Antonio Guido Filipazzi

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His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Antonio Guido Filipazzi
Apostolic Nuncio of Poland
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Antonio Filipazzi in 2014
Appointed8 August 2023
Predecessor Salvatore Pennacchio
Other post(s) Titular Archbishop of Sutri
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination10 October 1987
by  Giuseppe Siri
Consecration5 February 2011
by  Pope Benedict XVI, Angelo Sodano, and Tarcisio Bertone
Personal details
Born (1963-10-08) 8 October 1963 (age 60)
Melzo, Milan, Italy
Nationality Italian
MottoNISI DOMINUS ÆDIFICAVERIT
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Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Archbishop

Antonio Guido Filipazzi (born 8 October 1963) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1992.

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Biography

He was born in Melzo, in the Province of Milan, on 8 October 1963 and grew up in Gessate. [1] After completing his classical studies, he studied at the Genoa Section of Theological Faculty of Northern Italy, obtaining a bachelor's degree in theology in 1987.[ citation needed ] On 10 October 1987 he was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Genoa by Cardinal Giuseppe Siri. [1] On 1 September 1989, he was incardinated into the Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo. [2]

He was parochial vicar of Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Ventimiglia and taught canon law at the Episcopal Seminary "Pio XI" of Bordighera from 1989 to 1990. [3] He then obtained his doctorate in canon law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross on 12 May 1992 and a diploma from the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.[ citation needed ]

Diplomatic career

He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 1992. His early assignments were in the nunciatures in Sri Lanka (1992 to 1995), Austria (1995 to 1998), and Germany (1998 to 2003), and then in Rome in the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State from 2003 to 2011. [1]

He also taught canon law in the Seminary Redemptoris Mater of Berlin from 2002 to 2003 and was a member of the delegation of the Holy See to the Italian-Vatican Joint Commission, established to deepen the concordat profiles related to the free fulfillment of the ministry of bishops and to the related criminal procedural questions, from 2004 to 2011.[ citation needed ]

Diplomatic career

On 8 January 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him titular archbishop of Sutri and apostolic nuncio. [1] He received his episcopal consecration on 5 February from Pope Benedict. [4] At the time, he was the youngest Italian bishop [5] and the youngest nuncio. [6] [7]

On 23 March 2011, he was appointed apostolic nuncio to Indonesia. [8]

On 26 April 2017, Pope Francis appointed him apostolic nuncio in Nigeria. [9] On 24 October 2017, he was also appointed permanent observer at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). [10]

On 8 August 2023, Pope Francis appointed him apostolic nuncio to Poland. [11]

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  2. ↑ Annuario Generale 2016 (PDF) (in Italian). 1 March 2016. p. 11. Retrieved 24 November 2018.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ "Sacerdote a Ventimiglia sarà Nunzio in Nigeria". La Stampa (in Italian). 27 April 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Benedict XVI: The World Is Nostalgic for God". Zenit. 6 February 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Cardinale, Gianni (12 April 2011). "Preti in fabbrica: "Siri, ha ragione lei"". Avvenire. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  6. ↑ Locatelli, Manuela (5 February 2011). "Mons. Filipazzi, incardinato nella Diocesi di Ventimiglia – Sanremo, ordinato Vescovo dal Papa" (in Italian). Riviera24. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  7. ↑ Tucci, Claudio (5 February 2011). "Il Papa ordina cinque nuovi vescovi: non fatevi piegare dalle mode". Il Sole 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 23.03.2011" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 23 March 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 26.04.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 24.10.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  11. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 08.08.2023" . Retrieved August 8, 2023.
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