Fabio Baggio

Fabio Baggio (born 1965, Bassano del Grappa) is an Italian priest of the Scalabrinian Missionaries, a collaborator of Pope Francis and one of the Vatican officials in charge of migrations.[1] He defends the opening of legal doors for migrants and refugees.[2][3]

Fabio Baggio
Under-Secretary of the Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
ChurchLatin Church
Installed1 January 2017
Personal details
Born (1965-01-15) 15 January 1965
Bassano del Grappa, Italy
DenominationRoman Catholic

He has a degree in Theology and History and a doctorate in Church History from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He has taught at several universities. He was consultant on the migrations of the Episcopal Conference of Chile and director of Migrations of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires. He has also been the director of the Scalabrini Migration Center in the Philippines from 2002 to 2010 and the Scalabrini International Migration Institute at the Pontifical Urban University since 2010.[4][5] Since January 2017 he has been the undersecretary of the Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development with Michael Czerny.[6][7]

References
  1. "Fabio Baggio, subsecretario de Refugiados del Vaticano: "No podemos responder que no al inmigrante"". Religion Confidencial. 2017.
  2. ""El Papa Francisco llama a abrir más puertas legales a migrantes y refugiados"". Diario de Cádiz. 14 November 2019.
  3. "Fabio Baggio, la voz y las manos del Papa en el Mediterráneo". Cope ABC. 26 November 2018.
  4. Nuestro equipo, Migrants-refugees
  5. Adepoju, Aderanti (2008). International Migration and National Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Viewpoints and Policy Initiatives in the Countries of Origin. BRILL. pp. 297–. ISBN 90-04-16354-9.
  6. Alberto Morillo, Ángel (April 4, 2019). "Fabio Baggio: "Puentes de Solidaridad nació en el corazón del Papa"". Vida Nueva.
  7. "Fabio Baggio: "Primero hay que evitar que mueran"". Alfa y Omega. September 26, 2019.
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