Luigi Accogli

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Luigi Accogli (born August 16, 1917 in Andrano , Province of Lecce , Italy ; † June 21, 2004 ) was an Italian clergyman, Roman Catholic archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See .

Life

Luigi Accogli received on 6 March 1943, the sacrament of Holy Orders .

On October 16, 1967, Pope Paul VI appointed him . the Titular Archbishop of Treba and ordered him to apostolic nuncio in China . The Cardinal Secretary of State Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani donated him episcopal ordination on November 26th of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Otranto , Gaetano Pollio PIME , and the Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples , Curia Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli .

On September 29, 1970 Paul VI appointed him. to the Apostolic Nuncio in Ecuador . Luigi Accogli became Apostolic Nuncio in Bangladesh on July 6, 1979 . On June 17, 1988, Pope John Paul II appointed him Apostolic Nuncio in Syria .

On February 18, 1993, Pope John Paul II accepted Luigi Accogli's resignation due to reasons of age.

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predecessor Office successor
Giuseppe Caprio Apostolic Nuncio in China
1967–1970
Edward Idris Cassidy
Giovanni Ferrofino Apostolic Nuncio in Ecuador
1970–1979
Vincenzo Maria Farano
Edward Idris Cassidy Apostolic Nuncio in Bangladesh
1979–1988
Piero Biggio
Nicola Rotunno Apostolic Nuncio in Syria
1988–1993
Pier Giacomo De Nicolò