Pietro Sambi

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Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Pietro Sambi (2nd from right) to US President George W. Bush

Pietro Sambi (born June 27, 1938 in Sogliano al Rubicone , Forlì-Cesena , Italy ; † July 27, 2011 in Baltimore , USA ) was an Italian clergyman, archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See .

Life

Pietro Sambi was ordained a priest on March 14, 1964 and then received his doctorate as Dr. theol. and to the Dr. iur. can. at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. In 1969 he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Pope Paul VI awarded him the honorary title of chaplain of His Holiness ( Monsignor ) on January 27, 1971 . Sambi worked in Cameroon , Cuba (1974) and Algeria (1978) before joining the Apostolic Nunciature in Nicaragua in 1979 during the transition from Anastasio Somoza Debayle to the Sandinista government under Daniel Ortega . In 1978 he moved to Belgium . On June 18, 1982, Pope John Paul II awarded him the title of Honorary Prelate of His Holiness . In 1984 he worked in the Apostolic Nunciature in India .

John Paul II appointed him titular Archbishop of Bellicastrum on October 10, 1985 and appointed him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Burundi . He was ordained bishop on November 9, 1985 by Jozef Cardinal Tomko , Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples ; Co -consecrators were Archbishop Cesare Zacchi , President of the Pontifical Diplomatic Academy , and Giovanni Locatelli , Bishop of Rimini.

In 1991 he moved to Indonesia as a pro-nuncio . In 1998 Sambi became Apostolic Nuncio in Israel and Cyprus and Apostolic Delegate in Jerusalem and Palestine . In 2005 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . permanent observer with the Organization of American States in Washington, DC and Nuncio in the United States .

Sambi was the Order of Malta Conventual Chaplain in the United States.

He died of complications from lung surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and was buried on August 2, 2011 in his hometown, Sogliano al Rubicone.

Awards

  • 2009 - "Path of Peace Award" from the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF) .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 1982 , Città del Vaticano 1982, p. 1953.
  2. ↑ AAS (74) 1982, n.8, p. 966.
  3. ↑ "The Chaplains of the Federal Association" ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Maltese USA, accessed July 29, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.orderofmalta-federal.org
  4. ↑ "HCEF to Honor Archbishop Pietro Sambi with" Path of Peace Award "" , HCEF, 5 August 2009
predecessor Office successor
Bernard Henri René Jacqueline Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Burundi
1985–1991 		Rino Passigato
Francesco Canalini Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Indonesia
1991–1998 		Renzo Fratini
Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo Apostolic Nuncio in Cyprus
1998-2005 		Antonio Franco
Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo Apostolic Nuncio in Israel
1998-2005 		Antonio Franco
Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo Apostolic Delegate in Jerusalem and Palestine
1998–2005 		Antonio Franco
Gabriel Montalvo Higuera Apostolic Nuncio in the USA
2005–2011 		Carlo Maria Viganò
personal data
SURNAME Sambi, Pietro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Sogliano al Rubicone , Italy
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 2011
Place of death Baltimore , United States