Piero Biggio

Piero Biggio (born June 29, 1937 in Calasetta , Carbonia-Iglesias Province , Italy ; † April 18, 2007 ) was a Vatican diplomat .

Life

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Piero Biggio was ordained a priest on August 5, 1962 . In 1968 he obtained a licentiate in Canon Law from the Pontifical Lateran University and then graduated from the Pontifical Diplomatic Academy from 1968 to 1970 .

In 1970 he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See and initially worked in the Apostolic Nunciature in Panama . Pope Paul VI awarded him on June 1, 1971 the honorary title of chaplain of His Holiness ( Monsignor ). Other positions followed in the Apostolic Nunciatures in Chile , Zambia , Australia , Switzerland and Taiwan . On July 6, 1983, Pope John Paul II awarded him the title of Honorary Prelate of His Holiness .

On December 10, 1988, John Paul II appointed him Titular Archbishop of Otriculum and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Bangladesh . He received his episcopal ordination from Cardinal Secretary of State Agostino Casaroli on February 25, 1989; Co- consecrators were Giovanni Cogoni , Bishop of Iglesias , and Paul Shan Kuo-hsi SJ , Bishop of Hualien . Biggio was Apostolic Nuncio in Chile from 1992 to 1999 and from 1999 in Denmark , Iceland , Finland , Norway and Sweden . In 2004 his resignation was granted by John Paul II.

personal data
SURNAME	Biggio, Piero
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian clergyman, archbishop and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	June 29, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH	Calasetta , Province of Carbonia-Iglesias, Italy
DATE OF DEATH	April 18, 2007