Giuseppe De Andrea (20 April 1930 – 29 June 2016) was an Italian-born prelate of the

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who spent twenty years as a pastor in the United States and then twenty-five years in the diplomatic service of the

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Early years

Giuseppe De Andrea was born on 20 April 1930 in

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, Italy, to Antonio and Antonietta (Marchetti) De Andrea. His elder brother is Archbishop

Giovanni De Andrea Giovanni De Andrea (22 April 1928 – 19 January 2012) was an Italian Roman Catholic titular archbishop and diplomat. Education Ordained to the priesthood on June 29, 1951. From 1956 to 1958 he studied at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Acad ...

. He earned his S.T.L. from the

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and a master's in education from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He was ordained a priest of the Consolata Missionaries on 21 June 1953. He worked as a teacher in

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from 1956 to 1958. He was then incardinated into the Diocese of Greensburg,

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, in 1958, and served in parishes and other institutions for twenty years. From 1961 to 1964 he was a chaplain and a professor of theology at

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. From 1964 to 1967 he was a headmaster at St. Joseph Hall Preparatory School in Greensburg, PA.

Diplomatic and Roman years

In the 1980s De Andrea served as a representative of the Vatican at the

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. In 1994 he was Under Secretary of the

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. On 2 December 1999 he became chargé d'affaires of the Holy See diplomatic presence in Kuwait, Yemen, and the Arabian Peninsula. On 28 June 2001,

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appointed him

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of Anzio and apostolic nuncio to

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, and

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, as well as Apostolic Delegate to the Arabian Peninsula. On 29 November 2003 he was given additional responsibility as Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar. His diplomatic career ended when he was replaced in these positions by

Paul-Mounged El-Hachem Paul-Mounged El-Hachem ( ar, بول منجد الهاشم; 8 September 1934 – 7 October 2022) was a Lebanese Maronite prelate of the Catholic Church. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See as apostolic nuncio to Kuwait, Bahrain, ...

on 27 August 2005. On 8 January 2007,

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named him a member of the

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. He also served as vice president of the

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until 13 October 2007. De Andrea served as Assessor of the

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from 2008 to 2013. In 2011–2012, following the resignation of the Grand Master, Cardinal John Patrick Foley due to ill health, he fulfilled the Grand Master's duties until the appointment of Cardinal Edwin O’Brien as Foley's successor. He remained an Honorary Assessor until his death. He was also a senior

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during his retirement. He died in Rome at the age of 86 and was buried alongside his brother Archbishop

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in the

cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:De Andrea, Giuseppe 1930 births 2016 deaths Apostolic Nuncios to Bahrain Apostolic Nuncios to Kuwait Apostolic Nuncios to Yemen Apostolic Nuncios to Qatar 21st-century American Roman Catholic titular archbishops 21st-century Italian Roman Catholic titular archbishops Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg Members of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre Catholic University of America alumni Pontifical Gregorian University alumni People from Rivarolo Canavese