Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi Apostolic Nuncio to Canada
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday appointed Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi as
Apostolic Nuncio to Canada.
Monsignor Bonazzi is the Titular Archbishop of
Atella in Southern Italy, and previously served as Apostolic Nuncio in Lithuania,
Estonia and Latvia.
Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi was born in Gandino on June 19,
1948 . He was ordained to the priesthood in 1973, and has a degree in Sacred Theology,
in Psychology and in Science of Education. In 1977 he began his studies at the Pontifical
Ecclesiastical Academy where he was trained as a diplomat of the Holy See .
On
19 June 1999, Monsignor Bigozzi was appointed Titular Archbishop of Atella and Apostolic
Nuncio to Haiti. In March 2004 he was chosen as the new Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba.