Ambrogio Marchioni (31 August 1911 – 2 May 1995) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He was made an archbishop in 1961 and served as Apostolic Nuncio to several countries from 1959 to 1984, including Switzerland for seventeen years.

Biography

Ambrogio Marchioni was born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, Italy, on 31 August 1911. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Naples on 26 May 1934. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1934. When he joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See, one of his early assignments was in the Nunciature to Italy at least as early as the end of 1940. He was secretary there on 15 October 1943 when Defence Minister

Rodolfo Graziani Rodolfo Graziani, 1st Marquis of Neghelli (; 11 August 1882 – 11 January 1955), was a prominent Italian military officer in the Kingdom of Italy's '' Regio Esercito'' ("Royal Army"), primarily noted for his campaigns in Africa before and durin ...

asked him to support or express sympathy for the Italian Social Republic, the puppet state the Nazis had established. Marchioni responded by reiterating the neutrality of the Church and 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 R ...

and the need rather to "instill calm, tranquility, order, so as to ensure that ill-advised actions do not produce serious reprisals against so many innocent people or the entire population". On 1 July 1959, Pope Pius XII appointed him Apostolic Nuncio El Salvador and to the Guatemala. He was named titular archbishop of Severiana on 14 October 1961 and received his episcopal consecration on 12 November 1961 from Cardinal

Carlo Confalonieri Carlo Confalonieri (25 July 1893 – 1 August 1986) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as prefect of the Congregation for Bishops from 1967 to 1973, and dean of the College of Cardinals from 1977 until his death. Con ...

. His appointments in those countries ended with the appointment of his successor,

Bruno Torpigliani Bruno Torpigliani (15 April 1915 – 2 May 1995) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He was made an archbishop in 1964 and served as Apostolic Nuncio to several countries, including the ...

on 1 September 1964. On 30 June 1967, Pope Paul named him

Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland The Apostolic Nunciature to Switzerland is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Switzerland. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio, with the rank of an ambassador. The nunc ...

. He retired in September 1984. He died in Rome on 27 February 1989.

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Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Ambrogio Marchioni
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marchioni, Ambrogio 1911 births 1989 deaths Clergy from Naples Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy alumni Apostolic Nuncios to El Salvador Apostolic Nuncios to Guatemala Apostolic Nuncios to Switzerland Diplomats from Naples