Justo Mullor García (8 May 1932 – 30 December 2016) was a Spanish prelate of the

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who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the

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and then headed the Vatican's academy for training diplomats.

Biography

Born in los Villares,

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, on 8 May 1932, Justo Mullor García was ordained to the priesthood on 8 December 1954. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See and on 21 March 1979 was named

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. On 22 March 1979, he was named Apostolic Nuncio to the Ivory Coast, on 2 May Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Upper Volta, and on 25 August Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Niger. He was later permanent observer of the Holy See to the

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, permanent observer of the Holy See to the Office of the United Nations Organization in Geneva, and

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, and

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. He was the

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to Mexico when Pope John Paul II appointed him President of the

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on 11 February 2000. Pope John Paul II named him a Consultor to the Secretariat of State on 4 July 2000. He also named him a participant in the 2001 Synod of Bishops.

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accepted his resignation as President of the Ecclesiastical Academy on 13 October 2007. Pope Benedict named him a member of the

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on 22 April 2009. He died in Rome on 30 December 2016. His remains were interred in the Cathedral of the Incarnation in

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References

External links

Catholic Hierarchy: Justo Mullor Garcia
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