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Apostolic Nunciature To Ethiopia
The Apostolic Nunciature to Ethiopia is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Ethiopia. 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 ;Apostolic Internuncios *Joseph Francis McGeough (9 May 1957 - 17 September 1960) * Giuseppe Mojoli (27 September 1960 - 14 November 1969) ;Apostolic Pro-Nuncios * Maurice Perrin (16 January 1970 - 15 November 1972) *Ippolito Rotoli (15 November 1972 - 10 January 1974) *Raymond Philip Etteldorf (21 June 1974 - October 1982) *Thomas Anthony White (1 March 1983 - 14 October 1989) *Patrick Coveney (25 January 1990 - 27 April 1996) ;Apostolic Nuncios *Silvano Maria Tomasi (27 June 1996 - 10 June 2003) *Ramiro Moliner Inglés (17 January 2004 - 26 July 2008) *George Panikulam (24 October 2008 - 14 June 2014) *Luigi Bianco (12 July 2014 - 4 February 2019) * Antoine Camilleri (31 October 2019 – present) References {{Subject bar , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . 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.O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Coveney
Patrick Coveney (29 July 1934 – 22 October 2022) was an Irish prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1966 to 2009. He became an archbishop in 1985 and fulfilled several assignments as Apostolic Nuncio, including stints in Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, New Zealand, and Greece. Early years Coveney was born in Tracton, County Cork, Ireland, studied at Maynooth College (obtaining the academic degree of Bachelor of Arts in classical languages and literature), and the Pontifical Irish College, Rome, Italy (obtaining the Licentiate of Sacred Theology), and was ordained, aged twenty-four, as a priest on 21 February 1959 by the archbishop vicegerent (deputy vicar general of Rome) Luigi Traglia in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran. After doing parish work in Kidlington, England, he taught in St. Finbarr's College, the minor seminary of the Diocese of Cork and Ross in Cork from 1960 to 1966. When use of the vernacular language was introdu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Nuncios To Ethiopia
Apostolic may refer to: The Apostles An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission: *The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles *Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Church to the original Twelve Apostles *The Apostolic Fathers, the earliest generation of post-Biblical Christian writers *The Apostolic Age, the period of Christian history when Jesus' apostles were living *The ''Apostolic Constitutions'', part of the Ante-Nicene Fathers collection Specific to the Roman Catholic Church *Apostolic Administrator, appointed by the Pope to an apostolic administration or a diocese without a bishop *Apostolic Camera, or "Apostolic Chamber", former department of finance for Papal administration * Apostolic constitution, a public decree issued by the Pope *Apostolic Palace, the residence of the Pope in Vatican City *Apostolic prefect, the head of a mission of the Roman Catholic Church *The Apostolic See, sometimes use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Camilleri (prelate)
Antoine Camilleri (born 20 August 1965) is a Maltese prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Under-Secretary for Relations with States in the Secretariat of State of the Holy See, until he was named an archbishop and given the title of apostolic nuncio in 2019. He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1999. Biography Camilleri was born in Sliema, Malta on 20 August 1965. He attended St. Joseph's School, Sliema, and St. Aloysius' College, Birkirkara. He graduated Doctor of Laws from the University of Malta in 1988. He was ordained to the priesthood on 5 July 1991 and was incardinated into the Archdiocese of Malta. He served as vice parish priest at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Gzira (1991–92). To study canon law he entered the Pontifical Lateran University in 1992 and obtained a doctorate. In 1996 he was appointed Defender of the Bond at the Archdiocesan Ecclesiastical Tribunal (1996–97) of Malta. He attended the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Bianco
Luigi Bianco was born 3 March 1960 is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He has been an apostolic nuncio with the rank of archbishop since 2009. Biography Luigi Bianco was born 3 March 1960 at Montemagno, Italy. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Casale Monferrato on 30 March 1985. He earned a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Urban University in Rome. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 1989. He served in the various Nunciatures, including in Italy, Egypt, Argentina, Croatia and Spain. On 12 January 2009, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras and titular archbishop of Falerone. He was consecrated bishop on 25 April 2009 at Sant’Evasio Cathedral, Casale Monferrato, by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. On 12 July 2014, he was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia. On 10 September 2014, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Djibouti and Apostolic Delegat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Panikulam
George Panikulam (born 26 October 1942) is a bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He was given the title of nuncio in 1999 and consecrated a bishop in 2000. He retired in 2017. Biography He was born in Puthenchira, Kerala, India, on 26 October 1942. He studied at the minor seminary in Thope, Thrissur, and St. Joseph’s Pontifical Seminary in Aluva. He was ordained a priest on 11 March 1967 by Archbishop George Alapatt. He continued his studies in Rome, earning a doctorate in sacred scripture and a licentiate in canon law and theology. He studied at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy to prepare for a diplomat’s career beginning in 1975.. He was appointed Titular Archbishop of Caudium and Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras on 4 December 1999. He was consecrated a bishop on 6 January 2000 by Pope John Paul II. He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique on 3 July 2003. On 24 October 2008 he was named Apos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramiro Moliner Inglés
Ramiro Moliner Inglés (born 13 March 1941) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career working in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Biography Ramiro Moliner Inglés was born on 13 March 1941 in Castelserás, Province of Teruel, Spain. He studied at the seminary of Zaragoza and was ordained a priest on 19 March 1965. He earned a doctorate in social sciences at the Pontifical Gregorian University. At the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy he studied diplomacy 1970 to 1973. His early assignments in the diplomatic service of the Holy See took him to New Zealand, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Brazil, Uruguay, Sudan, and Great Britain. Pope John Paul II appointed him on 2 January 1993 Titular Archbishop of Sarda and Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. He received his episcopal consecration on 22 February from Cardinal Antonio María Javierre Ortas. On 10 May 1997, John Paul named him Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala. On 17 January 2004, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvano Maria Tomasi
Silvano Maria Tomasi C.S. (born 12 October 1940) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the Special Delegate to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta since 1 November 2020. He was the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva from 2003 to 2016. He previously worked in the Roman Curia, became an archbishop in 1996, and represented the Holy See as an apostolic nuncio in Africa from 1996 to 2003. Pope Francis raised him to the rank of cardinal on 28 November 2020. Early life He was born in Casoni di Mussolente, Italy. On 31 May 1965 he was ordained as priest of the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles (Scalabrini). He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Fordham University. From 1970 to 1974 he was assistant professor of sociology at the City University of New York and the New School for Social Research. He co-founded the Center for Migration Studies, a think tank based in New York, and he founded and edited the journal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Anthony White
Thomas A. White (12 August 1931 – 7 May 2017) was an archbishop of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, serving in Africa, China, Latin America, and the Pacific region. He once described his career as "gypsy for the sake of the Kingdom". Biography Thomas Anthony White was born in Durrow, County Laois, Irish Free State, on 12 August 1931, one of five children. He attended Cullohill National School and then St Kieran's College, Kilkenny, where he excelled in academics and hurling. White was ordained to the priesthood on 25 February 1956 and briefly taught canon law at St. Kieran's. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1958. His first assignment took him to Nairobi, where the Apostolic Delegation to Eastern Africa was preparing for developing diplomatic relations with the countries of the region as they achieved their independence. He later worked in Latin America and Switzerland. His last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east and northeast, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. Ethiopia has a total area of . As of 2022, it is home to around 113.5 million inhabitants, making it the 13th-most populous country in the world and the 2nd-most populous in Africa after Nigeria. The national capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, lies several kilometres west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the African and Somali tectonic plates. Anatomically modern humans emerged from modern-day Ethiopia and set out to the Near East and elsewhere in the Middle Paleolithic period. Southwestern Ethiopia has been proposed as a possible homeland of the Afroasiatic langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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