Diego Causero

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Diego Causero
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Archbishop Diego Causero (center)
Appointed28 May 2011
Retired5 September 2015
Predecessor Francesco Canalini
Successor Thomas Gullickson
Other post(s) Titular Archbishop of Gradum
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination7 April 1963
by  Giuseppe Zaffonato  [ it ]
Consecration6 January 1993
by  Pope John Paul II, Giovanni Battista Re, and Justin Francis Rigali
Personal details
Born (1940-01-13) 13 January 1940 (age 84)
Moimacco, Udine, Italy
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Diego Causero (born 13 January 1940) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. From 1992 to 2015, he served as the head of the Vatican's diplomatic mission in several African and European countries.

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Biography

Diego Causero was born in Moimacco in the Province of Udine, Italy, on 13 January 1940. He studying at the seminary in Udine, he continued his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University from 1959 to 1964 and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Udine on 7 April 1963. [1]

He earned a doctorate in theology in 1966, with a specialty in liturgy, at the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm. [1] [2]

Diplomatic career

To prepare for a career as a diplomat he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1969. [3] He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1973. [4] His assignments included stints in Nigeria, Spain, Syria, Australia, as the Holy See's representative to the United Nations in Geneva, and in Albania. [2]

On 15 December 1992, Pope John Paul II named him a titular archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio to Chad. [5] He received his episcopal consecration on 6 January 1993 from Pope John Paul. [1] On 1 February 1993 he was named Apostolic Nuncio to the Central African Republic and the Republic of the Congo as well. [6] [lower-alpha 1]

On 31 March 1999, Pope John Paul appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Syria. [7]

On 10 January 2004, Pope John Paul named him Apostolic Nuncio to the Czech Republic. [8]

On 28 May 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. [2] [9]

He retired on 5 September 2015 upon the appointment of Thomas Gullickson as his successor in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. [10]

Notes

  1. ↑ Luigi Pezzuto succeeded him as nuncio in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 7 December 1996.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Fink-Wagner, Urban. "50 Jahre Priester – Herzliche Gratulation an Erzbischof Causero" [50 years of priesthood – Congratulations to Archbishop Causero]. Schweizerische Kirchenzeitung (in German). Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mgr Diego Causero, nonce apostolique en Suisse" [Archbishop Diego Causero, Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland]. La Croix (in French). 30 May 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy . Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Apostolic nuncio Causero in hospital". Czech Bishops Conference. 6 February 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  5. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXV. 1993. p. 104. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  6. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXV. 1993. p. 307. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  7. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XCI. 1999. p. 479. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine, 10.01.2004" [Resignations and Appointments, 10.01.2004] (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 10 January 2004. B0013. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine, 28.05.2011" [Resignations and Appointments, 28.05.2011] (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 May 2012. B0329. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  10. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine, 05.09.2015" [Resignations and Appointments, 05.05.2015] (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 5 September 2015. B0647. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
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