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Giuseppe Lazzarotto

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Giuseppe Lazzarotto
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Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor
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Giuseppe Lazzarotto (born 24 May 1942 in Carpanè, Italy), studied for the priesthood in the Diocese of Padua, being ordained a priest on 1 April 1967. He undertook post-graduate studies in diplomacy at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome, while at the same time completing his studies by obtaining a Doctorate in Canon Law. He entered the Diplomatic Service of the Holy See in 1971.

Archbishop Lazzarotto served as part of the delegations in Zambia and Malawi, Belgium, Cuba, and Jerusalem, and in the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State of the Holy See between 1984 and 1994. He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and to Iraq on 23 July 1994. On this same date he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Numana and was consecrated archbishop on 7 October 1994. His Principal Consecrator was Cardinal Angelo Sodano; his Principal Co-Consecrators were Archbishop Miroslav Stefan Marusyn and Bishop Antonio Mattiazzo.

He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland on 11 November 2000 replacing Luciano Storero. He presented his credentials to President Mary McAleese on 18 January 2001.


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