Giovanni Ceirano (20 July 1927 – 30 January 2006) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He became an archbishop in 1990 and served as

Apostolic Nuncio An apostolic nuncio ( la, nuntius apostolicus; 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 org ...

from 1990 to 1999.

Biography

Giovanni Ceirano was born in

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, Italy, on 20 July 1927. He was ordained a priest on 1 July 1951. He earned a doctorate in civil and canon law at the

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. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the

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in 1954. He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1956. His assignments included stints in Bolivia, Haiti, Austria, Scandinavia, South Africa, Congo, and Tanzania. He worked in the Vatican Mission in Jerusalem and in Bonn. He was named Permanent Representative of the Holy See at the

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and Permanent Observer at

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on 3 March 1983. On 21 December 1989,

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appointed him titular archbishop of Tagase and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Papua New Guinea. He received his episcopal consecration on 6 January 1990 from Pope John Paul. He received the additional responsibility of Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to the Solomon Islands on 15 January 1990. On 20 August 1992, he was named Apostolic Nuncio to

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, and

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. He was replaced in those positions by

Piero Biggio Piero Biggio (29 June 1937 – 18 April 2007) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Biography Piero Biggio was born on 29 June 1937 in Calasetta, Province of Carbonia-Iglesias, Sard ...

on 27 February 1999. He retired to Lagnasco. Ceirano died on 29 January 2006.

References

External links

Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Giovanni Ceirano
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