Ambrose Battista De Paoli (August 19, 1934 – October 10, 2007)[1] was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
Biography
editDe Paoli was born in Jeannette, Pennsylvania[2] and was ordained a priest on December 18, 1960, for the Archdiocese of Miami, Florida.
He earned a doctorate in canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University.[2]
To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1964.[3] He entered the diplomatic corps in 1966.
On September 23, 1983, Pope John Paul II named him a titular bishop and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sri Lanka. He was consecrated a bishop on November 20, 1983, by Cardinal Agostino Casaroli.
On February 6, 1988, Pope John Paul appointed him Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho.[4] He was then given additional titles as the Delegation to Southern Africa was transformed into country-specific missions, including Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland on April 17, 1993;[5] Apostolic Delegate to Namibia and to Botswana on March 5, 1994;[6] and Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa on June 25, 1994.[7]
On November 11, 1997, he was named nuncio to Japan.[8]
On December 18, 2004, he was named nuncio to Australia.[9]
He died from complications of leukemia in Miami Beach, Florida, on October 10, 2007.[2][10]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ "Bishops who are not Ordinaries: DEN… – DEQ…". www.gcatholic.org. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ a b c Davis, Janes D. (October 13, 2007). "Archbishop De Paoli, 73, Vatican ambassador". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- ^ "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXX. 1988. pp. 233, 239. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXV. 1993. p. 461. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ "Archbishop Ambrose Battista De Paoli [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXVI. 1994. p. 614. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXIX. 1997. p. 614. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 18.12.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. December 18, 2004. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ^ "Nuncio Dies in U.S." Catholic News (Australia). October 8, 2007. Archived from the original on August 28, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
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