Rino Passigato | |
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Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Portugal Titular Archbishop of Nova Caesaris | |
Appointed | 8 November 2008 |
Retired | 4 July 2019 |
Predecessor | Alfio Rapisarda |
Successor | Ivo Scapolo |
Other post(s) | Titular Archbishop of Nova Caesaris |
Orders | |
Ordination | 29 June 1968 |
Consecration | 6 January 1992 by Pope John Paul II, Giovanni Battista Re, and Josip Uhac |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Nationality | Italian |
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Styles of Rino Passigato | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Archbishop |
Rino Passigato, GCC, GCSE (born 29 March 1944) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, who was the Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal from 2008 to 2019 and is the current Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal. [1]
Passigato was born on Bovolone, Italy, on 29 March 1944. He was ordained a priest on 29 June 1968 in Verona, Italy.
In 1991 he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Nova Caesaris and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Burundi.
By 1996 he was Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia and in 1999 he moved on to Peru.
On 8 November 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal. [2]
He also served in the Apostolic Nunciature in Australia in the late 1970s and in the United Kingdom under Apostolic Nuncio Barbaroto.
The criticism started shortly after he started his tenure in Portugal and refused to disclose his criteria for the selection of new potential candidates for bishops to the Episcopal Conference of Portugal. [3]
Passagiato was accused by the Portuguese catholic clergy of taking "deplorable" and "inhumane" decisions regarding the affairs of the Holy See in Portugal. Portuguese bishops and clergy accused Passagiato of favouring bishops candidates who are "traditionalists" and "career oriented", and of "not listening to people".
António Francisco dos Santos was Bishop of Aveiro until 2014. Following the appointment of Manuel Clemente to the Patriarchate of Lisbon, Passigato decided, in a nine-month lengthy process, to relocate Bishop dos Santos to Porto in order to substitute Bishop Clemente.
The suggestion of Bishop dos Santos, made to Pope, was resisted, in the beginning, by the appointee and shortly before his appointment was made official two priests from Aveiro appealed to Passigato's piety due to the poor heart condition of Bishop dos Santos who himself feared not being capable of heading a bigger diocese. [3] Bishop dos Santos would die 3 years after his appointment to Porto due to heart attack. [3]
João Lavrador, current Bishop of Angra, also pleaded Nuncio Passigato for his piety to not be appointed as bishop at the time in order to be able to assist his bedridden parents. Passigato refused such plead and had Lavrador appointed as bishop in 2015; shortly afterward his father died in April 2016 and his mother in January 2017. In this regard Passigato was accused of not taking into consideration Catholic family values. [3]
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