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Luciano Russo is an Italian prelate of the
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who works in the diplomatic service of the
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.


Biography

Russo was born in
Lusciano Lusciano is a ''comune'' in the province of Caserta in Campania, Italy. Between 1929 and 1946, it was part of the ''comune'' of Aversa. Neighbouring communes * Aversa *Trentola-Ducenta * Parete *Giugliano in Campania Giugliano in Campania , also ...
,
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, on 23 June 1963. He was ordained priest of the
Diocese of Aversa The Diocese of Aversa ( la, Dioecesis Aversana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy, created in 1053. It is situated in the ''Terra di Lavoro'' (Liburia), seven miles north of Naples, and eight miles south of C ...
on 1 October 1988. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 1993 and filled assignments in Papua Nuova Guinea, Syria, Brazil, the Netherlands, the United States, Honduras and Bulgaria. On 27 January 2012
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appointed him
Titular Archbishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of
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and on 16 February named him
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 ...
to
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. He received his episcopal consecration in Caserta on 14 April 2012 from Cardinal
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.
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named him Apostolic Nuncio to
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and
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on 14 June 2016. Pope Francis named him Apostolic Nuncio to Panama on 22 August 2020. Pope Francis named him Apostolic Nuncio to
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on 18 December 2021. Pope Francis named him Secretary for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State on 10 September 2022.


See also

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List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See The following is a sortable list of the heads of the diplomatic mission of the Holy See. An apostolic nuncio (also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic repres ...


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Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Luciano Russo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Russo, Luciano 1963 births 21st-century Italian Roman Catholic titular archbishops Living people People from the Province of Caserta Apostolic Nuncios to Rwanda Apostolic Nuncios to Algeria Apostolic Nuncios to Tunisia Apostolic Nuncios to Panama Apostolic Nuncios to Uruguay