Gregory Joseph Burke (born November 8, 1959) is an American journalist. He was formerly the director of the Holy See Press Office, a position in which he succeeded

Federico Lombardi Federico Lombardi, S.J. (born 29 August 1942) is an Italian Catholic priest and the former director of the Holy See Press Office. He succeeded Joaquín Navarro-Valls and was succeeded by Greg Burke. Lombardi also serves as the postulator for t ...

, and was succeeded by

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. Burke was formerly a correspondent for the

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and for ''

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'' magazine, while based in

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. In June 2012 it was announced he would be taking up the position of senior communications advisor for the Section for General Affairs of the

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's Secretariat of State. He was appointed vice director of the Holy See Press Office in December 2015, and was promoted to director August 1, 2016. On December 31, 2018, he announced his intention to resign his appointment. In September 2019 he became director of communications at

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."Greg Burke, former papal spokesman, joins IESE Business School as Director of Communications"
iese.edu (Press release).

Personal life

Burke is from

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. He is a graduate of St. Louis University High School and the

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. He is a member of Opus Dei.

References

1959 births Living people Mass media in Vatican City American television journalists Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni People from St. Louis Fox News people Opus Dei members Roman Catholic activists American expatriates in Italy American male journalists Catholics from Missouri Journalists from Missouri 20th-century American journalists 21st-century American journalists {{US-journalist-1950s-stub