Giuseppe Pinto

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His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Giuseppe Pinto
Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Croatia
Titular Archbishop of Anglona
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Appointed1 July 2017
Term ended22 July 2019
Predecessor Alessandro D'Errico
Successor Giorgio Lingua
Other post(s) Titular Archbishop of Anglona
Orders
Ordination1 April 1978
Consecration6 January 2002
by  Pope John Paul II, Leonardo Sandri and Robert Sarah
Personal details
Born (1952-05-26) 26 May 1952 (age 70)
Noci, Italy
Nationality Italian
Denomination Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)
Alma mater Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
MottoCaritas Christi
Coat of arms Coat of arms of Giuseppe Pinto.svg
Styles of
Giuseppe Pinto
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Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Archbishop

Giuseppe Pinto (born 26 May 1952) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He served as an Apostolic Nuncio from 2001 until his retirement in 2020. He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1984.

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Biography

Giuseppe Pinto was born in Noci, Italy, on 26 May 1952.

To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1980. [1] He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 May 1984. [2]

On 4 December 2001, Pope John Paul II appointed him Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania and Apostolic Nuncio to Senegal, at the same time naming him titular archbishop of Anglona. [2] On 5 February 2002, he was also appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde and Mali. [3] On 5 March he was appointed Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau. [4]

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Chile on 6 December 2007. [5]

On 10 May 2011, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines. [6]

On 1 July 2017, Pope Francis appointed him as Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia. [7]

In 2018, a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Santiago made public an email message written to Pinto in 2009 by Archbishop Francisco Javier Errázuriz, in which Errázuriz admitted to Pinto that had not followed the proper procedures for handling allegations of sexual abuse against Fernando Karadima, a priest at the centre of the sex abuse crisis in Chile. [8]

He was replaced in Croatia in 2019, [9] and Pope Francis accepted his resignation as nuncio on 31 July 2020. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy . Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Rinunce e Nomine, 04.12.2001" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 4 December 2001. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 05.02.2002" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 5 February 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 05.03.2002" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 5 March 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 06.12.2007" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 6 December 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 10.05.2011" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 5 March 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 01.07.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  8. ↑ San Martín, Inés (22 October 2018). "Chile survivors win lawsuit accusing 2 cardinals of cover-up". Crux. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  9. ↑ "Oproštajni posjet apostolskog nuncija u Republici Hrvatskoj ministrici vanjskih poslova" [Farewell visit of the Apostolic Nuncio to the Republic of Croatia to the Minister of Foreign Affairs]. Informativna Katolička Agencija (in Croatian). 17 April 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine, 31.07.2020" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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Preceded by Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines
10 May 2011 – 1 July 2017		Succeeded by


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