Maurilio Silvani (24 August 1882 – 22 December 1947) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who devoted his entire career to the diplomatic service of the

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. He became an archbishop in 1936 and served as an Apostolic Nuncio from 1936 until his death.

Biography

Maurilio Silvani was born on 24 August 1882 in Isola Sant'Antonio, Italy. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Alessandria on 17 June 1905. He joined the diplomatic service in 1917. His first assignment was serving as secretary to Archbishop

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(later Pope Pius XII), who was the Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria. On 24 July 1936,

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named him titular archbishop of

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and

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Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

and the

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. He received his episcopal consecration on 13 September 1936 from Cardinal

(later Pope Pius XII). In 1937 he mediated a settlement following the October massacre of several thousand Haitians in the DR by the Dominican military, negotiating with

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, military dictator of the Dominican Republic, to secure a payment of $750,000 to Haiti. On 23 May 1942

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named him Apostolic Nuncio to Chile. On 4 May 1946, Pope Pius appointed him Apostolic Internuncio to Austria. He died in Vienna on 22 December 1947 after a long illness.

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Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Maurilio Silvani
{{DEFAULTSORT:Silvani, Maurilio 1882 births 1947 deaths People from the Province of Alessandria Apostolic nuncios to Haiti Apostolic nuncios to the Dominican Republic Apostolic nuncios to Chile Apostolic nuncios to Austria Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy alumni Italian Roman Catholic titular archbishops