Bernardito Auza

The Most Reverend Bernardito Cleopas Auza
Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations
Archbishop Bernardito Auza
In office	1 July 2014–present
Predecessor	Francis Chullikatt
Orders
Ordination	29 June 1985 by Daniel Francis Walsh
Consecration	3 July 2008 by Tarcisio Bertone
Personal details
Born	(1959-06-10) June 10, 1959 (age 57) Talibon, Bohol, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Coat of arms

Styles of Bernardito "Barney" Auza
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor

Bernardito "Barney" Cleopas Auza is a Filipino Roman Catholic Archbishop who is the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations. Following the death of Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot as a result of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Auza was also the Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince for a year.

Born on June 10, 1959 in Balintawak, Talibon, Bohol, Philippines, is the eight of twelve children of parents Meliton Garcia Auza and Magdalena Polestico Cleopas. After preliminary education in Talibon, he entered the Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Tagbilaran City. He then enrolled at the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, where he obtained his Licentiate in Philosophy in 1981, Licentiate in Theology in 1986 and Masters in Education also in 1986.

Auza was ordained by Bishop Daniel Francis Walsh of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California on June 29, 1985.

Auza was sent to the Pontifical University of St. Thomas (Angelicum) in Rome, where he obtained a Licentiate in Canon Law in 1989 and a Doctorate in Sacred Theology in 1990, and to the Vatican Diplomatic School (Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica), where he finished his diplomatic and linguistic studies in that same year.

He has a long experience in diplomatic service for the Holy See among these are: Madagascar and the South Indian Ocean (1990–93), Bulgaria (1993–96), Albania (1997–98), Secretariat of State (Vatican) at the Section for Relations with States (“Foreign Ministry”) of the Holy See (1999–2006), Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the UN (2006–2008).

Auza was appointed Titular Archbishop of Suacia on May 8, 2008, the same day he was appointed the Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti. He was consecrated as a bishop on July 3, 2008 by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone. The principal co-consecrators were Ivan Dias, the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and Jean-Louis Tauran, Cardinal President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. Archbishop Auza has served in the diplomatic service of the Vatican for many years.