Giuseppe Lazzarotto

Giuseppe Lazzarotto was born in Carpanè, Vicenza, Italy, on 24 May 1942. He studied for the priesthood and was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Padua on 1 April 1967.{{cite news | work= The Jerusalem Post|first= Jeremy | last = Sharon | access-date = 6 July 2019 | url = https://m.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Vatican-appoints-new-papal-ambassador-for-Israel | date= 21 August 2012 | title = Vatican Appoints New Papal Ambassador for Israel}} He completed the program of study at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1967{{cite web | url = https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdeccles/documents/1950-1999.htm | access-date = 3 July 2019 |language= it| title = Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999| publisher = Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy}} and earned a doctorate in canon law.

He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1971.

Lazzarotto served as part of the delegations in Zambia and Malawi, Belgium, Cuba, and Jerusalem, and in the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State of the Holy See from 1984 to 1994. He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and to Iraq on 23 July 1994 and appointed Titular Archbishop of Numana. He was consecrated bishop on 7 October 1994 by Cardinal Angelo Sodano assisted by Archbishop Miroslav Stefan Marusyn and Bishop Antonio Mattiazzo.

He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland on 11 November 2000.{{cite press release | access-date = 5 July 2019 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2000/11/11/0667/02279.html | language = it | date= 11 November 2000 |title= Rinunce e Nomine, 11.11.2000 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}} He presented his credentials to President Mary McAleese on 18 January 2001.

In 2007 a questionnaire about prospective candidates for bishop that Lazzarotto had sent to priests in the Down and Connor Diocese became public. Lazzarotto refused to comment about it saying that "all aspects relating to the process of episcopal appointments should be dealt with in the strictest confidentiality. I trust that you will understand that I cannot depart from this practice".{{cite news | work= The Irish Times| date= 12 April 2007 | url =https://www.irishtimes.com/news/papal-nuncio-lists-qualities-church-requires-in-bishops-1.1201335 | title = Papal nuncio lists qualities church requires in bishops| first = Patsy | last = McGarry }}

On 22 December 2007, Pope Benedict XVI named him Apostolic Nuncio to Australia.{{cite press release | access-date = 5 July 2019 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2007/12/22/0688/01849.html | language = it | date= 22 December 2007 |title= Rinunce e Nomine, 22.12.2007 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}}

The Murphy Report into child abuse in the Dublin archdiocese, released in November 2009, criticized Lazzarotto for failing to respond to a request for documents. His refusal was part of an ongoing dispute between the Irish investigators and the Holy See. The Vatican insisted on communication through the Irish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while the Commission viewed itself as independent of the government and not confined to diplomatic channels.{{cite news | work = The Irish Times| url = http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/1127/1224259548033.html | title = Not available | access-date = 27 November 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101010032714/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/1127/1224259548033.html | archive-date = 10 October 2010 | url-status = dead }}

On 18 August 2012, Pope Benedict appointed him apostolic nuncio to Israel and apostolic delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine,{{cite press release | access-date = 5 July 2019 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2012/08/18/0466/01060.html | language = it | date= 18 August 2012 |title= Rinunce e Nomine, 18.08.2012 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}} to which he added the responsibilities of apostolic nuncio to Cyprus on 30 August.{{cite press release | access-date = 5 July 2019 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2012/08/30/0479/01080.html | language = it | date= 30 August 2012 |title= Rinunce e Nomine, 30.08.2012 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}}

He retired from the diplomatic service in August 2017. On 4 October, Pope Francis named him a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.{{cite press release | access-date = 5 July 2019 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2017/10/04/171004a.html | date= 4 October 2017 |title= Resignations and Appointments, 04.10.2017 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}} At the end of 2017, he was appointed Assessor of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre by its Grand Master, Cardinal Edwin O'Brien.{{cite press release |date=29 December 2017 | title = Msgr. Giuseppe Lazzarotto is the new Assessor of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre| access-date = 5 July 2019 |publisher= Order of the Hily Sepulchre| url= http://www.oessh.va/content/ordineequestresantosepolcro/en/gran-magistero/il-gran-magistero/news-dal-gran-magistero/mons--giuseppe-lazzarotto-nuovo-assessore-dell-ordine-del-santo-.html}} He resigned that position for health reasons in 2019.{{cite interview | work= La Stampa | access-date = 13 February 2020 | url = https://www.lastampa.it/vatican-insider/en/2019/09/20/news/msgr-tommaso-caputo-new-assessor-of-the-order-of-the-holy-sepulchre-1.37490377 |title = Msgr. Tommaso Caputo, new Assessor of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre | date= 20 September 2019 | first = Tommaso | last = Caputo | interviewer = François Vayne}}

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