Giacinto Berloco

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Giacinto Berloco (born August 31, 1941 in Altamura , Province of Bari , Italy ) is an Italian clergyman and emeritus Roman Catholic Archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See .

Life

After studying Catholic theology and philosophy , Giacinto Berloco received the sacrament of ordination on March 19, 1966 . Berloco was incardinated in the diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti . He was in Catholic theology doctorate and acquired a licentiate in the subject canon law .

In 1972 Giacinto Berloco entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See . He worked in the Apostolic Nunciatures in Costa Rica , the Netherlands and Spain and in the Vatican State Secretariat . On September 5, 1974, Pope Paul VI awarded him . the honorary title of chaplain of His Holiness ( Monsignor ) and on June 24, 1985 Pope John Paul II awarded him the title of Honorary Prelate of His Holiness .

March 15, 1990 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To Titular Archbishop of Fidenae and ordered him to the Pro-Nuncio in Zimbabwe and the apostolic delegate in Mozambique . The episcopal ordination donated him John Paul II on 5 April 1990. Co- consecrators were the official in the Vatican State Secretariat, Archbishop of Curia Giovanni Battista Re , and the secretary of the Congregation for Bishops , Archbishop of Curia Justin Francis Rigali . Giacinto Berloco became Apostolic Nuncio in Costa Rica on July 17, 1993. On May 5, 1998, Pope John Paul II appointed him Apostolic Nuncio in El Salvador and Belize . Berloco became Apostolic Nuncio in Venezuela on February 24, 2005 . Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on June 18, 2009 as Apostolic Nuncio in Belgium . On July 24, 2009 Benedict XVI appointed him. also to the Apostolic Nuncio in Luxembourg . He took age-related retirement in September 2016.

On March 8, 2017, Pope Francis appointed him a member of the Congregation for Bishops .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Benedetto XVI nomina mons. Berloco, Nunzio in Lussemburgo ” , zenit.org, accessed on July 24, 2009.
  2. ↑ AAS 66 (1974), p. 671.
  3. ↑ AAS 77 (1985), p. 1111.
  4. ↑ Nomina del Nunzio Apostolico in El Salvador e in Belize ( Memento of July 29, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of May 5, 1998.
  5. ↑ Nomina del Nunzio Apostolico in Venezuela , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of February 24, 2005.
  6. ^ Nomina del Nunzio Apostolico in Belgio , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of June 18, 2009.
  7. ^ Nomina del Nunzio Apostolico in Lussemburgo , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of July 24, 2009.
  8. ^ Nomina di Membro della Congregazione per i Vescovi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , March 8, 2017, accessed March 8, 2017 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Berloco, Giacinto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman, archbishop emeritus and diplomat of the Holy See
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Altamura , Bari Province, Italy