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Apostolic Nunciature To Cuba
The Apostolic Nunciature to Cuba the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to Cuba. It is located at the nation's capital, in Havana. The current Apostolic Nuncio is Archbishop Giampiero Gloder, who was named to the position by Pope Francis on 11 October 2019. The Apostolic Nunciature to the Republic of Cuba is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Cuba, with the rank of an embassy. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Holy See to the President of Cuba, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in Cuba and the Pope. Papal representatives to Cuba since 1898 ;Apostolic Delegates *Placide Louis Chapelle (16 September 1898 – 9 August 1905 ) *Giuseppe Aversa (24 May 1906 – 21 October 1909) * Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla (3 November 1913 – 1915?) * Tito Trocchi (14 November 1915 – 25 May 1921) * Pietro Benedetti (22 July 1921 – 1926) ;Apostolic Nuncios * George Joseph Caruana (15 September 1935 – 26 April 1947) *Antoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Cuba ''''. . The city has a population of 2.3million inhabitants, and it spans a total of – making it the largest city by area, the most populous city, and the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tito Trocchi
Tito Trocchi (1 May 1864 – 12 February 1947) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He became an archbishop in 1915 and led the papal representations in Cuba and Bolivia. He spent the last twenty years of his life working in the Roman Curia. Biography Tito Trocchi was born on 1 May 1864 in Rome. He was ordained a priest on 24 September 1887. On 14 November 1925, Pope Benedict XV appointed him Apostolic Delegate to Cuba and Puerto and on 9 December titular archbishop of Lacedaemon. He received his episcopal consecration on 12 December 1915 from Archbishop Vittorio Ranuzzi de' Bianchi. On 25 May 1921, Pope Benedict appointed him Apostolic Internuncio to Bolivia. On 11 January 1927, Pope Pius XI named him auditor general of the Apostolic Chamber. On 22 November 1939, named him Vice Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church The Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church is an office of the papal household that administers t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Bonazzi
Luigi Bonazzi is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He has been the apostolic nuncio to Albania since December 2020. He was the apostolic nuncio to Canada from December 2013 to December 2020. Biography Luigi Bonazzi was born on 19 June 1948 in Gazzaniga, Italy. He was ordained a priest on 30 June 1973. He holds a Doctorate in Educational Sciences from the Salesian Pontifical University (Rome), and a Licence in Theology and in Canon Law from the Lateran Pontifical University (Rome). He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 25 March 1980. He served in the diplomatic missions of the Holy See in Cameroon (1980-83), Trinidad and Tobago (1983-86), Malta (1986-89), Mozambique, Spain (1991-94), the United States (1994-96), and Italy (1996-99). On 19 June 1999, Pope John Paul II appointed him titular Archbishop of Atella and Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti. He was consecrated a bishop in Bergamo Cathedral on 26 August 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Robles Díaz
Luis Robles Díaz (6 March 1938 – 7 April 2007) was a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Biography Luis Robles Díaz was born in El Grullo, Mexico, on 6 March 1938. He was ordained a priest on 14 April 1963. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1965. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1967 and fulfilled assignments in Honduras, South Africa, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Ecuador, and Colombia. On 16 February 1985, Pope John Paul II named him a titular archbishop, Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan, and Apostolic Delegate to the Red Sea Region. He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada on 9 April 1985. On 13 March 1990, Pope John Paul appointed him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Uganda. On 6 March 1999, Pope John Paul named him Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba. On 4 October 2003, he was named Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beniamino Stella
Beniamino Stella (born 18 August 1941) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 2013 to 2021; he has been a cardinal since 2014. He began working in the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1970, was made an archbishop in 1987, and served as a nuncio in several countries between 1987 to 2007. He led the Vatican's training program for its diplomats, the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, from 2007 to 2013. Early years Beniamino Stella was born in Pieve di Soligo, Province of Treviso, Italy. After finishing secondary education, he entered the Pontifical Roman Seminary and studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Lateran University. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Vittorio Veneto on 19 March 1966 by his uncle, Archbishop Costantino Stella of L'Aquila. That same year, to prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. While there he also earned a degree in canon l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faustino Sainz Muñoz
Faustino Sainz Muñoz (5 June 1937 – 31 October 2012) was a Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Nuncio to Great Britain from 2004 until December 2010, having been appointed by Pope John Paul II in 2004. Career Born in Almadén, Ciudad Real Province, Faustino Sainz Muñoz was ordained to the priesthood on 19 December 1964. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1970, serving in the Pontifical Representations in Senegal and Scandinavia, and then in the Council of Public Affairs of the Church of the Vatican Secretariat of State. As a junior diplomat in Finland, he was dispatched as part of the Holy See's delegation to the preparatory talks of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) in 1975; the delegation diligently ensured that religious freedom was included in the Helsinki Accords. Upon his returning to the Vatican that same year, Sainz was made the Holy See's liaison with Poland, Hungary, and later the Soviet Unio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulio Einaudi (prelate)
Giulio Einaudi (11 February 1928 – 28 December 2017) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who devoted his entire career to the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He became an archbishop in 1977 and served as an Apostolic Nuncio from then until his death. Biography Giulio Einaudi was born on 11 February 1928 in San Damiano Macra, Italy. He was the son of a farmer and fought in the Italian infantry in World War I. He attended the minor seminary of Sant'Agostino and the major seminary of San Nicola in Saluzzo. He was ordained a priest on 29 June 1951. He worked for three years as deputy curate in the parish of the Cathedral of Saluzzo and then studied in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical Lateran University, earning degrees in theology in 1956 and canon law in 1960. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1958. He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 August 1960. From 1960 to 1965 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Laigueglia
Giuseppe Laigueglia (7 September 1922 – 6 June 2001) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1950 and the Roman Curia. Biography Giuseppe Laigueglia was born on 7 September 1922 in Badalucco, Italy. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Ventimiglia on 16 June 1946. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1954. On 3 August 1973, Pope Paul VI named him titular archbishop of Aeliae and Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia. He received his episcopal consecration on 22 September 1973 from Cardinal Antonio Samorè Antonio Samorè (4 December 1905 – 3 February 1983) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1967. Biography Samorè was born in Bardi, near Parma. After studying at the seminary in Piacenza a .... On 20 January 1979, Pope Paul named him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cuba. On 31 July 1980 he was named to a position in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Tagliaferri
Mario Tagliaferri (1 June 1927 – 21 May 1999) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He became an archbishop in 1970 and served as an Apostolic Nuncio from then until his death. Biography Mario Tagliaferri was born in Alatri (Frosinone), Italy, on 1 June 1927. He was ordained a priest on 5 August 1950. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1952. He joined the diplomatic service in 1954 and his early assignments took him to the Dominican Republic, the United States, Canada and Brazil. On 5 March 1970, Pope Paul VI named him a titular archbishop and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Central African Republic, as well as Apostolic Delegate to the Republic of the Congo and Chad. He received his episcopal consecration on 7 May from Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot. On 25 June 1975, Pope Paul appointed him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cuba. On 15 December 1978, Pope John Paul II name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesare Zacchi
Cesare Zacchi (28 November 1914 – 22 August 1991) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He represented the Church and the Holy See in Cuba from 1967 to 1974 and then headed the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, which trains the Vatican's diplomats, from 1975 to 1985. Biography Cesare Zacchi was born on 28 November 1914 in Ortignano Raggiolo, Italy. He was ordained a priest on 17 October 1937. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1948. He worked in the Apostolic Nunciatures in Austria, Yugoslavia, Colombia, and Cuba. He had been a councilor in Cuba since 1969 when the nuncio there, Luigi Centoz, was appointed to a post in Rome on 5 July 1962. With Zacchi's appointment as interim charge d'affaires of the Nunciature to Cuba, the Vatican hoped to establish a modus vivendi under the Castro regime. Zacchi said: "My principal task is to reduce the distrust between the Cub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Centoz
Luigi Centoz (2 April 1883 – 27 October 1969), also known as Louis Centoz, was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent more than five decades in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, either in Rome or serving in offices abroad. He became an archbishop in 1932 and served as an Apostolic Nuncio from then until 1962. He was Vice Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church from 1962 to 1969. Biography Luigi Centoz was born on 2 April 1883 in Saint-Pierre, Aosta Valley, Italy. He was ordained a priest on 9 June 1906. In 1909 he joined the staff of the Holy See's Secretariat of State, where he worked directly for the Cardinal Secretary of State Rafael Merry del Val. On 6 January 1921, he was assigned to the nunciatures to Germany and Bavaria (and from 1925 to Prussia), working for the Nuncio Eugenio Pacelli, later Pope Pius XII. He participated in the conclave of February 1922, as aide to Cardinal Merry del Val. On 28 January 1932, Pope Pius XI named him titular archbishop of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Burzio
Giuseppe Burzio (1901-1966), born Cambiano, Italy, was a Vatican diplomat and Roman Catholic Archbishop. Ordained in 1924, he enrolled in the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy Class of 1926 and was commissioned into the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1929 when he was sent to Peru as a Secretary 2nd class. Later he served in Czechoslovakia (1935–38, as auditor) and Lithuania (1938–40, as Chargé d'affaires) before being posted to Slovakia in 1940 as Chargé d'affaires before the Slovak regime of Josef Tiso. Pope Pius XII appointed the 39-year-old Burzio to bring pressure to bear on the Slovak government. Burzio advised Rome of the deteriorating situation for Jews in the Nazi puppet state, sparking Vatican protests on behalf of Jews. Burzio also lobbied the Slovak government directly. In 1942 Burzio and others reported to Tiso that the Germans were murdering Slovakia's deported Jews. Tiso hesitated and then refused to deport Slovakia's 24,000 remaining Jews. When the tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
