Edoardo Pecoraio (1 September 1910 – 9 August 1986) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the
Roman Curia and then served in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
Biography
Edoardo Pecoraio was born on 1 September 1910 in
Sant'Egidio alla Vibrata
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, Italy. He studied at the seminaries in
Montalto delle Marche
Montalto delle Marche is a ''comune'' (municipality) and former Latin catholic bishopric in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Italian region Le Marche, located in the hilly area that goes from the Adriatic cost to the Sibillini Mountains, at ...
and
Fano
Fano is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort southeast of Pesaro, located where the ''Via Flaminia'' reaches the Adriatic Sea. It is the third city in the region by popula ...
. He was ordained a priest on 26 July 1935. He earned a degree in literature and law and then taught at the Montalto seminary. He served as a military chaplain in the Second World War. In 1947 he worked at the
Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
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. He also worked for the
Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. He was named a peritus (expert) for the
Second Vatican Council
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.
He joined the staff of the
Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
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in 1960. On 30 October 1961,
Pope John XXIII
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appointed him under-secretary of the
Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
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.
On 28 December 1971,
Pope Paul VI
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named him titular archbishop of
Cumae
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and
Apostolic Nuncio to Malta. He received his episcopal consecration on 13 February 1972 from Pope Paul.
He resigned in 1974 at the age of 63.
Pecoraio died on 9 August 1986 at the age of 75.
References
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1910 births
1986 deaths
People from the Province of Teramo
Officials of the Roman Curia
Apostolic Nuncios to Malta