Luigi Barbarito

Luigi Barbarito (19 April 1922 – 12 March 2017) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He held the rank of archbishop while serving as a nuncio in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1969 to 1997.


Luigi Barbarito
Titular Archbishop of Fiorentino
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed11 June 1969
Installed10 August 1969
Other postsApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
Personal details
Born(1922-04-19)19 April 1922
Atripalda, Italy
Died12 March 2017(2017-03-12) (aged 94)
NationalityItalian
DenominationRoman Catholic
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Ordination history of
Luigi Barbarito
History
Priestly ordination
Date20 August 1944
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorAmleto Giovanni Cicognani (Frascati)
Co-consecratorsAgostino Casaroli (Cartagine)
Pasquale Venezia (Avellino)
Date10 August 1969
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Luigi Barbarito as principal consecrator
François Gayot2 February 1975
Settimio Ferrazzetta19 June 1977
Roderick Wright15 January 1991
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Styles of
Luigi Barbarito
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Grace
Religious styleArchbishop

Early life

Born in Atripalda on 19 April 1922, Barbarito studied at the seminary of the Diocese of Avellino and at the Pontifical Seminary of Benevento.

He was ordained a priest on 20 August 1944.[1]

He studied canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University, graduating in July 1947.

Diplomat

To prepare for a diplomatic career he completed the course of study at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1951.[2] He began his diplomatic career with a posting to Oceania.

On 11 June 1969, Pope Paul VI appointed Barbarito Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti and named him titular archbishop of Fiorentino. He received his episcopal ordination from the hands of Cardinal Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, with co-consecrators Archbishop Agostino Casaroli and Bishop Pasquale Venezia.

On 5 April 1975, Pope Paul named him the Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Niger and Senegal as well as Apostolic Delegate to Mali, Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau.

On 10 June 1978, Pope Paul appointed him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Australia.

On 21 January 1986 Pope John Paul II named him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Great Britain.[3] His title changed to Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain on 13 April 1993.

Pope John Paul accepted Barbarito resignation on 31 July 1997.[4]

During his career, he was a member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

He died on 12 March 2017 in Pietradefusi and was buried in the church of Sant’Ippolisto in Atripalda, the church where he was baptized.[1]

Honours and titles

In 1994 Barbarito became Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in London, the longest-serving foreign diplomat there.[5] Barbarito was appointed an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) by Queen Elizabeth II in 1996.[6] In December 2013 Barbarito was awarded the title Ecclesiastical Knight Grand Cross of Grace of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, an order which he had been first invested into in 1986.[7]

References

  1. "E' morto il Nunzio Apostolico Luigi Barbarito". Il Quaderno (in Italian). 13 March 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  2. "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  3. Jenkins, Loren (25 January 1986). "Pope Names British Nuncio". Washington Post. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  4. "Nuncio to retire". The Tablet. 24 August 1996. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014.
  5. "New Honour for the Papal Nuncio Archbishop Luigi Barbarito". The Tablet. 16 April 1994. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014.
  6. "Dono omaggio Monsignor Luigi Barbarito". Biblioteca Statale di Montevergine (in Italian). 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  7. "Investiture of Constantinian Chaplain Archbishop Luigi Barbarito - Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George". Constantinian.org.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
Catholic Church titles
New title Titular Archbishop of Fiorentino
1969–present
Incumbent
Preceded by
Marie-Joseph Lemieux
Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti
1969-1975
Succeeded by
Luigi Conti
Preceded by
Giovanni Mariani
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Senegal
1975-1978
Succeeded by
Luigi Dossena
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Niger
1975-1978
Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania
1975-1978
Apostolic Delegate to Mali
1975-1978
New creation Apostolic Delegate to Guinea-Bissau
1975-1978
Preceded by
Gino Paro
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Australia
1978-1986
Succeeded by
Franco Brambilla
Preceded by
Bruno Bernard Heim
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio and Nuncio to Great Britain
1986-1993, 1993–1997
Succeeded by
Pablo Puente Buces
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