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Gian Luca Perici
Gian Luca Perici (born September 17, 1964) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Biography Gian Luca Perici was born on 17 September 1964 in Bassano del Grappa, Province of Vicenza, Vicenza, Italy. He was ordained a priest for the Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Velletri–Segni, Diocese of Velletri–Segni on 21 September 1991. Diplomatic career Perici entered the Holy See Diplomatic Service on 1 July 2001. He served in the following posts as Secretary of the Apostolic Nunciature: 2001-2002 Apostolic Nunciature to Mexico, Mexico, 2002-2005 Apostolic Nunciature to Haiti, Haiti, 2005-2008 Apostolic Nunciature to Malta, Malta, and 2008-2011 Apostolic Nunciature to Angola, Angola. He served in the following posts as Counselor of the Apostolic Nunciature: 2011-2015 Apostolic Nunciature to Brazil, Brazil, 2015-2018 Apostolic Nunciature to the Nordic countries, Sweden, 2018-2021 Apostolic Nunciature to Spain, Spai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Excellency
Excellency is an honorific style (manner of address), style given to certain high-level officers of a sovereign state, officials of an international organization, or members of an aristocracy. Once entitled to the title "Excellency", the holder usually retains the right to that courtesy throughout their lifetime, although in some cases the title is attached to a particular office, and is held only for the duration of that office. Generally people addressed as ''Excellency'' are head of state, heads of state, head of government, heads of government, governors, ambassadors, Bishops in the Catholic Church, Roman Catholic bishops and high-ranking ecclesiastics and others holding equivalent rank (e.g., heads of international organizations). Members of royal family, royal families generally have distinct addresses (Majesty, Highness, etc.) It is sometimes misinterpreted as a title of office in itself, but in fact is an honorific that precedes various titles (such as Mr. President (ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archbishop
In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdiocese ( with some exceptions), or are otherwise granted a titular archbishopric. In others, such as the Lutheran Church of Sweden and the Church of England, the title is borne by the leader of the denomination. Etymology The word archbishop () comes via the Latin ''archiepiscopus.'' This in turn comes from the Greek , which has as components the etymons -, meaning 'chief', , 'over', and , 'seer'. Early history The earliest appearance of neither the title nor the role can be traced. The title of "metropolitan" was apparently well known by the 4th century, when there are references in the canons of the First Council of Nicæa of 325 and Council of Antioch of 341, though the term seems to be used generally for all higher ranks of bishop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Heads Of The Diplomatic Missions Of The Holy See
The following is a sortable list of the heads of the diplomatic mission of the Holy See. 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 appointed by and represents the Holy See, and is the head of the diplomatic mission, called an Apostolic Nunciature, which is the equivalent of an embassy. The Holy See is legally distinct from the Vatican City or the Catholic Church. A nuncio is usually an archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi .... Diplomatic Posts Notes Apostolic Nuncio emeriti References External links * {{Europe topic, List of diplomatic missions of, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Francis
Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. Francis is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since Gregory III, a Syrian who reigned in the 8th century. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio worked for a time as a bouncer and a janitor as a young man before training to be a chemist and working as a technician in a food science laboratory. After recovering from a severe illness, he was inspired to join the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1958. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969, and from 1973 to 1979 was the Jesuit provincial superior in Argentina. He became the archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Nunciature To Portugal
The Apostolic Nunciature to the Republic of Portugal is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Portugal. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. For much of the nineteenth and twentieth Centuries the holders of the office have gone on to hold positions in the Roman Curia that customarily been held by cardinals. This custom has now ceased, though is still in use in France. Apostolic nuncios to Portugal * Antonio Pucci (1513 - 1515) *Manuel de Noronha (1518) *Martinho de Portugal (1527 - 1529) *Marco Quinto Vigerio della Rovere (1532 - 1536) * Girolamo Capodiferro (1536 - 1539) *Ferdinando Vasconcellos de Menezes (20 December 1538 - 1542 ?) *Luigi Lippomano (21 May 1542 - 27 June 1544) * Giovanni Ricci di Montepulciano (27 June 1544 - 4 March 1550) * Pompeo Zambeccari (4 March 1550 - 22 November 1553) * Cardinal Henry of Portugal (Nov 1553 - 1560) (with the title of ''Legate'') * Prosp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Nunciature To Spain
The Apostolic Nunciature to the Kingdom of Spain is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Spain. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. For much of the 19th and 20th centuries the holders of the office have gone on to become cardinals with positions in the Roman Curia. Apostolic Nuncios since 1899 *Angelo Bianchi (30 September 1879 – 15 November 1887) *Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro (19 December 1882 – 2 June 1887) * Angelo Di Pietro (23 May 1887 Appointed – 28 June 1893) *Serafino Cretoni (9 May 1893 Appointed – 19 April 1900) * Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè (25 July 1896 – 7 December 1928 died) *Aristide Rinaldini (28 December 1899 – 1907 ) *Antonio Vico (21 October 1907 – 11 February 1915) *Francesco Ragonesi (9 February 1913 – 9 March 1926) *Federico Tedeschini (31 March 1921 – 25 February 1938) *Gaetano Cicognani (16 May 1938 – 7 December 1953) *Ildeb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Nunciature To The Nordic Countries
The Holy See established what has evolved into its Apostolic Nunciature to the Nordic Countries on 16 March 1960 under the title Apostolic Delegation to Scandinavia with responsibility for representing the interests of the pope and the Catholic Church in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. It was originally located in Vedbæk, Denmark; since 2002 its office has been in Djursholm, Sweden, a suburb of Stockholm. The Holy See now has diplomatic relations with each of those countries and the Holy See appoints a nuncio, to date always the same person, to each of them. The representative of the Holy See holds an ecclesiastical office, but the title varies according to the office's relationship to governments. The original title "Delegate" is used for an envoy whose relationship to the government has not received diplomatic statues. It usually evolves to Pro-Nuncio and then Nuncio as diplomatic relations are established and a formal agreement is reached between the Holy See and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Nunciature To Brazil
The Apostolic Nunciature to the Republic of Brazil is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Brazil. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. Apostolic Nuncios to Brazil *Pietro Ostini (17 July 1829 – 2 September 1832) *Gaetano Bedini (28 October 1845 – 16 August 1847) * Vincentius Massoni (1856 – 1857) *Mariano Falcinelli Antoniacci, O.S.B. (30 March 1858 – 14 August 1863) * Angelo Di Pietro (30 September 1879 – 21 March 1882) *Mario Mocenni (28 March 1882 – 18 October 1882) *Vincenzo Vannutelli (22 December 1882 – 4 October 1883) *Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. (19 April 1892 – 1 December 1896) *José Macchi (14 February 1898 – January 1904) * Giulio Tonti (23 August 1902 – 4 October 1906) *Alessandro Bavona (10 April 1908 – 1911) *Giuseppe Aversa (2 March 1911 – 4 December 1916) * Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P. (4 December 1916 – 1920) *Enrico Gaspa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Nunciature To Angola
The Apostolic Nunciature to Angola is an ecclesiastical office of the Roman Catholic Church in Angola. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. The Holy See has full diplomatic ties with Angola as well as most other countries. Nuncios *Giovanni De Andrea (14 April 1975 - 26 January 1983) *Fortunato Baldelli (12 February 1983 - 20 April 1991) *Félix del Blanco Prieto (31 May 1991 - 4 May 1996) *Aldo Cavalli (2 July 1996 - 28 June 2001) *Giovanni Angelo Becciu (15 October 2001 - 23 July 2009) *Novatus Rugambwa (20 February 2010 - 5 March 2015) *Petar Rajič (15 June 2015 – 15 June 2019) *Giovanni Gaspari (21 September 2020 – present) See also * Apostolic Nunciature * Foreign relations of the Holy See * List of diplomatic missions of the Holy See * Roman Catholicism in Angola References {{Subject bar, portal1=Catholicism Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Nunciature To Malta
The Apostolic Nunciature to Malta is the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to Malta. The nunciature is located at 20/22, Pietru Caxaru Street, Tal-Virtù, Rabat RBT 2604, Malta. The current Apostolic Nuncio is Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-fai. The Apostolic Nunciature to Malta is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Malta, with the rank of an embassy. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Holy See to the Republic of Malta and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in Malta and the Pope. History The building of the Apostolic Nunciatur is found at Tal-Virtù in Rabat, Malta. The building’s final design was decided by Architect Joseph M. Spiteri. It was the Catholic Curia which appointed Spiteri for the final revision to the plan of the building. List of Apostolic Nuncios to Malta * Martin John O'Connor (15 December 1965 - May 1969) * Saverio Zupi (17 May 1969 - 14 November 1969) * Giuseppe Mojoli (14 November 1969 - December 1971) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Nunciature To Haiti
The Apostolic Nunciature to Haiti the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to Haiti. It is located in Port-au-Prince. The current Apostolic Nuncio is Archbishop Francisco Escalante Molina, who was named to the position by Pope Francis on 4 June 2021. The Apostolic Nunciature to the Republic of Haiti is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Haiti, with the rank of an embassy. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Holy See to the President of Haiti, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in Haiti and the Pope. Representatives of the Holy See to Haiti ;Apostolic delegates *Joseph Rosati (30 April 1841 – 25 September 1843) * Giovanni Monetti (30 October 1860 – 1861) * Martial-Guillaume-Marie Testard du Cosquer (29 November 1861 – 1 October 1863) * (28 July 1874 – 9 August 1883) * Bernardino di Milia (13 May 1884 – November 1890) * Spiridion-Salvatore-Costantino Buhadgiar (28 November 1890 – 10 August 1891) *Giulio Tonti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Nunciature To Mexico
The Apostolic Nunciature to Mexico the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to Mexico. It is located in Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City. The current Apostolic Nuncio is Bishop Joseph Spiteri, who was named to the position by Pope Francis on 7 July 2022. The Apostolic Nunciature to the Argentine Republic is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Mexico, with the rank of an embassy. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Holy See to the President of Mexico, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in Mexico and the Pope. History Before 1992 the office was an Apostolic Delegation, without diplomatic status: its head was accredited to the Catholic Church in the country but not to the government. Pope John Paul II established the Nunciature to Mexico on 22 September 1992. Papal representatives to Mexico ;Apostolic Delegates * Luigi Clementi (26 August 1851 - 1861) * Pier Francesco Meglia (1 October 1864 - 21 October 1866) *Domenico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
