Aldo Giordano
Aldo Giordano (born 20 August 1954) was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela on 26 October 2013.[1] He had previously served as Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
Giordano was born in Cuneo. He attended the last year of elementary school and middle and high school in the Seminary of Cuneo (1965-1973). He completed his studies in philosophy and theology and obtained a BA in 1978. He received ordaination on 28 July 1979 for the diocese of Cuneo.[2]
From 1978 to 1982 he studied philosophy in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He was awarded a licence (LPh) in 1980 and a PhD on the thought of Nietzsche in 1982. During this time he was vice pastor of the parish of SS. Sacramento sulla Prenestina.
From 1982 to 1996 he served as professor of philosophy at the Inter-Diocesan School inFossano (Cuneo). At the diocesan level taught the history of philosophy in the seminary high school, he has taught courses on ethics in the school of theology for lay people, he worked as a curate in the parish of S. Pius X in Cuneo and followed the diocesan pastoral areas of politics, economics, medicine and culture.
On 15 May 1995 he was elected secretary-general Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe and was transferred to St. Gallen. He served in this role for 13 years. In 2002 he was appointed Chaplain of His Holiness and in 2006, Prelate of His Holiness.[2]
On 7 July 2008 he was appointed Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. In September 2013 he published "In September 2013 he published the book: Another Europe is possible, Ideal Christians and prospects for the Old Continent".
He knows French, English, German, and Spanish. On 26 October 2013 he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela and Titular Archbishop of the Diocese of Tamada,[2] and was ordained a bishop on 14 December by Secretary of State Pietro Parolin.
Giordano is one of a small number of diplomats to represent the Holy See who have not been formally trained by the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Vito Rallo |
Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Council of Europe 7 July 2008 – 26 October 2013 |
Succeeded by Paolo Rudelli |
| Preceded by Pietro Parolin |
Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela 26 October 2013 – present |
Incumbent |
References
- ↑ "Aldo Giordano". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
- 1 2 3 Holy See Press Office (26 October 2013). "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
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- "Aldo Giordano". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 8, 2013.