Giambattista Diquattro
Giambattista Diquattro | |
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| Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil Titular Archbishop of Giru Mons | |
.jpg) Diquattro in 2021 on Brazil | |
| Appointed | 29 August 2020 |
| Predecessor | Giovanni d’Aniello |
| Other post(s) | Titular Archbishop of Giru Mons |
| Previous post(s) |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 24 August 1981 by Angelo Rizzo |
| Consecration | 4 June 2005 by Angelo Sodano |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 18, 1954 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Motto | Nomen meum tene |
| Coat of arms |  |
| Styles of Giambattista Diquattro | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
Giambattista Diquattro (born 18 March 1954) is an Italian archbishop and Vatican diplomat. He has been Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil since 2020. He has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1985 and been a nuncio and archbishop since 2005.
Biography
[edit]Diquattro was born on 18 March 1954 in Bologna and was ordained a priest for the diocese of Ragusa in 1981.[1] He received his master's degree in civil law from the University of Catania, his Doctorate in Canon Law (JCD) from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, and his master's degree in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.[2]
Diplomatic career
[edit]He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 May 1985, and served in diplomatic missions in the pontifical representations to the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Chad, the United Nations in New York, and later in the Vatican Secretariat of State, and in the Apostolic Nunciature in Italy.
Pope John Paul II appointed him apostolic nuncio to Panama on 2 April 2005.[3]
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him apostolic nuncio to Bolivia on 21 November 2008.[4]
On 21 January 2017, Pope Francis named him Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal.[5]
On 29 August 2020, Pope Francis named him Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "India gets new Vatican ambassador". 21 January 2017.
- ^ "Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro New Apostolic Nuncio to India – CCBI". 21 January 2017.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 02.04.2005" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 2 April 2005. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 21.11.2008" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 21 November 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Other Pontifical Acts, 21.01.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 29.08.2020" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
External links
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- Apostolic nuncios to India
- Apostolic nuncios to Nepal
- Apostolic nuncios to Bolivia
- Apostolic nuncios to Panama
- Apostolic nuncios to Brazil
- Living people
- Clergy from Bologna
- 21st-century Italian Roman Catholic titular archbishops
- 1954 births
- Pontifical Lateran University alumni
- Pontifical Gregorian University alumni
- Diplomats from Bologna