Francesco De Nittis

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Francesco De Nittis (born July 3, 1933 in Vieste , Foggia province ; † March 10, 2014 ibid.) Was an Italian diplomat from the Holy See .

Life

Francesco De Nittis studied philosophy and theology and was ordained a priest on July 15, 1956 . After graduating from the Pontifical Diplomatic Academy , he entered the Diplomatic Service of the Holy See in 1959 .

Pope John Paul II appointed him on March 7, 1981 Titular Archbishop of Tunes and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Papua New Guinea and Apostolic Delegate to the Solomon Islands . The episcopal ordination received his Cardinal Secretary of State Agostino Casaroli on May 2, 1981; Co- consecrators were Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy , Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples , and Valentino Vailati , Archbishop of Manfredonia e Vieste .

On January 24, 1985 he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio in El Salvador and on April 10, 1986 as Apostolic Nuncio in Honduras . On June 25, 1990, John Paul II called him apostolic nuncio in Uruguay and accepted his early resignation on November 11, 1999 for health reasons.

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  • Annuario pontificio 1990 , p. 943
  • Who's who in Italy 2001 , p. 613

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "ordinazione Episcopale DI MONS. FRANCESCO DE NITTIS. OMELIA DEL CARDINALE AGOSTINO CASAROLI “ , sermon Cardinal Casaroli on the episcopal ordination of the bishop. Francesco De Nittis in: Vatican on May 2, 1981, accessed on March 12, 2014
predecessor Office successor
Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo Apostolic Nuncio in Papua New Guinea
1981–1985 		Antonio Maria Vegliò
Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo Apostolic Nuncio to the Solomon Islands
1981–1985 		Antonio Maria Vegliò
Lajos Kada Apostolic Nuncio in El Salvador
1985–1990 		Manuel Monteiro de Castro
Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo Apostolic Nuncio in Honduras
1986–1990 		Manuel Monteiro de Castro
Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo Apostolic Nuncio in Uruguay
1990–1999 		Janusz Bolonek
personal data
SURNAME De Nittis, Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman, Roman Catholic archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Vieste
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 2014
Place of death Vieste