Giambattista Diquattro

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Appointed29 August 2020
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Giambattista Diquattro
Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
Titular Archbishop of Giru Mons
Diquattro in 2021
Appointed29 August 2020
PredecessorGiovanni d’Aniello
Other postTitular Archbishop of Giru Mons
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Orders
Ordination24 August 1981
by Angelo Rizzo
Consecration4 June 2005
by Angelo Sodano
Personal details
Born (1954-03-18) March 18, 1954 (age 72)
NationalityItalian
MottoNomen meum tene
Coat of armsGiambattista Diquattro's coat of arms
Styles of
Giambattista Diquattro
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleArchbishop

Giambattista Diquattro (born 18 March 1954) is an Italian archbishop and Vatican diplomat. He has been Apostolic Nuncio in Brazil since 2020. He has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1985 and has been a nuncio and archbishop since 2005.

Diquattro was born on 18 March 1954 in Bologna and was ordained a priest for the diocese of Ragusa in 1981.[1] He received his master's degree in civil law from the University of Catania, his Doctorate in Canon Law (JCD) from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, and his master's degree in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.[2]

Diplomatic career

He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 May 1985, and served in diplomatic missions in the pontifical representations to the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Chad, the United Nations in New York, and later in the Vatican Secretariat of State, and in the Apostolic Nunciature in Italy.

Pope John Paul II appointed him apostolic nuncio to Panama on 2 April 2005.[3]

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him apostolic nuncio to Bolivia on 21 November 2008.[4]

On 21 January 2017, Pope Francis named him Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal.[5]

On 29 August 2020, Pope Francis named him Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil.[6]

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