Luigi Barbarito
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Luigi Barbarito | |
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| Titular Archbishop of Fiorentino | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 11 June 1969 |
| Installed | 10 August 1969 |
| Other post(s) | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 April 1922 Atripalda, Italy |
| Died | 12 March 2017 (aged 94) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Grace |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
Luigi Barbarito (19 April 1922 – 12 March 2017) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He held the rank of archbishop while serving as a nuncio in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1969 to 1997.
Early life
[edit]Born in Atripalda on 19 April 1922, Barbarito studied at the seminary of the Diocese of Avellino and at the Pontifical Seminary of Benevento.
He was ordained a priest on 20 August 1944.[1]
He studied canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University, graduating in July 1947.
Diplomat
[edit]To prepare for a diplomatic career he completed the course of study at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1951.[2] He began his diplomatic career with a posting to Oceania.
On 11 June 1969, Pope Paul VI appointed Barbarito Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti and named him titular archbishop of Fiorentino. He received his episcopal ordination from the hands of Cardinal Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, with co-consecrators Archbishop Agostino Casaroli and Bishop Pasquale Venezia.
On 5 April 1975, Pope Paul named him the Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Niger and Senegal as well as Apostolic Delegate to Mali, Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau.
On 10 June 1978, Pope Paul appointed him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Australia.
On 21 January 1986 Pope John Paul II named him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Great Britain.[3] His title changed to Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain on 13 April 1993.
Pope John Paul accepted Barbarito's resignation on 31 July 1997.[4]
During his career, he was a member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
He died on 12 March 2017 in Pietradefusi and was buried in the church of Sant’Ippolisto in Atripalda, the church where he was baptized.[1]
Honours and titles
[edit]In 1994 Barbarito became Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in London, the longest-serving foreign diplomat there.[5] Barbarito was appointed an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) by Queen Elizabeth II in 1996.[6] In December 2013 Barbarito was awarded the title Ecclesiastical Knight Grand Cross of Grace of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, an order which he had been first invested into in 1986.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "E' morto il Nunzio Apostolico Luigi Barbarito". Il Quaderno (in Italian). 13 March 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ Jenkins, Loren (25 January 1986). "Pope Names British Nuncio". Washington Post. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "Nuncio to retire". The Tablet. 24 August 1996. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014.
- ^ "New Honour for the Papal Nuncio Archbishop Luigi Barbarito". The Tablet. 16 April 1994. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014.
- ^ "Dono omaggio Monsignor Luigi Barbarito". Biblioteca Statale di Montevergine (in Italian). 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ "Investiture of Constantinian Chaplain Archbishop Luigi Barbarito - Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George". Constantinian.org.uk. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
External links
[edit]- "Archbishop Luigi Barbarito". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. [self-published]
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- 1922 births
- 2017 deaths
- People from Avellino
- Pontifical Gregorian University alumni
- Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy alumni
- Apostolic nuncios to Haiti
- Apostolic nuncios to Great Britain
- Apostolic nuncios to Niger
- Apostolic nuncios to Guinea-Bissau
- Apostolic nuncios to Mali
- Apostolic nuncios to Mauritania
- Apostolic nuncios to Senegal
- Apostolic nuncios to Australia
- 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic titular archbishops
- Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order