Marco Ganci
{{Short description|Italian priest and diplomat}}
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| honorific-prefix = The Reverend Monsignor
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| birth_place = Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy
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| church = Catholic Church
| ordination = 16 December 2000
| ordained_by = Antonio Cantisani
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| nationality = Italian
| alma_mater = Pontifical Lateran University
| occupation = Diplomat
| title = Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Council of Europe
| appointed = 21 September 2019
| predecessor = Paolo Rudelli
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Marco Ganci (born 16 May 1976) is an Italian clergyman and a diplomat of the Holy See.
Biography
Marco Ganci was born in Catanzaro, Italy, on 16 May 1976. In 1982 he joined the Apostolic Movement,{{cite web | access-date = 16 April 2020 | url = https://www.movimentoapostolico.org/fede-e-cultura/pubblicazioni-teologiche/marco-ganci/ | title = Mons. Marco Ganci | website = Movimento Apostolic | language = it}} a lay organization founded in Catanzaro in 1979.{{cite web | access-date = 16 April 2020 | title = Chi Siamo | url = https://www.movimentoapostolico.org/chi-siamo-movimento-apostolico/ |language = it | website = Movimento Apostolico }} He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace on 16 December 2000. His brother Andrea is also a priest.{{cite news | access-date = 16 April 2020 | work = Gazzetta del Sud | language = it | title= Prestigioso incarico per mons. Marco Ganci | date= 21 July 2012 | url = https://www.movimentoapostolico.org/rassegnastampa/2012/20120721czgazsud.pdf| via= Movimento Apostolico }} He earned his licentiate in theology with a specialization in social morality at the Theological Institute of Calabria "S. Pius X ” in Catanzaro in November 2002. From Rome's Pontifical Lateran University he obtained his licentiate canon law in November 2004 and his doctorate in canon law in May 2006, with a dissertation on "The Holy See and human rights conventions".{{cite web | url = http://oseegenius.unigre.it/pug/resource;jsessionid=153B78EC67A5A417EB91E2D154FFCFA4?uri=359712&v=l | website = Pontifical Gregorian University | access-date = 15 April 2020 | title= Catalogo della Biblioteca: Ganci, Mario }} Full title: "La Santa Sede e le convenzioni sui diritti umani: ipotesi di adattamento del diritto canonico al diritto internazionale" ("The Holy See and human rights conventions: hypotheses for the adaptation of canon law to international law").
Diplomatic career
He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 2006 and over the next 13 years fulfilled assignments in the offices representing the Holy See in Bolivia, Greece, at the European Union in Brussels, and Kenya.{{cite news | newspaper= Gazzetta del Sud | access-date = 22 September 2019 | date= 21 September 2019 | language = it | url = https://catanzaro.gazzettadelsud.it/articoli/societa/2019/09/21/vaticano-il-catanzarese-ganci-inviato-speciale-della-santa-sede-al-consiglio-deuropa-525c8caf-62ea-4f51-92f0-2814906e7e04/| title= Vaticano, il catanzarese Ganci inviato speciale della Santa Sede al Consiglio d'Europa}} Pope Benedict XVI named him a Chaplain of His Holiness (Monsignor) on 1 July 2011.{{cite book | title= Acta Apostolicae Sedis | access-date = 16 April 2020 | url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/2011/dicembre2011.pdf | page= 872 | date= 2 December 2011 | volume = CIII | issue = 12}}
On 21 September 2019, Pope Francis named him Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.{{cite press release|access-date=21 September 2019 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2019/09/21/190921c.html| date= 21 September 2019 |title= Rinunce e Nomine, 21.09.2019| publisher = Holy See Press Office }} He attended his first meeting in that role on 13 November.{{cite web | access-date = 15 April 2020 | url = https://rm.coe.int/090000168098ccd3 | title = 1360th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies| date= 13 November 2019 | website = Council of Europe Portal }} He is also ex officio a member of the governing board of the Council of Europe Development Bank, based in Paris.{{cite web | access-date = 15 April 2020 | url = https://coebank.org/en/about/structure-management/governing-board/ | title= Governing Board | website = Council of the Europe Development Bank}}
In January 2020 he led a three-day conference to mark the 50th anniversary of the Holy See's présence at the Council of Europe, organized by his predecessor Paolo Rudelli.{{cite news | publisher= L'Agenzia S.I.R. | access-date = 14 April 2020 | url = https://www.agensir.it/europa/2020/01/09/50-anni-della-santa-sede-a-strasburgo-mons-ganci-la-vera-radice-cristiana-delleuropa-e-il-cristiano-stesso/ | title = 50 anni della Santa Sede a Strasburgo. Mons. Ganci: "La vera radice cristiana dell'Europa è il cristiano stesso" | date= 9 January 2020 | language = it | first= Sarah | last = Numico }}{{cite news | publisher= L'Agenzia S.I.R. | access-date = 16 April 2020 | url = https://www.agensir.it/quotidiano/2019/12/16/holy-see-council-of-europe-interdisciplinary-days-to-explore-50-years-of-presence-in-strasbourg/ | title = Holy See-Council of Europe: “interdisciplinary days” to explore 50 years of presence in Strasbourg | date= 16 December 2019 }} Includes photo.
See also
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Category:Pontifical Lateran University alumni
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