Franco Coppola is the current Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi

Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi

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 since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI

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 on 16 July 2009.

Coppola was born in Maglie

Maglie

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 in 1957. He was ordained priest on 12 September 1981. He was incardinted in the diocese of Otranto. He attended the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

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 where he earned a doctorate in canon law. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See

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 on 1 July 1993, he served at the pontifical representations in Lebanon

Lebanon

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, Colombia

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, Poland

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 and at the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State

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. He served with the rank of Counsellor at the Nunciature in Burundi

Burundi

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He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi and Titular Archbishop of Vinda. He was ordained to the episcopate by Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI

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 with Cardinals Tarcisio Bertone and William Levada

William Levada

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 as co-consecrators on 12 September 2009, the twenty-eighth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood, along with Gabriele Giordano Caccia

Gabriele Giordano Caccia

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, Giorgio Corbellini

Giorgio Corbellini

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 and Pietro Parolin

Pietro Parolin

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He speaks French, Spanish and English.