Antonio Magnoni (13 June 1919 – 18 March 2007) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent forty years of his fifty-year career in the diplomatic service of the

Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of R ...

, interrupted for a ten-year posting in the Roman Curia. He became an archbishop in 1980 and served as

Apostolic Nuncio An apostolic nuncio ( la, nuntius apostolicus; also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or to an international org ...

until 1995.

Biography

Antonio Magnoni was born on 13 June 1919 in

Nonantola Nonantola ( Modenese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is in the Po Valley about from Modena on the road to Ferrara. History In ancient times the territory of Nonantola was i ...

, Italy, the youngest of eleven children. He studied at the Seminary of Modena and was ordained a priest on 11 April 1943. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the

Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy The Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy ( la, Pontificia Ecclesiastica Academia, it, Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica) is one of the Roman Colleges of the Catholic Church. The academy is dedicated to training priests to serve in the diplomatic c ...

in 1952. He joined the diplomatic service of the

and was first assigned to the nunciature in Costa Rica on 1 March 1954, and then in Belgium and Chile. In 1964, he joined the staff of the Secretariat of State in Rome. On 8 April 1970, he became undersecretary of the

Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments it, Dicastero per il Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti , type = Dicastery , seal = Coat of arms Holy See.svg , seal_size = 100px , seal_caption = Coat of arms of the Holy See , logo = , p ...

. On 24 April 1980,

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

named him

titular archbishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In ...

of Boseta and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to

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and to Fiji and Apostolic Delegate to the Pacific Ocean Region. He received his episcopal consecration in 1 June 1980 from Cardinal

James Robert Knox James Robert Knox GCC (2 March 1914 – 26 June 1983) was an Australian prelate of the Catholic Church. After years as a Vatican diplomat, he served as Archbishop of Melbourne from 1967 to 1974, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worsh ...

. On 22 July 1989, Pope John Paul named him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt. He retired from that position upon the appointment of his successor, Paolo Giglio, on 25 March 1995, at the age of 75. He died of lung cancer in Rome on 18 March 2007.

References

External links

Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Antonio Magnoni
{{DEFAULTSORT:Magnoni, Antonio 1919 births 2007 deaths Religious leaders from the Province of Modena Officials of the Roman Curia Apostolic Nuncios to New Zealand Apostolic Nuncios to Fiji Apostolic Nuncios to the Pacific Ocean Apostolic Nuncios to Egypt