31 August 2012
As his illness progressed, his health took a turn for the worse in late August, and he died in Gallarate at 3.45 p.m. on the last day of the month; he is buried in the Cathedral in Milan.
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December 2011
Martini published a booklet entitled Il Vescovo (The Bishop), in which he reflected on the role, choices, problems and risks of the episcopal ministry.
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May 2008
The volume Jerusalem Nachtgespräche (Night conversations in Jerusalem), a collection of the Cardinal’s talks with the Austrian Jesuit Georg Sporschill, was published, first in German and later in many other languages; The book offers an all-round analysis of the...
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March 2008
Around Easter time, his health started to deteriorate, and he decided to return to Italy for treatment, settling in Gallarate.
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10 September 2002
Martini moved to Jerusalem, where he lived at the Biblical Institute; For a few years, he moved between Israel and Italy, where he lived with the Jesuits of Galloro, near Ariccia (Rome).
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11 July 2002
Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi was appointed Martini’s successor.
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15 February 2002
On his seventy-fifth birthday he resigned as Archbishop of Milan, in line with the Code of Canon Law, and waited for the Pope to accept his resignation and appoint his successor.
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01 February 1995
After the 47th Diocesan Synod, he offered his resignation to the Pope, who rejected it.
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11 November 1987
He launched the first of twelve Lectures for non-believers, named Cattedra dei non credenti: Reasons behind faith.
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2-4 October 1986
During the 16th Assembly in Warsaw, he was appointed President of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE), a position he held from Easter 1987 to 1993.
