Type: | Archbishop |
Giambattista Diquattro | |
Appointed: | 29 August 2020 |
Predecessor: | Giovanni d’Aniello |
Other Post: | Titular Archbishop of Giru Mons |
Ordination: | 24 August 1981 |
Ordained By: | Angelo Rizzo |
Consecration: | 4 June 2005 |
Consecrated By: | Angelo Sodano |
Birth Date: | 18 March 1954 |
Birth Place: | Bologna, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Motto: | Nomen meum tene |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Giambattista Diquattro.svg |
Giambattista Diquattro | |
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Giambattista Diquattro (born 18 March 1954) is an Italian archbishop and Vatican diplomat. He has been Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil since 2020. He has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1985 and been a nuncio and archbishop since 2005.
Diquattro was born on 18 March 1954 in Bologna and was ordained a priest for the diocese of Ragusa in 1981.[1] He received his master's degree in civil law from the University of Catania, his Doctorate in Canon Law (JCD) from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, and his master's degree in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.[2]
He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 May 1985, and served in diplomatic missions in the pontifical representations to the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Chad, the United Nations in New York, and later in the Vatican Secretariat of State, and in the Apostolic Nunciature in Italy.
Pope John Paul II appointed him apostolic nuncio to Panama on 2 April 2005.[3]
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him apostolic nuncio to Bolivia on 21 November 2008.[4]
On 21 January 2017, Pope Francis named him Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal.[5]
On 29 August 2020, Pope Francis named him Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil.[6]