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Alberto Bottari de Castello (born 5 July 1942) is an Italian prelate of the
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 ...
who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the
Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of Rome ...
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Biography

Alberto Bottari de Castello was born in
Montebelluna Montebelluna is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, Italy, approximately northwest of Venice. It has an estimated population of 32,000. Montebelluna borders the following municipalities: Altivole, Caerano di San Marco, Cornuda, Crocetta del Montello ...
,
Province of Treviso The Province of Treviso ('' it, Provincia di Treviso'') is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Treviso. The province is surrounded by Belluno in the north, Vicenza in the west, Padua in southwest, Venice in the so ...
in northern Italy, on 5 July 1942. He was ordained a priest on 11 September 1966. He prepared for a diplomatic career by completing the course of study at the
Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy The Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy ( la, Pontificia Ecclesiastica Academia, it, Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica) is one of the Roman Colleges of the Catholic Church. The academy is dedicated to training priests to serve in the diplomatic c ...
in 1969. On 18 December 1999,
Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
named him a titular archbishop and nuncio to Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. He was consecrated a bishop on 6 January 2000. He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Japan on 1 April 2005.
Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...
named him nuncio to
Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
on 7 June 2011. He retired after reaching the age of 75. Hungary awarded him the Commander's Crosses with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary.


See also

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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 repres ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bottari De Castello, Alberto 1942 births Living people People from Montebelluna 21st-century Italian Roman Catholic titular archbishops Apostolic Nuncios to Japan Apostolic Nuncios to Hungary Apostolic Nuncios to the Gambia Apostolic Nuncios to Guinea Apostolic Nuncios to Liberia Apostolic Nuncios to Sierra Leone Italian expatriates in the Gambia Commander's Crosses with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil)