Word: nuncios
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last week, 507 years after Cardinal Isidore went through the wall, the Vatican again had an accredited ambassador in Istanbul. It named as apostolic internuncio (equivalent to minister plenipotentiary, and one step below apostolic nuncio or full ambassador) Francesco Lardone, 73, longtime (1924-49) professor of canon law at Catholic University of America in Washington, who last served the Vatican as nuncio to Peru. Last fall the Vatican switched Italian-born Archbishop Lardone to Istanbul as apostolic delegate to Turkey's 200,000 Catholics, mostly Eastern Rite Christians in communion with Rome. Turkey in turn has sent its first...
...archdiocese of Manila (3,800,000 Catholics out of a total 4,000,000 population) since 1953, and his elevation is no surprise. Philippine disappointment at not getting a cardinal at the last consistory was in fact so strong that the Vatican was forced to change its papal nuncio. Archbishop Santos was responsible for the reconstruction of Manila Cathedral, which was almost totally destroyed...
...near Lille, studied at Rome's Gregorian University (where he won the gold medal traditionally presented by the Pope to the graduate with the best grades). Since 1943 tall, jolly Joseph Lefebvre has been Archbishop of Bourges, made a favorable impression on the Pope when John was papal nuncio to France...