Antonio Guido Filipazzi

{{Short description|Italian prelate of the Catholic Church|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| name = Antonio Guido Filipazzi

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| appointed = 8 August 2023

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| predecessor = Salvatore Pennacchio

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| other_post = Titular Archbishop of Sutri

| previous_post = {{bulleted list | Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria and Permanent Observer of ECOWAS (2017-2023)| Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia (2011-2017) }}

| ordination = 10 October 1987

| ordained_by = Giuseppe Siri

| consecration = 5 February 2011

| consecrated_by = Pope Benedict XVI, Angelo Sodano, and Tarcisio Bertone

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| birth_place = Melzo, Milan, Italy

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| nationality = Italian

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| motto = NISI DOMINUS ÆDIFICAVERIT

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Antonio Guido Filipazzi (born 8 October 1963) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1992.

Biography

He was born in Melzo, in the Province of Milan, on 8 October 1963 and grew up in Gessate. After completing his classical studies, he studied at the Genoa Section of Theological Faculty of Northern Italy, obtaining a bachelor's degree in theology in 1987.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} On 10 October 1987 he was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Genoa by Cardinal Giuseppe Siri. On 1 September 1989, he was incardinated into the Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo.{{cite book | language = it | url = http://www.diocesiventimiglia.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/anuario/ANNUARIO%20ON%20LINE%20GENNAIO%202016_ridotto.pdf |page =11| title= Annuario Generale 2016 | website = Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo | date = 1 March 2016 | access-date = 24 November 2018}}

He was parochial vicar of the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Ventimiglia and taught canon law at the Episcopal Seminary "Pio XI" of Bordighera from 1989 to 1990.{{cite news | access-date = 8 June 2019 | url = https://www.lastampa.it/2017/04/27/imperia/parroco-a-ventimiglia-ora-nunzio-in-nigeria-jzuZa6VGxfMKo1QajIth3M/pagina.html | work = La Stampa | language = it | title =Sacerdote a Ventimiglia sarà Nunzio in Nigeria | date = 27 April 2017 }} He then obtained his doctorate in canon law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross on 12 May 1992 and a diploma from the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

Diplomatic career

He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 1992. His early assignments were in the nunciatures in Sri Lanka (1992 to 1995), Austria (1995 to 1998), and Germany (1998 to 2003), and then in Rome in the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State from 2003 to 2011.

He also taught canon law in the Seminary Redemptoris Mater of Berlin from 2002 to 2003 and was a member of the delegation of the Holy See to the Italian-Vatican Joint Commission, established to deepen the concordat profiles related to the free fulfilment of the ministry of bishops and the related criminal procedural questions, from 2004 to 2011.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

Diplomatic career

On 8 January 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him titular archbishop of Sutri and apostolic nuncio.{{Cite press release | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2011/01/08/0012/00034.html | title = Rinunce e Nominee, 08.01.2011| publisher = Holy See Press Office | date = 8 January 2011 | access-date = 9 June 2019 }} He received his episcopal consecration on 5 February from Pope Benedict.{{cite news | work = Zenit | access-date = 8 June 2019 | date = 6 February 2011 | url = https://zenit.org/articles/benedict-xvi-the-world-is-nostalgic-for-god/ | title = Benedict XVI: The World Is Nostalgic for God }} At the time, he was the youngest Italian bishop{{cite news | url = https://www.avvenire.it/agora/pagine/preti-in-fabbrica-siri-ha-ragione-lei_201104120747449770000 | work = Avvenire | access-date = 8 June 2019 | title = Preti in fabbrica: "Siri, ha ragione lei"| date = 12 April 2011 | first = Gianni | last = Cardinale }} and the youngest nuncio.{{cite news | access-date = 8 June 2019 |language= it | url = http://www.riviera24.it/2011/02/mons-filipazzi-incardinato-nella-diocesi-di-ventimiglia-sanremo-ordinato-vescovo-dal-papa-102947/ | date= 5 February 2011 | title = Mons. Filipazzi, incardinato nella Diocesi di Ventimiglia – Sanremo, ordinato Vescovo dal Papa | publisher = Riviera24 | first = Manuela | last = Locatelli}}{{cite news | access-date = 8 June 2019 |language= it| url = https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2011-02-05/papa-ordina-cinque-nuovi-111039_PRN.shtml | date= 5 February 2011 | title =Il Papa ordina cinque nuovi vescovi: non fatevi piegare dalle mode|first= Claudio | last =Tucci| work = Il Sole 24}}

On 23 March 2011, he was appointed apostolic nuncio to Indonesia.{{cite press release | url= http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2011/03/23/0169/00417.html| title = Rinunce e Nomine, 23.03.2011| publisher = Holy See Press Office | date = 23 March 2011 | access-date = 9 June 2019}}

On 26 April 2017, Pope Francis appointed him apostolic nuncio in Nigeria.{{cite press release| title= Resignations and Appointments, 26.04.2017 |access-date = 8 June 2019 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2017/04/26/170426b.html | publisher = Holy See Press Office | date = 26 April 2017 }} On 24 October 2017, he was also appointed permanent observer at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).{{cite press release | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2017/10/24/171024a.html |title= Resignations and Appointments, 24.10.2017 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | date = 24 October 2017 | access-date = 9 June 2019}}

On 8 August 2023, Pope Francis appointed him apostolic nuncio to Poland.{{cite news |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/08/08/230808a.html |title=Resignations and Appointments, 08.08.2023 |accessdate=August 8, 2023}}