Antonio Maria Vegliò

His Eminence Antonio Maria Vegliò
President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
Cardinal Vegliò, at Chair of Saint Peter, last 11 October 2014.
Appointed	28 February 2009
Term ended	31 December 2016
Predecessor	Renato Raffaele Martino
Other posts	Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
Orders
Ordination	18 March 1962 by Luigi Carlo Borromeo
Consecration	6 October 1985 by Agostino Casaroli
Created Cardinal	18 February 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI
Rank	Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
Personal details
Birth name	Antonio Maria Vegliò
Born	(1938-02-03) 3 February 1938 (age 79) Macerata Feltria
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Papua New Guinea (1985–1989) Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Solomon Islands (1985–1989) Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sénégal (1989–1997) Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau (1989–1997) Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cape Verde (1989–1997) Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Mali (1989–1997) Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon (1997–2001) Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait (1997–1999) Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches (2001–2009)
Coat of arms

Styles of Antonio Veglio
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Antonio Maria Vegliò (born 3 February 1938) is an Italian Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, who has served as Vatican diplomat and in the Roman Curia. He was President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants. Vegliò was created a Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI on 18 February 2012.

Born in Macerata Feltria, Italy, he was ordained a priest for the diocese of Pesaro in 1962. He was attended the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy where he studied diplomacy. Besides his native Italian, he speaks English, French and Spanish.

He was appointed Titular Archbishop of Eclano in 1985 on was appointed Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. In 1989, Vegliò was appointed Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, and Mali and promoted to full Apostolic Nuncio in 1994. He served as Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon and Kuwait from 1997 to 1999.

In 2001, Archbishop Vegliò became Secretary of the Vatican Congregation for the Oriental Churches and, in 2009, the President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants.