Luigi Punzolo

Luigi Punzolo was born on 24 May 1905 in Pozzuoli, Italy. He was ordained a priest on 14 August 1927.

To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1932.^[1] His early assignments were in Austria and Czechoslovakia. Beginning in 1942 he worked in Rome on the exchange of prisoners of war and civilian populations.

On 6 December 1954, Pope Pius XII named him titular archbishop of Sebastea (it) and Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay.^[2][3] He received his episcopal consecration on 16 January 1955 from Cardinal Clemente Micara.^{[citation needed]}

On 12 December 1957, Pope Pius appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Panama.^[4]

On 10 January 1962, Pope John XXIII appointed him Apostolic Internuncio to Syria.^[5] His title changed to Pro-Nuncio on 2 February 1966.^[6] His service in the diplomatic corps ended with the appointment of his successor in Syria, Raffaele Forni, on 17 June 1967.^[7]

On 2 October 1967, Pope Paul named him Apostolic Administrator of Velletri. He retired from that position on 24 May 1975, his 70th birthday.^[8]

He died in Velletri on 27 July 1989.^[9]

• Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Luigi Punzolo ^{[self-published]}