Luciano Storero

Luciano Storero (26 September 1926 – 1 October 2000) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See[1].

Styles of Luciano Storero
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor

Biography

Luciano Storero was born in Pinasca, Italy, on 26 September 1926. He was ordained a priest on 29 June 1949.

To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1951.[2] He joined the diplomatic service in 1953[3] and his early assignments took him to Egypt, Japan, and Ireland.[4]

On 25 November 1969, Pope Paul VI appointed him Titular Archbishop of Tigimma[5] and Apostolic Delegate to Ceylon.[6] He received his episcopal consecration on 1 February 1970 from Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot.[7]

On 24 December 1970, Storero was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to the Dominican Republic.[8][lower-alpha 1]

He was named Pro-Nuncio to Gabon and to Cameroon and Apostolic Delegate to Equatorial Guinea on 30 June 1973.[9]

He was appointed Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India on 14 July 1976.[10]

He was named Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela on 2 February 1981.[11]

Pope John Paul II appointed him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Greece on 28 June 1990.[12]

On 15 November 1995, he was appointed the tenth Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland.[13] After the Irish bishops devised a mandatory reporting policy in 1996 that bishops could adopt for use in their diocese, Storero warned them in 1997 that Vatican's Congregation for the Clergy opposed implementing a policy that included mandatory reporting to civil authorities.[14][15][lower-alpha 2] In 1999, he was sued in civil court along with Brendan Comiskey, Bishop of Ferns, by a man who said he had been sexually abused by a priest and that the nunciature had taken no action when informed in the mid-1980s.[16]

After fighting cancer for years, Storero arranged to retire before turning 75. He was planning his return to his native village when he died in a Dublin hospital on 1 October 2000 while still in his post.[4]

Notes

1. The Nuncio to the Dominican Republic is also responsible for Puerto Rico.
2. Vatican norms for cases of clergy accused of sexual abuse were overhauled in 2001 and became the responsibility of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

References

1. "Bishops who are not Ordinaries: ST…". www.gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
2. "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
3. McGarry, Patsy (16 September 2000). "Papal Nuncio confirms he will be retiring shortly". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
4. "The Papal Nuncio dies in hospital after illness". The Irish Times. 2 October 2000. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
5. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXII. 1970. p. 9. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
6. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXI. 1969. p. 756. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
7. "Archbishop Luciano Storero [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
8. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXIII. 1971. p. 93. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
9. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXV. 1973. p. 414. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
10. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXVIII. 1976. p. 539. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
11. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXIII. 1981. p. 215. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
12. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXII. 1990. p. 846. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
13. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXVII. 1995. p. 1167. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
14. Goodstein, Laurie Rachel (18 January 2011). "Vatican Warned Bishops Not to Report Child Abuse". New York Times. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
15. "Vatican Warned Irish Bishops Not To Report Abuse". NPR. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
16. "Papal Nuncio sued over abuse claim". The Irish Times. 7 December 1999. Retrieved 10 January 2020.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by John Gordon	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India 1976-1981	Succeeded by Agostino Cacciavillan