Giovanni Tonucci
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Monsignor
Monsignor, pl. monsignori, is the form of address for those members of the clergy of the Catholic Church holding certain ecclesiastical honorific titles. Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore, from the French mon seigneur, meaning "my lord"...
Giovanni Tonucci (born December 4, 1941 in Fano
Fano
Fano is a town and comune of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort 12 km southeast of Pesaro, located where the Via Flaminia reaches the Adriatic Sea...
, PU, Italy) is a Latin Rite Italian 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...
of the Catholic Church. He was recently named the Territorial Prelate of Loreto
Territorial Prelature of Loreto
The Territorial Prelature of Loreto is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature which was elevated to this status on 24 June 1965.The Holy House of Loreto is located in it....
. His previous post was as the Apostolic Nuncio (Papal ambassador) to Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway.
Diplomatic activity
From 1971 till the end of 1973 his diplomatic career brought him first to YaoundéYaoundé
-Transportation:Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport is a major civilian hub, while nearby Yaoundé Airport is used by the military. Railway lines run west to the port city of Douala and north to N'Gaoundéré. Many bus companies operate from the city; particularly in the Nsam and Mvan neighborhoods...
, Cameroon, then, from 1974 to 1976 he was in London, United Kingdom. From July 1976 he was back in Rome, assigned to the Section for General Affairs of the Holy See Secretariat of State where he worked with Monsignor
Monsignor
Monsignor, pl. monsignori, is the form of address for those members of the clergy of the Catholic Church holding certain ecclesiastical honorific titles. Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore, from the French mon seigneur, meaning "my lord"...
Agostino Casaroli, until being transferred, in April 1978, to the Section for the Relations with States under the guide of Msgr. Achille Silvestrini
Achille Silvestrini
Achille Silvestrini was one of the most prominent Vatican diplomats during the long reign of John Paul II...
. At the end of the 1984 he was assigned to the Apostolic Nunciature
Apostolic Nunciature
An Apostolic Nunciature is a top-level diplomatic mission of the Holy See, equivalent to an embassy.The head of the Apostolic Nunciature is called nuncio. A nuncio is an ecclesiastical diplomatic title, derived from the ancient Latin nuntius, meaning messenger...
in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, at that time still the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
, where he worked until the summer of 1987 before being transferred to the Nunicature to the United States in Washington, D.C., USA.
On October 21, 1989 Tonucci was appointed Titular Archbishop of Torcello and Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia
Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia
The Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia is the principal representative of the Pope in Bolivia.-Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia:*Angelo Maria Dolci *Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P...
. He was consecrated as a Bishop on January 6, 1990 by Pope
Pope
The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
John Paul II as principal consecrator, with principal co-consecrators Msgr. Giovanni Battista Re and Msgr. Miroslav Stefan Marusyn
Miroslav Stefan Marusyn
Miroslav Stefan Marusyn was a Ukrainian Roman Catholic archbishop who served as the Secretary and of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches from September 14, 1982, until his retirement on April 11, 2001...
. He remained in Bolivia until March 9, 1996 when he was named the Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
and the Permant Observer of the Holy See to the UN Environment and Human Settlements Programs (UNEP/UN–HABITAT).
Since October 16, 2004 he has been the Apostolic Nuncio (with residence in Stockholm) to Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway, where he succeed Msgr. Piero Biggio.
On October 18, 2007 Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI
Benedict XVI is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church as well as the other 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See...
appointed him Prelate of Territorial Prelature of Loreto
Territorial Prelature of Loreto
The Territorial Prelature of Loreto is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature which was elevated to this status on 24 June 1965.The Holy House of Loreto is located in it....
and Pontifical Delegate for the Shrine
Shrine
A shrine is a holy or sacred place, which is dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, daemon or similar figure of awe and respect, at which they are venerated or worshipped. Shrines often contain idols, relics, or other such objects associated with the figure being venerated....
of the Holy House of Loreto.
Family
His brother, don Paolo Maria Tonucci has been a missionary in Brazil from 1965 to 1994, during which he courageously conducted a battle for the rights of the poor people against the usurpations of the military dictatorship, fights that cost to him the title of "unworthy person" to receive the Brazilian citizenship.Works
- Giovanni Tonucci, "God's letter to me – 101 questions and answers on the Bible".
- Giovanni Tonucci, Roberto Ansuini; "Don Paolo". Text by Paolo Tonucci [and oth.], Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Fano, Grapho 5, 2004.
- Giovanni Tonucci, "Visioni di un pellegrino. Le foto di Mzee Mwenda". Edited in Italian and English, Velar, 2006. ISBN 88-7135-233-5.
- Giovanni Tonucci, Massimo Ciavaglia, "El Vangel cum l'ha scrit San Marc". (dialect of Fano), Ven. Confraternitas Sanctae Mariae Suffragii, Fano, 2007.
Episcopal Lineage and Apostolic Succession
- Scipione Cardinal RebibaScipione RebibaScipione Rebiba was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.He is of particular significance as more than 90% of all living Catholic bishops can trace their episcopal lineage back to him.-Biography:...
† (1577) - Giulio Antonio Cardinal SantorioGiulio Antonio SantorioGiulio Antonio Santorio was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.Santorio was born in Caserta. He served as Archbishop of Santa Severina from 1566 until his death....
† (1566) - Girolamo Cardinal BernerioGirolamo BernerioGirolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.Bernerio was born in Corregio. He served as Bishop of Ascoli Piceno from 1586 until his resignation in 1605. He was elevated to Cardinal on 16 November 1586 and installed as the Cardinal-Priest of S. Tommaso in...
, O.P.Dominican OrderThe Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
† (1586) - Mons. Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
- Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
- Luigi Cardinal CaetaniLuigi CaetaniLuigi Caetani was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Capua from 17 March 1624 until his resignation on 1 March 1627. He was ordained a Bishop on 12 June 1622 and appointed the Coadjutor Archbishop of Capua on 14 November 1622...
† (1622) - Ulderico Cardinal CarpegnaUlderico CarpegnaUlderico Carpegna was an Italian jurist and Cardinal.Born at Scavolino, he was from a family of the Roman nobility, connected with the Montefeltro family....
† (1630) - Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli AlbertoniPaluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertonithumb|Cardinal Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni.Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni was an Italian Catholic Cardinal and Cardinal-Nephew to Pope Clement X.-Biography:...
† (1666) - Pope Benedict XIIIPope Benedict XIII-Footnotes:...
† (1675) - Pope Benedict XIVPope Benedict XIVPope Benedict XIV , born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was Pope from 17 August 1740 to 3 May 1758.-Life:...
† (1724) - Pope Clement XIIIPope Clement XIIIPope Clement XIII , born Carlo della Torre di Rezzonico, was Pope from 16 July 1758 to 2 February 1769....
† (1743) - Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of YorkHenry Benedict StuartHenry Benedict Stuart was a Roman Catholic Cardinal, as well as the fourth and final Jacobite heir to publicly claim the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Unlike his father, James Francis Edward Stuart, and brother, Charles Edward Stuart, Henry made no effort to seize the throne...
† (1758) - Pope Leo XIIPope Leo XIIPope Leo XII , born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola Sermattei della Genga, was Pope from 1823 to 1829.-Life:...
† (1794) - Clarissimo Cardinal Falconieri MelliniClarissimo Falconieri MelliniClarissimo Falconieri Mellini was a Catholic Cardinal and Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals.-Personal life:...
† (1826) - Camillo Cardinal Di PietroCamillo di PietroCamillo di Pietro J.U.D. was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and both Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals and later Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church.-Biography:Camillo di Pietro was born in Rome...
† (1839) - Mieczysław Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
- Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
- Mons. St. Józef BilczewskiJózef BilczewskiSt. Jozef Bilczewski was a Catholic archbishop of the city of Lviv, Ukraine, a professor of theology at the Lviv University and a rector of that school...
† (1901) - Mons. Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
- Mons. Eugeniusz BaziakEugeniusz BaziakEugeniusz Baziak was Archbishop of Lwów and Apostolic Administrator of Kraków. Baziak was rector of the Clerical Seminarium in Lwów. Since 1933 he was an auxiliary bishop and, since 1944, Archbishop of Lwów...
† (1933) - Pope John Paul IIPope John Paul IIBlessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
† (2004) - Mons. Giovanni Tonucci
See also
- NuncioNuncioNuncio is an ecclesiastical diplomatic title, derived from the ancient Latin word, Nuntius, meaning "envoy." This article addresses this title as well as derived similar titles, all within the structure of the Roman Catholic Church...
- Apostolic NunciatureApostolic NunciatureAn Apostolic Nunciature is a top-level diplomatic mission of the Holy See, equivalent to an embassy.The head of the Apostolic Nunciature is called nuncio. A nuncio is an ecclesiastical diplomatic title, derived from the ancient Latin nuntius, meaning messenger...
- Diplomatic missions of the Holy SeeDiplomatic missions of the Holy SeeThis is a list of diplomatic missions of the Holy See. Since the fifth century, long before the founding of the Vatican City State in 1929, papal envoys have represented the Holy See to foreign potentates...
- Diplomacy of the Holy See
- John Anthony KaiserJohn Anthony KaiserJohn Anthony Kaiser was a Roman Catholic priest who was murdered in Morendat, Kenya by unknown assailants.-Early life:...