Justo Mullor García (8 May 1932 – 30 December 2016) was a Spanish prelate of the

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who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the

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and then headed the Vatican's academy for training diplomats.

Biography

Born in los Villares,

Jaén, Spain Jaén () is the urban capital city of the province of Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. The city of Jaén is the administrative and industrial centre for the province. Industrial establishments in the city include chemical ...

, on 8 May 1932, Justo Mullor García was ordained to the priesthood on 8 December 1954. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See and on 21 March 1979 was named

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. On 22 March 1979, he was named Apostolic Nuncio to the Ivory Coast, on 2 May Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Upper Volta, and on 25 August Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Niger. He was later permanent observer of the Holy See to the European Council, permanent observer of the Holy See to the Office of the United Nations Organization in Geneva, and

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, Lithuania, Latvia, and

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. He was the

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to Mexico when Pope John Paul II appointed him President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy on 11 February 2000. Pope John Paul II named him a Consultor to the Secretariat of State on 4 July 2000. He also named him a participant in the 2001 Synod of Bishops.

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accepted his resignation as President of the Ecclesiastical Academy on 13 October 2007. Pope Benedict named him a member of the

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on 22 April 2009. He died in Rome on 30 December 2016. His remains were interred in the Cathedral of the Incarnation in

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References

External links

Catholic Hierarchy: Justo Mullor Garcia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mullor García, Justo 1932 births 2016 deaths Spanish Roman Catholic priests Apostolic Nuncios to Ivory Coast Apostolic Nuncios to Burkina Faso Apostolic Nuncios to Niger Apostolic Nuncios to Estonia Apostolic Nuncios to Latvia Apostolic Nuncios to Lithuania Apostolic Nuncios to Mexico 20th-century Roman Catholic titular archbishops