Silvano Maria Tomasi
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Archbishop Tomasi at WIPO Diplomatic Conference on the Treaty for the Blind in Marrakech
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| Appointed | 10 June 2003 |
| Term ended | 13 February 2016 |
| Predecessor | Diarmuid Martin |
| Successor | Ivan Jurkovič |
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| Ordination | 31 May 1965 |
| Consecration | 17 August 1996 by Angelo Sodano |
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| Birth name | Silvano Maria Tomasi |
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12 October 1940 Casoni di Mussolente, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Alma mater | Fordham University |
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Styles of Silvano Tomasi |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
Silvano Maria Tomasi C.S. (born 12 October 1940) is a Catholic Archbishop. He was the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva until 13 February 2016.
He was born in Casoni di Mussolente, Italy. On 31 May 1965 he was ordained as priest of the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles. He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Fordham University. He co-founded the Center for Migration Studies, a think tank based in New York, and wrote a book on the historic legacy of New York's Italian parishes.
On 27 June 1989 Pope John Paul II appointed him Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples. He was named titular Archbishop of Cercina and Apostolic Nuncio to Eritrea and Ethiopia on 27 June 1996, consecrated on 17 August 1996, and transferred to the titular see of Acelum. He served in Eritrea and Ethiopia until he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Djibouti on 23 December 2000, where he remained until 10 June 2003.
On 10 June 2003, Tomasi was appointed Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva. He is one of the very few nuncios appointed from outside the ranks of the Holy See's diplomatic service and one of the few who did not attend the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, which trains the Holy See's diplomats.
He was widely criticised in September 2009 following a speech in which he praised the Church's record on child sex abuse in comparison with that of other organisations by arguing that "Of all priests involved in the abuses, 80 to 90 percent belong to this sexual orientation minority which is sexually engaged with adolescent boys between the ages of 11 and 17" and "As the Catholic church has been busy cleaning its own house, it would be good if other institutions and authorities, where the major part of abuses are reported, could do the same and inform the media about it."
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