Bruno Torpigliani
{{Short description|Italian prelate}}
Bruno Torpigliani (15 April 1915 – 2 May 1995) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He was made an archbishop in 1964 and served as Apostolic Nuncio to several countries, including the Philippines for 17 years.
Biography
Bruno Torpigliani was born in the town of Montecontieri outside Asciano, Italy, on 15 April 1915 to Francesco Torpigliani and Laura Landi. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Arezzo on 24 October 1937. He was assigned to the parish in his home town and taught at Marconi Technical Institute in Asciano.{{cite web | url = http://www.cretesenesi.com/img_news/sintesivitabrunotorpigli.pdf | access-date = 22 April 2020 | title = Bruno Torpigliani, ambasciatore di Pace e Misericordia | website = Crete Sinesi | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200423172756/http://www.cretesenesi.com/img_news/sintesivitabrunotorpigli.pdf | archive-date= 23 April 2020 }}
To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1944.{{cite web|publisher=Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy|language =it|access-date = 21 April 2019 | title = Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1900 – 1949|url = https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdeccles/documents/1900-1949.htm }} He also earned a doctorates in theology and canon law.
He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1946, starting in the offices of the Secretariat of State, then fulfilling assignments in Colombia from 1948 to 1951, Peru for a year, then at the Secretariat from 1952 to 1960, and then in London from 1960 to 1964.
On 1 September 1964, Pope John XXIII appointed him titular archbishop of Malliana and Apostolic Nuncio El Salvador and to the Guatemala.{{cite book| url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-56-1964-ocr.pdf |access-date = 21 April 2020 |title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | date= 1964 | volume = LVI | page= 863, 955}} He received his episcopal consecration on 25 October 1964 from Cardinal Amleto Cicognani.{{cn|date=April 2020}}
On 3 August 1968, Pope Paul VI named him Apostolic Nuncio to Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo).{{cite book|access-date = 22 April 2020| url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-60-1968-ocr.pdf | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | date= 1968 | volume = LX | page= 544 }}
On 6 June 1973, Pope Paul named him Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines.{{cite book| url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-65-1973-ocr.pdf |access-date = 22 April 2020| title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | date= 1973 | volume = LXV | page= 349}} At times he sided with the Marcos regime and was rebuffed by the Philippine bishops.{{cite news | work = New York Times |title= Church's Ties With Manila Strained | access-date = 22 April 2020 | date = 9 February 1977 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/09/archives/churchs-ties-with-manila-strained.html | first = Henry | last = Kamm}} He retired seventeen years later in April 1990 when he reached the age of 75.{{efn|His successor as Nuncio to the Philippines, Gian Vincenzo Moreni, was appointed on 8 September 1990.}}
He died in Asciano on 3 May 1995.{{cite news | access-date = 22 April 2020 | url = https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1995/05/09/longserving-nuncio-to-philippines-through-martial-law-dies&post_id=47261 | work = UCA News | date = 9 May 1995 | title = Long-Serving Nuncio to Philippines through Martial Law Dies }}{{cite book| url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-87-1995-ocr.pdf |access-date = 22 April 2020| title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | date= 1995 | volume = LXXXVII | page= 600 }}
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External links
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btorp.html Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani] Wikipedia:SPS
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