Charles Daniel Balvo

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His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Charles Daniel Balvo
Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
Titular Archbishop of Castello
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Charles Daniel Balvo
AppointedJanuary 17, 2022
Predecessor Adolfo Tito Yllana
Other post(s) Titular Archbishop of Castello
Previous post(s)
Orders
OrdinationJune 6, 1976
by  Leo Thomas Maher
ConsecrationJune 29, 2005
by  Edward Egan
Personal details
Born (1951-06-29) June 29, 1951 (age 73)
Brooklyn, New York, US
Alma mater Pontifical Gregorian University, Catholic University of America
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Charles Daniel Balvo (born June 29, 1951) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving in diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1987. His current posting is as apostolic nuncio to Australia. He has been an apostolic nuncio and archbishop since 2005.

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Biography

Early years

A native of Brooklyn, Balvo grew up in Suffern, New York, where he graduated from Sacred Heart School. He studied at the Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception, both in Manhattan and in Queens.

Balvo studied for the priesthood at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, obtaining a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree and a Licentiate of Biblical Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. Balvo served at Sacred Heart parish in Newburgh, New York, from 1976 to 1981, and then at St. John the Evangelist in Mahopac, New York, for a year. Balvo obtained his Licentiate of Canon Law at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and his Doctor of Canon Law degree at the Gregorian University.

Diplomatic career

On April 1, 2005, Balvo was appointed titular archbishop of Castello and apostolic nuncio to New Zealand, Fiji, the Marshall Islands, Kiribati, the Federated States of Micronesia, Tonga, Palau and Vanuatu. [1] He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Edward Egan on June 29, 2005. [2] The Cook Islands were added to Balvo's responsibilities on March 25, 2006, [3] [lower-alpha 1] Samoa on April 1, 2006, [4] and Nauru on January 30, 2007. [2] [5]

Balvo was appointed as apostolic nuncio to Kenya on January, 17, 2013, as well as permanent observer to United Nations Organizations for the Environment and Human Settlements (UNEP and UN-Habitat). [6] After Kenyan Cardinal John Njue denounced US President Barack Obama's call for Kenya to protect LGBT rights, [7] Balvo told an audience of Kenyan Catholics that: "The homosexuals should be defended against violation of their dignity and human rights, they are human beings like anyone of us". [8]

On December 21, 2013, Balvo was appointed the first apostolic nuncio to South Sudan as well. [9] Speaking on the South Sudanese civil war, Balvo said civil society needs to be involved not just in negotiations on the government level but “should be actively involved always.” Speaking to CISA news agency February 17, he said civil society and the church have already asked the warring factions to lay down their arms and work out their differences, adding that in the end it is the people who are suffering. "In a country that has a lot of resources, it will not be easy to develop them unless there is peace," he said. He said the church was doing much to help people through promotion of their welfare and would continue to ensure that peace prevails in the nation. "It is very hard to promote and create a society with generations of people that all they have known is violence," he said. [10]

On September 21, 2018, Pope Francis named Balvo as apostolic nuncio to the Czech Republic [11] and then transferred him to the post of apostolic nuncio to Australia on January, 17, 2022. [12]

Notes

  1. ↑ The Cook Islands were included in the list of nations to which Balvo was named Apostolic Nuncio on April 1, 2005, and then announced separately on March 25, 2006, suggesting that the original announcement was premature.

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References

  1. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 01.04.2005" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. April 1, 2005. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Francis Njuguna (April 18, 2013). "New York-born Archbishop Balvo Begins Term as Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya". Catholic New York. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 25.03.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. March 25, 2006. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 01.04.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. April 1, 2006. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 30.01.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. January 30, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 17.01.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  7. ↑ Olick, Felix (29 June 2013). "Adam and Eve was no mistake, Cardinal Njue tells US President Obama". Standard Digital. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Pope's envoy champions gays and lebians rights". The Star. July 1, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 21.12.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 21 December 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Nuncio to South Sudan Proposes a Path to Peace". Zenit. February 20, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine, 21.09.2018" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  12. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine, 17.01.2022" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya
2013–2018		Succeeded by
New title Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan
2013–2018
Preceded by Apostolic Nuncio to the Czech Republic
2018–2022		Succeeded by
Preceded by Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
2022–present		Incumbent
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