Renzo Fratini

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His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Renzo Fratini
Apostolic Nuncio emeritus to Spain and Andorra
Titular Archbishop of Botriana
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Appointed20 August 2009
Retired4 July 2019
Predecessor Manuel Monteiro de Castro
Successor Bernardito Auza
Other post(s) Titular Archbishop of Botriana
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination6 September 1969
by  Ersilio Tonini
Consecration2 October 1993
by  Angelo Sodano, Crescenzio Sepe and Francesco Tarcisio Carboni
Personal details
Born
Renzo Fratini

(1944-04-25) 25 April 1944 (age 80)
Urbisaglia, Italy
Nationality Italian
Denomination Roman Catholic
MottoSPIRITUS SANCTI VIRTUTE
Coat of arms Coat of arms of Renzo Fratini.svg
Styles of
Renzo Fratini
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Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Archbishop

Renzo Fratini (born 25 April 1944) is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and diplomat of the Holy See. He became an apostolic nuncio in 1998 and ended his career as nuncio to Spain. As he resigned in 2019, the Holy See distanced itself from his criticism of the Spanish government's plans to relocate the remains of Francisco Franco.

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Biography

Renzo Fratini was born on 25 April 1944, in Urbisaglia, Italy, and was ordained priest on 6 September 1969 for the Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino. In 1970 he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy to prepare for a career as a diplomat. [1]

Diplomatic career

He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1974, and served in the Pontifical diplomatic missions in France, Japan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Greece, Ecuador, Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

On 7 August 1993 he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Botriana and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan. He was consecrated bishop on 2 October 1993. Cardinal Angelo Sodano was the principal consecrator and Bishops Crescenzio Sepe and Tarcisio Carboni  [ it ] were co-consecrators.

Pope John Paul II appointed Fratini Nuncio to Indonesia on 8 August 1998 and added the post of Nuncio to East Timor on 24 June 2003. [2] He was transferred to Nuncio to Nigeria on 27 January 2004. [3]

On 20 August 2009 he was named Nuncio to Spain and Andorra. He was also given the responsibilities of the Holy See's Permanent Observer to the World Tourism Organization. [4] An unidentified archbishop said his posting in Madrid was "an irrelevant decade" in which he had no influence on church affairs and never felt comfortable with the political environment. Initially Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela did not need a nuncio to communicate with the Vatican and the election of Pope Francis, who has his own Spanish contacts, ended any influence he might have had. [5]

On 4 July 2019, Pope Francis accepted his resignation from his diplomatic positions. [6] On 30 June 2019, shortly before that formal retirement, Fratini had criticized the Spanish government's plans to exhume and reinter the remains of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in a less prominent place, and the Holy See Press Office had disassociated the Vatican from his remarks and said Fratini spoke "in a personal capacity" and "on the occasion of [his] definitive departure from Spain, on the conclusion of his mandate". [7] [8] The Spanish government had issued a formal protest that characterized Fratini's remarks as interference in Spanish domestic affairs. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy . Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 24.06.2003" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 24 June 2003. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 27.01.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 27 January 2004. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 20.08.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  5. ↑ Lorenzo, José (25 April 2019). "Renzo Fratini presenta al papa Francisco su renuncia al frente de la Nunciatura en España". Vida Nueva (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 04.07.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "Franco's Exhumation: The Statements of the Former Nuncio Were Made in a Personal Capacity". Zenit. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Vatican: exhumation of Franco 'internal Spanish matter'". Vatican News. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "Vatican denies interference in debate over Franco exhumation". Washington Post. Associated Press. 18 July 2019. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Titular Archbishop of Botriana
7 August 1993 – present		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan
7 August 1993 – 8 August 1998		Succeeded by
Preceded by Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia
8 August 1998 – 27 January 2004		Succeeded by
Preceded by
New title
 Apostolic Nuncio to East Timor
24 June 2003 – 27 January 2004		Succeeded by
Preceded by Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria
27 January 2004 – 20 August 2009		Succeeded by
Preceded by Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
20 August 2009 – 4 July 2019		Succeeded by
Preceded by Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra
20 August 2009 – 4 July 2019		Succeeded by
Preceded by Permanent Observer to the World Tourism Organization
20 August 2009 – 4 July 2019		Succeeded by


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