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Apostolic Nunciature To Syria
The Apostolic Nunciature to Syria is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Syria. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. List of papal representatives to Syria ; Apostolic Delegates * Aloisio Gandolfi (11 August 1815 - 13 January 1818) * Jean-Baptiste Auvergne (29 March 1833 - 7 September 1836) * Giuseppe Angelo di Fazio (5 December 1837 - 13 December 1838) * Francisco Villardel (8 March 1839 - 19 June 1852) * Serafino Milani (23 January 1874 - 21 December 1874) * Luigi Piavi (14 November 1876 - 28 August 1889) * Gaudenzio Bonfigli (19 Aug 1890 - 25 February 1896) * Pierre-Gonzalès-Charles Duval (25 February 1896 - 31 July 1904) * Frediano Giannini (20 January 1905 - 12 February 1936) * Rémy-Louis Leprêtre (18 March 1936 - 7 May 1947) ;Apostolic Internuncios * Paolo Pappalardo (19 March 1953 - 1958) * Luigi Punzolo (10 January 1962 - 17 June 1967) **became Apostolic Pro-Nuncio on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.Gerald O'Collins, O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites#Churches, ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and Eparchy, eparchies List of Catholic dioceses (structured view), around the world, each overseen by one or more Bishops in the Catholic Church, bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the Papal supremacy, chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Punzolo
Luigi Punzolo (24 May 1905 – 27 July 1989) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See for thirty years. He became an archbishop in 1955 and served as Apostolic Nuncio until 1967. He spent another ten years as a diocesan administrator. Biography Luigi Punzolo was born on 24 May 1905 in Pozzuoli, Italy. He was ordained a priest on 14 August 1927. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1932. His early assignments were in Austria and Czechoslovakia. Beginning in 1942 he worked in Rome on the exchange of prisoners of war and civilian populations. On 6 December 1954, Pope Pius XII named him titular archbishop of Sebastea ( it) and Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay. He received his episcopal consecration on 16 January 1955 from Cardinal Clemente Micara. On 12 December 1957, Pope Pius appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Panama. On 10 January 1962, Pope John XXIII appointed him Apostol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diplomatic Missions Of The Holy See
This is a list of diplomatic missions of the Holy See. Since the fifth century, long before the founding of the Vatican City State in 1929, papal envoys (now known as nuncios) have represented the Holy See to foreign potentates. Additionally, papal representatives known not as nuncios but as apostolic delegates ensure contact between the Holy See and the Catholic Church in countries that do not have diplomatic relations with the Holy See. At present, there is one residential apostolic delegate, for Jerusalem and Palestine, as well as non-residential delegates for four countries (Brunei, Laos, Mauritania, and Somalia) and for the territories and countries without diplomatic relations with the Holy See in three regions (the Arabian Peninsula, the Caribbean, the Pacific Ocean). For Vietnam, the 21st-century appointees of the Holy See have been given the title "pontifical representative". In keeping with the "one China" policy, no representative is appointed for mainland China, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Zenari
Mario Zenari (born 5 January 1946) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal since 2016. He has served his entire ecclesiastical career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, holding senior positions beginning in 1999. He has been Apostolic Nuncio to Syria since 30 December 2008. He was nuncio to Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2008. Life Mario Zenari was born in 1946 in Rosegaferro. He received his ordination to the priesthood on 5 July 1970 in Verona from Bishop Giuseppe Carraro. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1976. Diplomatic career On 7 February 1994, Pope John Paul II appointed him to several diplomatic positions as papal representative to non-governmental organizations in Vienna. And on 15 June he was given the title monsignor as a Prelate of Honour of His Holiness. He was named Titular Archbishop of Iulium Carnicum and apostolic nuncio to Burkina Faso, Niger, and Côte d'Ivoire on 12 July 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Battista Morandini
Giovanni Battista Morandini (30 June 1937 – 21 October 2024) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He became an archbishop in 1983 and from then until his retirement in 2008 served terms as Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda, Guatemala, Korea, Mongolia, and Syria. Early life Giovanni Battista Morandini was born in Bienno on 30 June 1937. He was ordained a priest on 22 July 1962 and went immediately to Rome to complete his studies. Diplomatic career Morandini entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1966. His first posting was in Bolivia from 1966 to 1970, followed by stints in Belgium and Brazil. From 1979 to 1983 he worked in Rome at the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State. While serving in that last post he was reported to have told the family of Emanuela Orlandi, a teenager who disappeared in Rome on 22 June 1983, that the Vatican wanted to minimize publicity in the case ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Causero
Diego Causero (born 13 January 1940) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. From 1992 to 2015, he served as the head of the Vatican's diplomatic mission in several African and European countries. Biography Diego Causero was born in Moimacco in the Province of Udine, Italy, on 13 January 1940. He studied at the seminary in Udine, he continued his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University from 1959 to 1964 and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Udine on 7 April 1963. He earned a doctorate in theology in 1966, with a speciality in liturgy, at the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm. Diplomatic career To prepare for a career as a diplomat he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1969. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1973. His assignments included stints in Nigeria, Spain, Syria, Australia, as the Holy See's representative to the United Nations in Geneva, and in Alba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pier Giacomo De Nicolò
Pier Giacomo De Nicolò (11 March 1929 – 3 April 2021) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, including stints as Apostolic Nuncio in Costa Rica, Syria, and Switzerland. Biography Pier Giacomo De Nicolò was born in Cattolica in the Province of Rimini on 11 March 1929. He was ordained a priest on 12 April 1952. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1956. On 14 August 1984, Pope John Paul II named him a titular archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica. He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Agostino Casaroli Agostino Casaroli (24 November 1914 – 9 June 1998) was an Italian Catholic priest and diplomat for the Holy See, who became Cardinal Secretary of State. He was an important figure behind the Vatican's efforts to deal with the religious persec ... on 20 October 1984. On 11 February 1993, Pope John Paul appointed him Apostolic Nun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Accogli
Luigi Accogli (16 August 1917 – 21 June 2004) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, including stints as Apostolic Nuncio in China, Ecuador, Bangladesh, and Syria. Biography Luigi Accogli was born in Andrano in the Province of Lecce on 16 August 1917. He was ordained a priest on 6 March 1943. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1946. On 19 October 1967, Pope Paul VI named him a titular archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio to China. He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Amleto Cicognani on 26 November 1967. On 29 September 1970, Pope Paul VI appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador. On 6 July 1979, Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicola Rotunno
Nicola Rotunno (1 December 1928 – 8 February 1999) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, including stints as Apostolic Nuncio in Burundi, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, and Syria. Biography Nicola Rotunno was born in Stigliano in the Province of Matera on 1 December 1928. He was ordained a priest on 25 July 1951. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1955. His first assignments took him to Honduras, Nicaragua, Oceania, and Lisbon. On 7 January 1975, Pope Paul VI named him a titular archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi and Rwanda. He received his episcopal consecration from Pope Paul. On 13 April 1978, Pope Paul appointed him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government was unhappy that Rotunno appeared sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil population. He also met with resistance from Jesuit Aloysius Pieris when he attempted to investigate his relationshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Pedroni (nuncio)
Angelo Pedroni (22 April 1914 – 24 June 1992) was a prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, with the title of nuncio from 1965 until his retirement in 1989 and the rank of archbishop from 1965 until his death. Biography Angelo Pedroni was born in Maccagno, Varese, Italy, on 22 April 1914. He earned his licenciate in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He was ordained a priest on 13 March 1937 and served as parish priest at Saints Nabor and Felix in Milan for five years. He received his doctorate in jurisprudence in 1942 and a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1944. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1945. His assignments in the diplomatic service of the Holy See included Cairo until 1951; a stint in Paris in 1952–3 as secretary to the nuncio, Angelo Roncalli, the future Pope John XXIII; Rome as secretary to the committee for the Marian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amelio Poggi
Amelio Poggi (9 October 1914 – 23 December 1974) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, including stints as Apostolic Nuncio in Rwanda, Uganda, and Syria. Biography Amelio Poggi was born in Bibbiena in the Province of Arezzo on 9 October 1914. He was ordained a priest on 8 August 1937. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1947. On 27 May 1967, Pope Paul VI named him a titular archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi and to Rwanda Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by .... He received his episcopal consecration from Pope Paul on 16 July 1967. On 5 August 1967, he was appointed the Pro-Nuncio to Uganda as well. On 27 November 1969, Pope Paul appointed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achille Glorieux
Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux (2 April 1910 – 27 September 1999) was a French prelate who held diplomatic posts of the Catholic Church. Biography Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux was born in Roubaix, France, on 2 April 1910, one of ten children born to Achille Glorieux (1883–1965), an industrial leader prominent in the Catholic social movement that promoted large families to fight underpopulation. He was ordained a priest on 29 June 1934. While working in Rome at the Secretariat of State, he was also the Vatican correspondent for the French daily '' La Croix'' in the 1930s. He fled Italy after the declaration of war between Italy and France in 1940 and continued his work from Limoges. He returned to Rome in 1945 and managed the French-language edition of ''L'Osservatore Romano''. Pope John XXIII named him secretary of the commission responsible for planning the Second Vatican Council. There he played a key role–as a ''cheville-ouvrière'' or linchpin–in recruiting lay org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
