Giovanni Tonucci

Giovanni Tonucci (born 4 December 1941 in Fano, PU, Italy) is an Italian archbishop of the Catholic Church. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1971 until his retirement in 2017.

Coat of arms of Giovanni Tonucci.

Diplomatic career

From 1971 till the end of 1973 his diplomatic career took him to Yaoundé, Cameroon, then, from 1974 to 1976 to the United Kingdom. From July 1976 he was back in Rome, assigned to the Section for General Affairs of the Holy See Secretariat of State where he worked with Agostino Casaroli, until being transferred, in April 1978, to the Section for the Relations with States under Achille Silvestrini. At the end of the 1984 he was assigned to the Apostolic Nunciature in Belgrade, at that time still the Yugoslavia, where he worked until the summer of 1987 when he was transferred to the Nunicature to the United States in Washington.

Archbishop Giovanni Tonucci in 2014

On 21 October 1989 Tonucci was appointed Titular Archbishop of Torcello and Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia.

He was consecrated a bishop on 6 January 1990 by Pope John Paul II,[1] with co-consecrators Msgr. Giovanni Battista Re and Msgr. Miroslav Stefan Marusyn.

On 9 March 1996 he was named the Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya.[2]

The role of Permanent Observer Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN Environment and Human Settlements Programs (UNEP/UN–HABITAT) was added the next year.

On 16 October 2004, Pope John Paul II appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway.[3]

Later offices

On 18 October 2007 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Prelate of Territorial Prelature of Loreto and Pontifical Delegate for the Shrine of the Holy House of Loreto.[4] Pope Francis named him Pontifical Delegate for the Basilica of Saint Anthony in Padua on 8 March 2014,[5] and accepted his resignation from both these positions on 20 May 2017.[6]

Family

His brother, Paolo Maria Tonucci was a missionary in Brazil from 1965 to 1994, during which he courageously conducted a battle for the rights of the poor people against the military dictatorship, fights that cost him the title of "unworthy person" to receive the Brazilian citizenship.[7]

Works

Giovanni Tonucci, "God's letter to me – 101 questions and answers on the Bible".
Giovanni Tonucci, Roberto Ansuini; "Don Paolo". Text by Paolo Tonucci [and oth.], Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Fano, Grapho 5, 2004.
Giovanni Tonucci, "Visioni di un pellegrino. Le foto di Mzee Mwenda". Edited in Italian and English, Velar, 2006. ISBN 88-7135-233-5.
Giovanni Tonucci, Massimo Ciavaglia, "El Vangel cum l'ha scrit San Marc". (dialect of Fano), Ven. Confraternitas Sanctae Mariae Suffragii, Fano, 2007.

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References

"ORDINAZIONE EPISCOPALE DI DODICI NUOVI PRESULI" (in Italian). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 6 January 1990. Retrieved 22 August 2019. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXVIII. 1996. p. 358.
"Rinunce e Nomine, 16.10.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 16 October 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
"Rinunce e Nomine, 18.10.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
"Rinunce e Nomine, 08.03.2014" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
"Rinunce e Nomine, 29.04.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
(in Italian)

Additional sources

"Padova, Tonucci nuovo delegato pontificio per la basilica S. Antonio". La Stampa (in Italian). 10 March 2014.

External links

Preceded by	Alternate Permanent Observer to the OAS 1987 – 21 October 1989	Succeeded by
Preceded by Gino Paro	Titular Archbishop of Torcello 21 October 1989 – 18 October 2007	Succeeded by Gianfranco Gardin
Preceded by Santos Abril y Castelló	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia 21 October 1989 – 9 March 1996	Succeeded by Giacomo Guido Ottonello
Preceded by Clemente Faccani	Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya 9 March 1996 – 16 October 2004	Succeeded by Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin
Preceded by None	Permanent Observer to UNEP/UN-HABITAT 1997 – 16 October 2004	Succeeded by Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin
Preceded by Piero Biggio	Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway 16 October 2004 – 18 October 2007	Succeeded by Emil Paul Tscherrig
Preceded by Gianni Danzi	Prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Loreto 18 October 2007 – 20 May 2017	Succeeded by Fabio Dal Cin

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[1] "ORDINAZIONE EPISCOPALE DI DODICI NUOVI PRESULI" (in Italian). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 6 January 1990. Retrieved 22 August 2019. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[2] Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXVIII. 1996. p. 358.

[3] "Rinunce e Nomine, 16.10.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 16 October 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2019.

[4] "Rinunce e Nomine, 18.10.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2019.

[5] "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.03.2014" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2019.

[6] "Rinunce e Nomine, 29.04.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2019.

[7] (in Italian)