Georg Zur
Georg Zur , also Giorgio Zur , (born February 15, 1930 in Görlitz , Germany ; † January 8, 2019 in Rome ) was a German Roman Catholic Archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See .
Life
The son of a master tailor studied in Rome at the Gregoriana , where he completed his licensing studies in philosophy and theology and received his doctorate in canon law . Georg Zur was ordained a priest on October 10, 1955 . After pastoral work as a chaplain in the Archdiocese of Bamberg , he graduated from the Pontifical Diplomatic Academy in 1961/62 and entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See with assignments in the nunciatures in India , Mexico , Burundi and Uganda .
Pope John Paul II appointed him on February 5, 1979 Titular Archbishop of Sesta and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio for Malawi and Zambia . The episcopal ordination received to February 24 of the same year by the then Secretary of State Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot . Co- consecrators were the later Cardinal and Cardinal Secretary of State, Agostino Casaroli , and the Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples , Archbishop Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy .
On May 3rd, 1985 Georg Zur was appointed Apostolic Nuncio in Paraguay . He held this office until August 13, 1990, when Pope John Paul II appointed him Pro-Nuncio for India and Nepal . Pope John Paul II appointed him President of the Pontifical Diplomatic Academy in the Vatican from 1999 to 2000 . In 2000 he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio in the Russian Federation in Moscow and in 2002 as Nuncio in Austria in Vienna . He retired when he reached the age limit in 2005 and has lived in Rome ever since.
honors and awards
- Large Golden Decoration on Ribbon for Services to the Republic of Austria (2005)
- Large Cross of Merit with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2005)
Web links
- Literature by and about Georg Zur in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Georg Zur in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Entry for Georg Zur on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ^ German Archbishop Georg Zur died , kathisch.de of January 6, 2019
- ↑ Georg Zur on his 80th birthday , Die Tagespost of February 13, 2010, p. 4
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Donato Squicciarini |
Apostolic Nuncio in Austria 2002–2005 |
Edmond Farhat |
| John Bukovsky |
Apostolic Nuncio to the Russian Federation 2000–2002 |
Antonio Mennini |
| Gabriel Montalvo Higuera |
President of the Pontifical Diplomatic Academy 1998–2000 |
Justo Mullor García |
| Agostino Cacciavillan |
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in India 1990–1998 |
Lorenzo Baldisseri |
| Agostino Cacciavillan |
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Nepal 1990–1998 |
Lorenzo Baldisseri |
| Joseph Mees |
Apostolic Nuncio in Paraguay 1985–1990 |
José Sebastián Laboa Gallego |
| Luciano Angeloni |
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Zambia 1979–1985 |
Eugenio Sbarbaro |
| Luciano Angeloni |
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Malawi 1979–1985 |
Eugenio Sbarbaro |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | To, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | To, Giorgio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German clergyman, Roman Catholic archbishop, diplomat of the Holy See |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goerlitz , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 2019 |
| Place of death | Rome , Italy |