Marco Dino Brogi Explained

Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. (12 March 1932 – 29 November 2020) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the Roman Curia and in diplomatic service of the Holy See.

Biography

Brogi was born in Egypt and was a Latin-rite Catholic.[1] He was ordained a priest on 5 May 1963.

He was working as undersecretary in the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, when Pope John Paul II named Brogi titular archbishop of Città Ducale, Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan, and Apostolic Delegate to Somalia on 13 December 1997.[2]

John Paul named him Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Apostolic Delegate to the Arab League on 5 February 2002.[3]

Brogi ended his service as Nuncio on 27 January 2006 when he was named a Consultor with the Secretariat of State by Pope Benedict XVI.[4] Benedict named him a Consultor to the Congregation for the Oriental Churches as well on 15 September 2007.[5]

He died from COVID-19 in Florence on 29 November 2020, at age 88, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 28 May 2019 . The Congregation for the Eastern Churches and CNEWA . John F. . McCarthy . Catholic Near East Welfare Association.
  2. Web site: 28 May 2019 . News from the Congregation . 1 January 1998 . Catholic Near East Welfare Association.
  3. Rinunce e Nomine, 05.02.2002. . it . 28 May 2019 . 5 February 2002 .
  4. Rinunce e Nomine, 27.01.2006. . it . 28 May 2019 . 27 January 2006.
  5. Rinunce e Nomine, 15.09.2007. . it . 28 May 2019 . 15 September 2007.
  6. https://ofmtoscana.org/2020/biografia-di-mons-marco-dino-brogi-ofm/ Biografia di mons. Marco Dino Brogi O.F.M., arcivescovo titolare di Città Ducale, nunzio apostolico