Luigi Arrigoni (2 June 1890 – 16 August 1987) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He was Apostolic Nuncio to Peru from 1946 to 1948.

Biography

Luigi Arrigoni was born on 2 June 1890 in

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, in Milan Italy. He was ordained a priest on 18 January 1922. He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See, where his early assignments included postings in Austria, Romania, and Belgium, which he left when the Nazis invaded. In December 1942, he played the role of courier, delivering messages too important to entrust to normal delivery services to the nunciatures in Bulgaria and Romania. On 31 May 1946,

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appointed him titular archbishop of

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and

Apostolic Nuncio to Peru The Apostolic Nunciature to the Republic of Peru is an ecclesiastical office of the Roman Catholic Church in Peru. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. Papal ...

. He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Clemente Micara on 28 July 1946. Arrigoni died in Lima on 6 July 1948 at the age of 58.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arrigoni, Luigi 1890 births 1948 deaths Clergy from Milan Apostolic Nuncios to Peru Diplomats from Milan