Julio Murat (born on 18 August 1961 in Izmir, Turkey) is a Turkish prelate of the

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who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.

Biography

Julio Murat began his preparation for the priesthood in Rome, where on 25 May 1986 he was ordained a

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by the hands of

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in the Vatican and was

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into the Archdiocese of Izmir. After his ordination he continued his education studying canon law at the

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. In 1991 Murat concluded his law studies, with his doctoral dissertation "I diritti soggettivi della buona fama e dell'intimita codificati nel Canone 220". In 1992 he graduated himself to the preparation for diplomatic service at the

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, and from 1 January 1994 he began working in the Vatican diplomatic missions. Successively, Murat worked in Indonesia, Pakistan, Belarus, Austria, and from January 2003 at the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State of the Holy See. On 27 January 2012 he was appointed by

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apostolic nuncio in Zambia and titular archbishop of Orange. Murat was ordained bishop on 3 March 2012 in Rome, by Secretary of State

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. On 6 June 2012, he was named nuncio to Malawi as well. On 24 March 2018,

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named him apostolic nuncio to

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. The responsibilities of Nuncio to Equatorial Guinea were added on 29 March. On 9 November 2022,

named him apostolic nuncio to

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and

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. On 25 January 2023, Pope Francis named him apostolic nuncio to

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as well.

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External links

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmurat.html * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/nunciature/nunc104.htm#47702 {{DEFAULTSORT:Murat, Julio 1961 births 21st-century Roman Catholic titular archbishops Living people Apostolic Nuncios to Zambia Apostolic Nuncios to Malawi Apostolic Nuncios to Cameroon Apostolic Nuncios to Equatorial Guinea Apostolic Nuncios to Iceland Apostolic Nuncios to Sweden Turkish Roman Catholic archbishops

Biography

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