Martin Lucas (16 October 1894 – 3 March 1969) was a
Catholic archbishop
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and
diplomat
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of the
Holy See.
Biography
Lucas was born in
Haarlem
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,
Netherlands, on 16 October 1894. He was ordained a priest of the
Society of the Divine Word
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on 26 October 1924. He was appointed
Apostolic Delegate to
South Africa and
Titular Archbishop of Adulis on 14 September 1945. On 29 October 1945 he was ordained a bishop by
Cardinal
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**''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae
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Pietro Fumasoni Biondi, while the co-consecrators were Archbishop Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini and Bishop Johannes Hendrik Olav Smit.
On 3 December 1952 he was appointed the
Apostolic Internuncio to India. From 1956 to 1959, he served as an official of the
Secretariat of State in Rome. On 16 April 1959 he was named the first Apostolic Delegate to
Scandinavia, with responsibility for Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. He resigned in October 1961.
Lucas attended the
Second Vatican Council.
References
External links
catholic-hierarchy.org
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1894 births
1969 deaths
Apostolic Nuncios to India
Apostolic Nuncios to South Africa