Giuseppe Laterza | |
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Apostolic Nuncio to the Central African Republic and Chad Titular Archbishop of Vartana | |
Appointed | 5 January 2023 |
Predecessor | Santiago de Wit Guzmán |
Other post(s) | Titular Archbishop of Vartana |
Orders | |
Ordination | 12 November 1994 by Domenico Padovano |
Consecration | 4 March 2023 by Pietro Parolin, Dominique Mamberti, and Giuseppe Favale |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Nationality | Italian |
Motto | Fortitudo Mea Dominus |
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Styles of Giuseppe Laterza | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Archbishop |
Giuseppe Laterza (born 12 November 1970) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
Mons. Giuseppe Laterza was born on 12 November 1970 in Conversano, Bari, Italy. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Conversano-Monopoli on 12 November 1994.
He obtained a Baccalaureate in Philosophy (1990), a Baccalaureate in Theology (1993), a Licentiate in Liturgical Theology (1995), a Doctorate in Canon Law (2000) and he graduated from the Pontifical Ecclesiastic Academy in 2003. [1]
He entered the Holy See Diplomatic Service on 1 July 2003, and has served in the apostolic nunciature in Uruguay and Poland, in the Section for Relations with States and International Organizations of the Secretariat of State, and in the Pontifical Representations in Italy and Georgia.
From January 2019, he began serving as a diplomatic Councilor to the Apostolic Nunciature in Georgia and Armenia. [1]
On 5 January 2023, Pope Francis appointed him Titular Archbishop of Vartana and Apostolic Nuncio to the Central African Republic and Chad. [2] [3] He was consecrated as an archbishop on 4 March 2023.
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