Joseph Salvador Marino (born January 23, 1953) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who worked in the Vatican diplomatic service from 1988 to 2019 and then served as president of the

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until 2023. He became an archbishop in 2008 and represented the Holy See in

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, and

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for six years.

Biography

Early years

Joseph Marino was born in

Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2021 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 197,575, down 1% fr ...

, on January 23, 1953, one of three sons of Salvador Marino, an electrical engineer, and Josephine Marino. He grew up in the Ensley neighborhood of Birmingham and graduated from John Carroll High School in Birmingham in 1971. Marino earned degrees in philosophy and psychology from the

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in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Priesthood

Marino was ordained a priest by Bishop William Houck on August 25, 1979, for the Diocese of Birmingham. Marino received degrees in theology and

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from the

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while living at the

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from 1975 to 1980. Marino returned to Birmingham for four years of pastoral work as associate pastor at St. Paul's Cathedral Parish. In 1984 he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy to prepare for a career in the diplomatic service while obtaining a

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degree from the Gregorian.

Diplomatic service

Marino joined the diplomatic service on July 15, 1988. His early assignments included stints in the

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from 1988 to 1991,

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from 1991 to 1994, and

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from 1994 to 1997. From 1997 to 2004, Marino worked at the Secretariat of State in Rome, where he had responsibility for the

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countries. He participated as senior staff-member in two diplomatic missions: Cardinal

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's visit to

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, on April 1, 1999, that sought a resolution to the

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; and the meeting between U.S. President

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and Cardinal

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in which Laghi unsuccessfully tried to dissuade Bush from invading Iraq in 2003. Marino was working in the apostolic nunciature to the United Kingdom when, on January 12, 2008,

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named him a titular archbishop and apostolic nuncio to Bangladesh. He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Tauran on March 29, 2008, at the Cathedral of St. Paul in Birmingham. On January 16, 2013, Pope Benedict appointed Marino as apostolic nuncio to Malaysia, apostolic nuncio to

, and apostolic delegate to

. He negotiated the 2015 accord between the Holy See and East Timor.

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named Marino president of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy on October 11, 2019. He is the second American to lead the school. Pope Francis appointed Marino a member of the

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on November 17, 2020. On January 23, 2023, Pope Francis accepted his resignation as president of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.

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References

External links

Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Joseph Marino
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marino, Joseph Salvador 21st-century American Roman Catholic titular archbishops 1953 births Living people Apostolic Nuncios to Bangladesh Apostolic Nuncios to East Timor Apostolic Nuncios to Malaysia University of Scranton alumni Pontifical Gregorian University alumni Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy alumni Presidents of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy