Pietro Sambi
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His Excellency Pietro Sambi |
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| Apostolic Nuncio to the United States Titular Archbishop of Bellicastrum |
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Archbishop Sambi is pictured second from right, along with former President George W. Bush, former First Lady Laura Bush, the Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, and the then-incoming Archbishop of Washington, Donald Wuerl, now also a Cardinal, at the White House. They were gathered there for a reception celebrating Wuerl's installation.
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| Appointed | 17 December 2005 (as nuncio to the U.S.) |
| Other posts | Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine; Nuncio to Israel and Cyprus (1998–2005) Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Indonesia (1991–1998) Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Burundi (1985–1991) |
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| Ordination | 14 March 1964 |
| Consecration | 9 November 1985 by Jozef Tomko |
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27 June 1938 Sogliano al Rubicone, Italy |
| Died | 27 July 2011 (aged 73) Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, United States |
| Nationality | Italian |
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Styles of Pietro Sambi |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | His Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
Pietro Sambi (27 June 1938 – 27 July 2011) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served in the Vatican's Secretariat of State. At the time of his death, he was the Titular Archbishop of Bellicastrum and the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States.
Sambi was born in Sogliano al Rubicone (Forlì-Cesena), Italy, on 27 June 1938 and spoke Italian, English, French and Spanish.
He was ordained to the priesthood for the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro on 14 March 1964, and began work in the diplomatic service of the Secretariat of State in 1969, serving at the nunciatures in Cameroon. He was transferred to the Apostolic Nunciature in Jerusalem on 19 July 1971, and subsequently to the Apostolic Nunciatures in Cuba in 1974, Algeria in 1978, Nicaragua in 1979, Belgium in 1981, and then India in May 1984 with the rank of counselor.
On 10 October 1985, Sambi was named the pro-nuncio to Burundi by Pope John Paul II, and was consecrated titular archbishop of Bellicastrum. In 1991 he was made the pro-nuncio to Indonesia, and in 1998 was named nuncio to Israel and Cyprus and apostolic delegate in Jerusalem and Palestine.Pope Benedict XVI named Archbishop Sambi as the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States on December 17, 2005. He was installed in early 2006.
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