Luciano Suriani (born 11 January 1957) is an Italian prelate of the
Catholic Church
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who has serves as
Apostolic Nuncio
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to Bulgaria from 2022.
Biography
Suriani was born in 1957 in
Atessa
Atessa (locally ''L'Atésse'') is an municipality in the province of Chieti, Abruzzo, south-eastern Italy. It is part of the Val di Sangro mountain community. It is the largest municipality in the province by extension and eighth by population.
...
,
Chieti
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. He was ordained a priest on 5 August 1981. He was incardinated in the diocese of Chieti-Vasto. He earned a doctorate in
canon law
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from the
Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
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.
He entered the diplomatic service of the
Holy See
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on 1 June 1990, and worked in the
papal diplomatic missions to Ivory Coast, Switzerland, the Section for Relations with States at the
Secretariat of State, and the
Nunciature to Italy, by which time he held the rank of counselor.
Apart from Italian, he knows Spanish, French and English.
On 22 February 2008 by
Pope Benedict XVI
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appointed him
Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia
The Apostolic Nunciature to Bolivia the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to Bolivia. It is located in La Paz. The current Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia is Angelo Accattino, who was appointed by Pope Francis on 12 September 2017.
The Apostolic Nu ...
and
titular archbishop
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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
Amiternum
Amiternum was an ancient Sabine city, then Roman city and later bishopric and Latin Catholic titular see in the central Abruzzo region of modern Italy, located from L'Aquila. Amiternum was the birthplace of the historian Sallust (86 BC).
Histor ...
,
On 26 April 2008 he was ordained a bishop by
Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone
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.
He was replaced as Nuncio to Bolivia after nine months on 22 September by
Giambattista Diquattro
Giambattista Diquattro (born 18 March 1954) is an Italian archbishop and Vatican diplomat. He has been Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil since 2020. He has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1985 and been a nuncio and archbishop si ...
.
Suriani had requested a new assignment because of health problems associated with high altitudes.
La Paz
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is located 3,640 metres above sea level.
On 24 September 2009 Suriani was appointed to a senior position as the
Secretariat of State. As Delegate for Papal Representatives he has responsibility for coordinating the affairs of the Holy See's diplomats.
On 7 December 2015
Pope Francis
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appointed him nuncio to
Serbia
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.
On 13 May 2022 Pope Francis appointed him nuncio to Bulgaria.
See also
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List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See
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References
5 https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2022/05/13/0354/00753.html
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Suriani, Luciano
1957 births
Living people
People from Atessa
Apostolic Nuncios to Bolivia
Apostolic Nuncios to Serbia
Apostolic Nuncios to Bulgaria
Apostolic Nuncios to North Macedonia
21st-century Italian Roman Catholic titular archbishops
Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy alumni