Raffaele Farina

His Eminence Raffaele Farina SDB
Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
Cardinal Farina
Appointed	25 June 2007
Term ended	9 June 2012
Predecessor	Jean-Louis Tauran
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni della Pigna "pro hac vice" Librarian of the Vatican Library
Orders
Ordination	1 July 1958 by Michele Alberto Arduino
Consecration	16 December 2006 by Tarcisio Bertone
Created cardinal	24 November 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI
Rank	Cardinal-Deacon (2007-18) Cardinal-Priest (from 2018)
Personal details
Born	Raffaele Farina (1933-09-24) 24 September 1933 (age 90) Buonalbergo, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)	Prefect of the Vatican Library (1997–2007) Titular Bishop of Opitergium (2006–2007)
Motto	Dominus spes nostra
Coat of arms

Styles of Raffaele Farina
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Raffaele Farina SDB (born 24 September 1933) is an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives, Librarian of the Vatican Library, and president (Consiglio di Presidenza) of Scuola Vaticana di Paleografia, Diplomatica e Archivistica.^[1] Farina was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007.