Ettore Balestrero is the current Undersecretary for Relations with States, the deputy to Archbishop

Archbishop

An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...

 Dominique Mamberti

Dominique Mamberti

Dominique François Joseph Mamberti is the current Secretary for Relations with States in the Roman Curia.-Education:Dominique Mamberti was born in Marrakesh, Morocco on 7 March 1952 and was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Ajaccio, France on 20 September 1981. He has academic degrees in civil...

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Monsignor

Monsignor

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 Ettore Balestrero will take his position as under-secretary in the section for relations with states. The Genoa

Genoa

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 born monsignor was already serving as an advisor in that department.

After attending law school, he entered the Almo Collegio Capranica

Almo Collegio Capranica

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 and was ordained a priest on 18 September 1993 for the diocese of Rome

Diocese of Rome

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 by Cardinal Camillo Ruini. He earned a degree in theology and a doctorate

Doctorate

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 in Canon Law

Canon law

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. After serving in the Parish of Santa Maria Mater Ecclesiae al Torrino in Rome

Rome

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, he became a student at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

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.

He entered the Holy See's diplomatic service in 1996, serving in Korea

Korea

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, Mongolia

Mongolia

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 and the Netherlands

Netherlands

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. Since 2001 he has served in the Secretariat of State. He was appointed as Undersecretary for Relations with States

Secretary for Relations with States

The Secretary for Relations with States is the foreign minister of the Holy See, an official serving within the Secretariat of State and presiding over its "Section for Relations with States." This ex officio archbishop deals with relations between the Holy See and other governments and...

 replacing Pietro Parolin

Pietro Parolin

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 who was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela

Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela

The Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela is the holder of a diplomatic position within the Catholic Church, who acts as Ambassador of the Holy See to Venezuela.-Apostolic Nuncios to Venezuela:*Serafino Vannutelli...

on the same day.

Msgr. Balestrero’s task will be to oversee the work of the office of Relations with States and maintain contacts with ambassadors around the world. Msgr. Balestrero has an American mother and speaks fluent English as well as French, Spanish, German and Dutch.