Edoardo Rovida
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Church | Roman Catholic Church |
See | Titular see of Taormina (Tauromenium) |
Retired | 12 October 2002 |
Orders | |
Ordination | by Giuseppe Pietro Gagnor, op |
Personal details | |
Born | Alessandria | 26 August 1927
Nationality | Italian |
Residence | Alessandria |
Motto | Veniet auxilium mihi |
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Edoardo Rovida (born 26 August 1927) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1953 to 2002.
Biography[]
Edoardo Rovida was born on 26 August 1927 in Alessandria, Italy, and was ordained a priest on 29 June 1950.[1]
He completed the course of studies at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1953.[2]
He became known as a beneficiary of the patronage of Giovanni Benelli, who as Substitute of the Secretariat of State dominated the department from 1967 to 1977.[3] His early assignments in the diplomatic service of the Holy See included a stint in Cuba during the early years of the Cuban Revolution.[4][a]
On 31 July 1971, Pope Paul VI appointed him Titular Archbishop of Tauromenium and Apostolic Nuncio to Panama.[6] He received his episcopal consecration on 10 October[1] from Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot, the Secretary of State.
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On 13 August 1977, he was appointed Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Zaire[7] and on 7 March 1981 was named Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva.
On 26 January 1985, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland[8] and on 7 March 1987 Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein.
On 15 March 1993, he was appointed apostolic nuncio to Portugal.[9][10]
His service as nuncio to Portugal ended with the appointment of his successor, Alfio Rapisarda, on 12 October 2002,[11] but maintained the title nuncio.[12]
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "I Vescovi di Origine Alessandrina". Diocese of Alessandria (in Italian). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ Reese, Thomas (1998). Inside the Vatican. Harvard University Press. p. 153.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Uría Rodríguez, Ignacio (2012). Iglesia y revolución en Cuba: Enrique Pérez Serantes (1883-1968), el obispo que salvó a Fidel Castro (in Spanish). pp. 443–5. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Foreign Diplomatic Corps, Cuba 1958". Cuban Information Archives. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXIII. 1971. pp. 707, 718. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXIX. 1977. p. 619. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXVII. 1985. p. 181. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "Vescovi di Sicilia". Catholic Church in Sicily. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXV. 1993. p. 395. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 12.10.2002" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Firma del Concordato tra la Santa Sede e la Repubblica Portughese, 18.05.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). 18 May 2004. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- 1927 births
- Living people
- Apostolic Nuncios to Switzerland
- Apostolic Nuncios to Liechtenstein
- Apostolic Nuncios to Panama
- Apostolic Nuncios to Portugal
- Apostolic Nuncios to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Permanent Observers of the Holy See to the United Nations
- People from the Province of Alessandria
- Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy alumni