We present X-ray spectra of the nucleus of the nearby radio galaxy Centaurus A from observations with the XMM-Newton EPIC CCD cameras ( two exposures separated by 12 months ) and the Chandra HETGS . For the first time in an FRI type galaxy , we resolve fluorescent K \alpha emission from cold , neutral , or near-neutral iron at 6.4 keV , with an rms line width of \sim 20 eV . The Fe line parameters observed are consistent with fluorescent emission from material at a large distance from the active galactic nucleus , either in the form of an absorber that nearly completely surrounds the central engine or a torus that lies predominantly out of the line of sight . Unresolved emission lines from neutral Si K \alpha at 1.74 keV and neutral S K \alpha at 2.30 keV are also detected . We find no evidence in the data for a previously reported 6.8 keV broadened Fe line . The continuum spectrum is well fitted with a combination of a heavily absorbed power-law component that we relate , using Bondi theory , to accretion phenomena in the form of a standard , geometrically thin , optically thick disk , and a second , less absorbed , power-law component that we associate with emission from the subparsec VLBI radio jet .