Luciano Angeloni

Luciano Angeloni was born in Imperia, Italy, on 2 December 1917. He was ordained a priest on 18 August 1940.

To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1953.^[1]

On 24 December 1970, Pope Paul VI appointed him a titular archbishop and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Malawi and to Zambia.^[2] His received his episcopal consecration on 7 February 1971 from Cardinal Paolo Bertoli.

On 25 November 1978, Pope John Paul II named him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea.^[3]

On 21 August 1981, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon.^[4]

On 31 July 1989, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal.^[5]

His service as nuncio ended with the appointment of his successor on 15 March 1993.^[6]

On 29 November 1993 he was named a consultor to the Secretariat of State^[7] and on 25 January 1994 he was appointed to a 5-year term as a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.^[8]

He died on 9 May 1996.

• Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Luciano Angeloni ^{[self-published]}