Albert Levame (19 January 1881 – 5 December 1958) was a Monagasque prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.

Biography

Albert Levame was born in Monaco on 19 January 1881. He studied at the Jesuit College of the Visitation there and then at the

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in Rome. He was ordained a priest on 21 May 1905. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the

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in 1907. His early postings included stints in Vienna, Prague, Buenos Aires, and Paris. On 21 December 1933,

Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XI (; born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, ; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939) was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 until his death in February 1939. He was also the first sovereign of the Vatican City State u ...

named him a titular archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia and Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and to Honduras. He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal

Eugenio Pacelli Pope Pius XII (; born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli; 2 March 18769 October 1958) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death on 9 October 1958. He is the most recent p ...

on 4 February 1934. On 12 November 1939,

Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII (; born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli; 2 March 18769 October 1958) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death on 9 October 1958. He is the most recent p ...

named him nuncio to Uruguay and to Paraguay. He resigned from the Paraguay position in 1941. On 3 October 1949, Pope Pius appointed him Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt. There he took part in the negotiations that resolved the controversy over the teaching of the Christian religion in schools. He was named Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland on 16 June 1954. He died in the nunciature in Dublin on 5 December 1958. He had been ill for several months.

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Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Albert Levame
{{DEFAULTSORT:Levame, Albert Apostolic nuncios to El Salvador Apostolic nuncios to Honduras Apostolic nuncios to Egypt Apostolic nuncios to Uruguay Apostolic nuncios to Paraguay Apostolic nuncios to Ireland 1958 deaths 1881 births Bishops appointed by Pope Pius XI