Gino Paro

Gino Paro was born on 17 June 1910 in Ponte di Piave, Treviso, Italy. He was ordained a priest on 5 July 1936 of the Diocese of Treviso.^[1] By 1945 he had a position at the Secretariat of State.^[2]

His dissertation, The right of papal legation, was published in 1948.^[3] At that period he was working in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, assigned to the nunciature in Dublin with the title of auditor.^[4]

On 31 August 1962, Pope John XXIII appointed him titular bishop of Diocaesarea in Isauria and President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.^[5] Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot ordained him a bishop on 7 October.

On 5 May 1969, Pope Paul VI appointed him Titular Archbishop of Torcello and Apostolic Delegate to Australia and Papua New Guinea.^[6] His title for Australia changed to Apostolic Pro-Nuncio on 4 July 1973,^[7] and he was succeeded by Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo as the first Pro-Nuncio to Papua New Guinea on 5 April 1977.^[8] His diplomatic service ended on 10 June 1978 when he was replaced as Pro-Nuncio to Australia by Luigi Barbarito.

Paro participated in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council.

He died on 21 September 1988.^[9]

There is a street in Ponte di Piave named "Via Monsignor Gino Paro".