Nicola Girasoli

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Nicola Girasoli
Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia Titular Archbishop of Egnazia Appula
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	2 July 2022
Predecessor	Giacomo Guido Ottonello
Other post(s)	Titular Archbishop of Egnazia Appula
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru (2017-2022) Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago (2011–17) Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia and Malawi (2006–11)
Orders
Ordination	15 June 1980 by Pope John Paul II
Consecration	11 March 2006 by Angelo Sodano
Personal details
Born	Nicola Girasoli (1957-07-21) 21 July 1957 Ruvo di Puglia, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Alma mater	Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
Motto	Nuntiare cum jubilo

Styles of Nicola Girasol
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop

Nicola Girasoli (21 July 1957) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who is Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia since July 2022. He served as nuncio to Zambia and Malawi from 2006 until 2011 and nuncio to the Antilles and several other Caribbean nations from 2011 to 2017. From 2017 to 2022 he served as nuncio to Peru. He has been an archbishop since 2006.

Life

Born in Ruvo di Puglia, Girasoli was ordained to the priesthood on 15 June 1980 by Pope John Paul II. He earned a doctorate in canon law. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1981.

Diplomatic career

He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 May 1985. His assignments included postings in Indonesia, Australia, Hungary, Belgium, the United States, and Argentina, as well as work in the Section for General Affairs of the Vatican Secretariat of State.

On 24 January 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him nuncio to Zambia and Malawi, and titular archbishop of Egnazia Appula. He received his episcopal consecration on 11 March from Cardinal Angelo Sodano, with Archbishop Robert Sarah, and Bishop Luigi Martella as co-consecrators.

On 29 October 2011, he was appointed apostolic delegate to the Antilles, and nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Dominica, Jamaica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Guyana. On 21 December 2011, he also became nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados.

On 16 June 2017, Pope Francis named him nuncio to Peru. In May 2018, he was mentioned as a possible candidate to fill the position of Substitute for General Affairs in the Secretariat of State because he was thought to be "very close to Pope Francis and agreeable to Cardinal Pietro Parolin", the Secretary of State.

On 2 July 2022, Pope Francis named him nuncio to Slovakia.

In addition to Italian, he speaks English, French, and Spanish. He devoted several years to studying the rights of minorities and has written on the subject.

Writings

• Bastarsi [It Is Enough] (in Italian). Piero Lacaita Editore. 1985.
• Significato ecclesiale dei beni temporali della Chiesa: studio dei documenti conciliari e del libro V del Codice di Diritto Canonico (in Italian). 1990. OCLC 65447147.
• Compromise and Minority Rights. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. January 1996. ISBN 978-963-05-6866-1.
• National Minorities: Who Are They?. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. September 1996. ISBN 978-963-05-7316-0.
• Il primo cielo: perchè Dante non pubblicò il Paradiso (in Italian). Società Editrice Internazionale. 1995. ISBN 978-88-05-05492-3.

See also

• List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See

External links

• Girasole, Nicola (18 January 2018). "Papa Francisco: palabras y gestos" [Pope Francis: words and gestures]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 January 2019.
• Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Nicolas Girasoli ^{[self-published]}