Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián
Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián (born November 28, 1943 in Villaverde de Iscar ) is a Spanish clergyman and diplomat of the Holy See .
Life
The Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, Antonio Samorè , ordained him a priest on March 19, 1968 .
Pope John Paul II appointed him titular archbishop pro hac vice of Penafiel and apostolic nuncio in Tanzania on July 9, 1994 . The episcopal ordination received his Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano on 25 July of the same year; Co -consecrators were Archbishop Josip Uhač , Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples , and Carlos Amigo Vallejo, OFM , Archbishop of Seville .
On March 20, 1999, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to the Democratic Republic of the Congo . From 2001 he was active as Curia Archbishop in the Vatican State Secretariat and was appointed Apostolic Nuncio in Croatia on August 4, 2003 . Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on December 10, 2007 as Apostolic Nuncio in Romania and Moldova . With the appointment of his successor Miguel Maury Buendía on December 5, 2015, his term as nuncio in Romania ended.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Jean-Claude Périsset |
Apostolic Nuncio in Romania 2007–2015 |
Miguel Maury Buendía |
| Giulio Einaudi |
Apostolic Nuncio in Croatia 2003-2007 |
Mario Roberto Cassari |
| Faustino Sainz Muñoz |
Apostolic Nuncio in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1999–2001 |
Giovanni d'Aniello |
| Agostino Marchetto |
Apostolic Nuncio in Tanzania 1994–1999 |
Luigi Pezzuto |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lozano Sebastián, Francisco-Javier |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lozano, Francisco-Javier |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish Catholic Archbishop and Diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villaverde de Iscar |