Luigi Dossena (28 May 1925 – 9 September 2007) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the

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Biography

Luigi Dossena was born in Campagnola Cremasca, Italy, on 28 May 1925. He was ordained a priest of the

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appointed him a titular archbishop and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea. He received his episcopal consecration on 25 March 1973 from Cardinal

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. On 24 October 1978,

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named him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cape Verde,

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, and Upper Volta and also Apostolic Delegate to

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), ...

, and Mauritania. His responsibilities changed as the Vatican reorganized its diplomatic presence in Africa. The posts of Pro-Nuncio to Upper Volta and to Niger were assigned to Justo Mullor García on 2 May and 25 August 1979. And Dossena's title in Mali was raised to Apostolic Pro-Nuncio on 3 June 1980. On 30 December 1985, he was appointed

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by Pope John Paul. Though viewed as more moderate than his predecessor

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, his took similar positions with respect to his role as nuncio and the Church's role in civic life. Some in the Church hierarchy in Peru complained he had excessive influence over episcopal appointments. He urged the Peruvian bishops to publicly support

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in the 1990 presidential election. On 2 March 1994, he was named Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia. His service as nuncio ended when he was replaced in Slovakia by

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on 8 February 2001. He died on 9 September 2007.

References

External links

Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Luigi Dossena
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