Английская Википедия:Aldo Giordano
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox Christian leader Шаблон:Infobox bishopstyles Aldo Giordano (20 August 1954 – 2 December 2021) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union in 2021. He was previously Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela from 2013 to 2021 and before that the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg from 2008 to 2013.
From his ordination in 1979 to 1995 he did pastoral work and taught in his native city of Cuneo. He then served as secretary-general of the Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe, based in Switzerland, for thirteen years.
Biography
Giordano was born in Cuneo, Italy. He attended the last year of elementary school and middle and high school in the Seminary of Cuneo (1965–1973). He completed his studies in philosophy and theology and obtained a bachelor's degree in 1978. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Cuneo on 28 July 1979.[1]
From 1978 to 1982, he studied philosophy in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He was awarded a licentiate in 1980 and a doctorate on the thought of Nietzsche in 1982. During this time he was vice pastor of the parish of SS. Sacramento sulla Prenestina.[1]
From 1982 to 1996, Giordano served as professor of philosophy at the Inter-Diocesan School in Fossano (Cuneo). At the diocesan level he taught the history of philosophy in the seminary high school and he has taught courses on ethics in the school of theology for lay people. He worked as a curate in the parish of S. Pius X in Cuneo and followed the diocesan pastoral areas of politics, economics, medicine and culture.[1]
On 15 May 1995, he was elected secretary-general Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe and was transferred to St. Gallen, Switzerland, where it is headquartered. He served in this role for 13 years. In 2002 he was awarded the title Chaplain of His Holiness and in 2006 Prelate of His Holiness.[1]
On 7 July 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.[2]
On 26 October 2013, Pope Francis appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela and Titular Archbishop of the Tamada. He succeeded Pietro Parolin who left the nuncio's position to become Secretary of State.[1] Parolin ordained Giordano a bishop at the Sports Palace of San Rocco Castagnaretta in Cuneo on 14 December.[3]
On 8 May 2021, Pope Francis appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union.[4]
Giordano died from complications of COVID-19 on 2 December 2021, after having spent weeks at a hospital in Louvain.[5]
Writings
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References
External links
- Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Aldo Giordano [[Wikipedia:SPS|Шаблон:Sup]]
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