Gino Paro (17 June 1910 – 21 September 1988) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He became a bishop and head of the Vatican's training program for diplomats in 1962. Raised to the rank of archbishop, he served as an apostolic nuncio from 1969 to 1978.

Biography

Gino Paro was born on 17 June 1910 in

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. He was ordained a priest on 5 July 1936 of the

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. By 1945 he had a position at the Secretariat of State. His dissertation, ''The right of papal legation'', was published in 1948. At that period he was working in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, assigned to the nunciature in Dublin with the title of auditor. On 31 August 1962,

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appointed him

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and President of the

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. Cardinal

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ordained him a bishop on 7 October. On 5 May 1969,

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appointed him Titular Archbishop of

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and

Apostolic Delegate An apostolic nuncio (; 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 organization. A nuncio is ...

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and

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. His title for Australia changed to Apostolic Pro-Nuncio on 4 July 1973, and he was succeeded by

Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (27 August 1925 – 19 November 2017) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1977 until he retired in 2001. As Archpriest of the Basilica of Sai ...

as the first Pro-Nuncio to Papua New Guinea on 5 April 1977. His diplomatic service ended on 10 June 1978 when he was replaced as Pro-Nuncio to Australia by Luigi Barbarito. Paro participated in all four sessions of the

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. He died on 21 September 1988. There is a street in Ponte di Piave named "Via Monsignor Gino Paro".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paro, Gino 1910 births 1988 deaths Apostolic nuncios to Australia Apostolic nuncios to Papua New Guinea People from the Province of Treviso