardinal José Saraiva Martins and Bishop Francesco Zerrillo serving as co-consecrators.
He is an expert in canon and civil law.