Ambrose Battista De Paoli (August 19, 1934 – October 10, 2007)[1] was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
De Paoli was born in Jeannette, Pennsylvania and was ordained a priest on December 18, 1960, for the Archdiocese of Miami, Florida.
He earned a doctorate in canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University.
To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1964.[2] He entered the diplomatic corps in 1966.
On September 23, 1983, Pope John Paul II named him a titular bishop and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sri Lanka. He was consecrated a bishop on November 20, 1983, by Cardinal Agostino Casaroli.
On February 6, 1988, Pope John Paul appointed him Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho.[3] He was then given additional titles as the Delegation to Southern Africa was transformed into country-specific missions, including Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland on April 17, 1993;[4] Apostolic Delegate to Namibia and to Botswana on March 5, 1994;[5] and Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa on June 25, 1994.[6]
On November 11, 1997, he was named nuncio to Japan.[7]
On December 18, 2004, he was named nuncio to Australia.[8]
He died from complications of leukemia in Miami Beach, Florida, on October 10, 2007.[9] [10]