Luciano Angeloni
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Luciano Angeloni (2 December 1917 – 9 May 1996) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
Biography
Luciano Angeloni was born in Imperia, Italy, on 2 December 1917. He was ordained a priest on 18 August 1940.
To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1953.{{cite web|publisher=Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy|language =it|access-date = 24 January 2020 | title = Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999 |url = https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdeccles/documents/1950-1999.htm }}
On 24 December 1970, Pope Paul VI appointed him a titular archbishop and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Malawi and to Zambia.{{cite book | access-date = 30 November 2019 | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-63-1971-ocr.pdf | date =1971 | volume = LXIII | pages= 93 }} His received his episcopal consecration on 7 February 1971 from Cardinal Paolo Bertoli.
On 25 November 1978, Pope John Paul II named him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea.{{cite book| access-date = November 27, 2019 | page= 1001 |title= Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-70-1978-ocr.pdf | date= 1978 | volume = LXX }}
On 21 August 1981, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon.{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | page= 965 |url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-74-1982-ocr.pdf | date= 1982 | volume = LXXIV}}
On 31 July 1989, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal.{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis |url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-91-1999-ocr.pdf | date= 1999 | volume = XCI}}
His service as nuncio ended with the appointment of his successor on 15 March 1993.{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-85-1993-ocr.pdf | page= 395 | date= 1993 | volume = LXXXV | access-date = 3 December 2019 }}
On 29 November 1993 he was named a consultor to the Secretariat of State{{cite book | page= 112 | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-86-1994-ocr.pdf | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | date= 1994 | volume = LXXXVI }} and on
25 January 1994 he was appointed to a 5-year term as a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.{{cite book | page= 382 | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-86-1994-ocr.pdf | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | date= 1994 | volume = LXXXVI }}
He died on 9 May 1996.
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- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bangeloni.html Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Luciano Angeloni] Wikipedia:SPS
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Category:Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy alumni
Category:Apostolic nuncios to Malawi
Category:Apostolic nuncios to Zambia
Category:Apostolic nuncios to South Korea
Category:Apostolic nuncios to Lebanon