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      • Luigi Bianco (born 3 March 1960) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He has been an apostolic nuncio with the rank of archbishop since 2009.


      Biography


      Luigi Bianco was born 3 March 1960 at Montemagno, Italy. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Casale Monferrato on 30 March 1985. He earned a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Urban University in Rome.


      Diplomatic career


      He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 1989. He served in the various Nunciatures, including in Italy, Egypt, Argentina, Croatia and Spain.
      On 12 January 2009, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras and titular archbishop of Falerone. He was consecrated bishop on 25 April 2009 at Sant’Evasio Cathedral, Casale Monferrato, by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.
      On 12 July 2014, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia. On 10 September 2014, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Djibouti, Apostolic Delegate to Somalia. and special representative to the African Union.
      On 4 February 2019, he was appointed by Pope Francis, as Papal nuncio to Uganda. He took up office in Kampala, Uganda on Monday 8 April 2019.
      Bianco speaks English, French, Italian and Spanish.


      See also


      Roman Catholicism in Uganda
      List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See


      References




      External links



      Archbishop Bianco Appointed New Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia As at 18 July 2014.

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