Martin Vidović (born 15 July 1953) is a Croatian prelate of the
Catholic Church
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who was Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus from 2004 to 2011.
Martin Vidović was born on 15 July 1953 in
Vidonje
Vidonje is a village located in the municipality of Zažablje, in Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia
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, Croatia. He was ordained a priest on 28 May 1989.
He managed Croatian-language programming for Vatican Radio from 1983 to 1994.
Diplomatic career
He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 19 September 1994. Among other assignments, he was secretary of the nunciature in Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1994 to 1999.
[
On 15 September 2004, ]Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005.
In his you ...
named him titular bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of Nona and Apostolic Nuncio
An apostolic nuncio (; also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or to an international organization. A nuncio is ...
to Belarus.[ He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal ]Angelo Sodano
Angelo Raffaele Sodano (23 November 1927 – 27 May 2022) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the Dean of the College of Cardinals from 2005 to 2019 and previously as the Cardinal Secretary of State from 1991 to 2006; S ...
on 21 November at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Split.
He resigned as nuncio in 2011 after meeting with the country's political opposition as Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone (born 2 December 1934) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and a Vatican City, Vatican diplomat. A Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal since 2003, he served as Archbishop of Vercelli from 1991 to 1995, as S ...
and Pope Benedict XVI
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sought to negotiate with the government of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, making hi ...
.
See also
* List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See
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References
External links
Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Martin Vidović
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Living people
1953 births
Apostolic nuncios to Belarus
Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy alumni