Giambattista Diquattro

Giambattista Diquattro
Giambattista Diquattro
	Apostolic Nuncio to India
	Abp. Giambattista Diquattro presenting his credentials to the President of India
See	Titular Archbishop of Giru Mons
Orders
Ordination	24 August 1981; by Angelo Rizzo
Consecration	4 June 2005; by Angelo Sodano
Personal details
Born	March 18, 1954; Bologna, Italy
Previous post	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia; Apostolic Nuncio to Panama
Motto	Nomen meum tene
Coat of arms

Giambattista Diquattro is an Italian archbishop and Vatican diplomat. He has been Apostolic Nuncio to India and to Nepal since 2017. He was previously Nuncio to Bolivia.

Biography

Diquattro was born on 18 March 1954, in Bologna, the capital and the largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy and was ordained a priest for the diocese of Ragusa in 1981.[1] He received his master's degree in civil law from the University of Catania, his Doctorate in Canon Law (JCD) from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, and his master's degree in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.[2]

He joined the Diplomatic Service of the Holy See on 1 May 1985, and served in diplomatic missions in the pontifical representations to the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Chad, the United Nations in New York, and later in the Vatican Secretariat of State, and in the Apostolic Nunciature in Italy.

Pope John Paul II appointed him apostolic nuncio to Panama on 2 April 2005.[3]

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him apostolic nuncio to Bolivia on 21 November 2008.[4]

On 21 January 2017, Pope Francis named him Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal.[5]

References

http://mattersindia.com/2017/01/india-gets-new-vatican-ambassador/
http://ccbi.in/?p=2068
"Rinunce e Nomine, 02.04.2005" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 2 April 2005. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
"Rinunce e Nomine, 21.11.2008" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 21 November 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
"Other Pontifical Acts, 21.01.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. Retrieved 1 June 2019.

External links

Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro ^{[self-published]}

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Salvatore Pennacchio	Apostolic Nuncio to India 21 January 2017 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Luciano Suriani	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia 21 November 2008 – 21 January 2017	Succeeded by Angelo Accattino
Preceded by Giacomo Guido Ottonello	Apostolic Nuncio to Panama 2 April 2005 – 21 November 2008	Succeeded by Andrés Carrascosa Coso

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[1] ttp://mattersindia.com/2017/01/india-gets-new-vatican-ambassador/

[2] ttp://ccbi.in/?p=2068

[3] "Rinunce e Nomine, 02.04.2005" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 2 April 2005. Retrieved 1 June 2019.

[4] "Rinunce e Nomine, 21.11.2008" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 21 November 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2019.

[5] "Other Pontifical Acts, 21.01.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. Retrieved 1 June 2019.