Giorgio Lingua

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| title = Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia
Titular Archbishop of Tuscania

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| appointed = 22 July 2019

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| other_post = Titular Archbishop of Tuscania

| previous_post = {{bulleted list | Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba (2015-2019) | Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and Jordan (2010-2015) }}

| predecessor = Giuseppe Pinto

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| ordination = 10 November 1984

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| consecration = 9 October 2010

| consecrated_by = Tarcisio Bertone, Franc Rode and Agostino Vallini

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| birth_place = Fossano, Italy

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| nationality = Italian

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Giorgio Lingua (born 23 March 1960) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1992. He was named Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia on 22 July 2019. He was previously nuncio in Iraq, Jordan and Cuba.

Biography

He was born on 23 March 1960 in Piovani, a small town belonging to the municipality of Fossano, in the province of Cuneo, Italy, in 1960. He was ordained on 10 November 1984. He earned a doctorate in canon law. To prepare for a diplomat’s career, he completed the course of study at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1988.{{cite web|publisher=Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy|language =it|access-date = 22 July 2019 | title = Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999 |url = https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdeccles/documents/1950-1999.htm }}

Diplomatic career

He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 1992. He worked in the papal representations in the Ivory Coast and the United States, and in the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State as well as in the apostolic nunciatures in Italy and Serbia.

On 4 September 2010, Pope Benedict XVI named him the Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and Jordan as well as Titular Archbishop of Tuscania.{{cite press release | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2010/09/04/0515/01154.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 22 July 2019 | date = 4 September 2010 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 04.09.2010 }} He received his episcopal consecration from Tarcisio Bertone on 9 October 2010.{{cite web | access-date = 22 July 2019 | url = https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/card-bertone/2010/documents/rc_seg-st_20101009_ord-episc_it.html | date = 9 October 2010 | publisher = Secretariat of State | title = Ordinazione Episcopale di S.E. Mons. Giorgio Lingua... | language = it }}

Asked about the 2014 US airstrikes in response to the advance of ISIS, Lingua said: "This is something that had to be done, otherwise [the Islamic State] could not be stopped. But, we should wonder why we have arrived at this point: was it not a lack of intelligence? Were we not able to understand what was going on? And then: who gave these [Islamic State fighters] such sophisticated weapons?"{{cite news |work= Catholic Herald | access-date = 22 July 2019 | url = http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2014/08/11/pope-francis-to-world-leaders-stop-these-crimes-in-iraq/ | first = Cindy | last = Wooden |title = Pope Francis to world leaders: ‘stop these crimes’ in Iraq| date= 11 August 2014 }}

On 17 March 2015, Pope Francis named him Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba.{{cite press release | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2015/03/17/0195/00432.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 22 July 2019 | date = 17 March 2015 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 17.03.2015 }}

On 22 July 2019, Francis named him Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia.{{cite press release | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2019/07/22/0603/01245.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 22 July 2019 | date = 22 July 2019 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 22.07.2019 }}

See also

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