Vittore Ugo Righi (23 March 1910 – 28 April 1980) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served in the diplomatic service of the

Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of Rome ...

. He became an archbishop in 1963 and led the offices representing the Holy See in Paraguay and Iran.

Biography

Vittore Ugo Righi was born on 23 March 1910 in

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, Italy. His parents named him after the French author

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. He was ordained a priest on 24 June 1933. One of his early assignments in the diplomatic service took him to the Apostolic Delegation to Turkey where in 1939 he became secretary to

Angelo Roncalli Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...

, the future Pope John XXIII. Roncalli found him "docile and good". On 14 October 1961,

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...

appointed him titular archbishop of

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and Apostolic Internuncio to Iran. He received his episcopal consecration on 8 December 1961 from Cardinal

Luigi Traglia Luigi Traglia (3 April 1895 – 22 November 1977) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Vicar General of Rome from 1965 to 1968, and Dean of the College of Cardinals from 1974 until his death. Traglia was elevated to ...

. On 1 February 1964,

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appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay. His assignment there ended in 1967. He authored a study of Roncalli's work in Greece and Turkey during World War II that appeared in 1971. He died on 28 April 1980. A street in his home town is named for him.

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Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Vittore Ugo Righi
{{DEFAULTSORT:Righi, Vittore Ugo 1910 births 1980 deaths People from the Province of Perugia Apostolic Nuncios to Paraguay Apostolic Nuncios to Iran