Gabriele Giordano Caccia
Styles of Gabriele Caccia | |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Archbishop |
Gabriele Giordano Caccia S.T.D., J.C.L. (born 24 February 1958) is an Italian Catholic prelate, who since 2009 has served as Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon.[1] Prior to this appointment, he was the Assessor for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State.
Biography
Archbishop Caccia was born in Milan but lived for many years in Cavaria con Premezzo. He was ordained a priest on 11 June 1983 by Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini and served in St. Giovanni Bosco parish in Milan until 1986. Then he was sent to the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome, where he obtained a Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) and a Licentiate of Canon Law (J.C.L.) from the Pontifical Gregorian University. Upon graduation in 1991 he joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See and was appointed an attaché in the Apostolic Nunciature in Tanzania.[2]
On 11 June 1993 he returned to Rome to work in the General Affairs Section of the Vatican Secretariat of State. On 17 December 2002 he was appointed Assessor for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State where he worked under Archbishop Leonardo Sandri and, after 2007, Archbishop Fernando Filoni.
On 16 July 2009 Benedict XVI appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon and Titular Archbishop of Sepino.[3] He was consecrated by the Pope on 12 September 2009, with Cardinals Tarcisio Bertone and William Levada as co-consecrators.[4]
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Episcopal lineage | |
Consecrated by: | Pope Benedict XVI |
Catholic Church titles | ||
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Preceded by Pedro López Quintana |
Assessor for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State 17 December 2002 – 16 July 2009 |
Succeeded by Peter Bryan Wells |
Diplomatic posts | ||
Preceded by Luigi Gatti |
Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon 16 July 2009 – present |
Incumbent |