Giuseppe Lazzarotto

Giuseppe Lazzarotto ( born May 24, 1942 in CARPANE di San Nazario, Vicenza, Italy) is a Roman Catholic Archbishop and Vatican Diplomat.

Life

Giuseppe Lazzarotto received on 1 April 1967 the Bishop of Padua, Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon OFM Cap, the sacrament of Holy Orders and was incardinated in the clergy of the diocese of Padua. He studied at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome and a doctorate in canon law. In 1971 he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See and worked for the Apostolic Delegation in Jerusalem in the Nunciatures in Zambia, Belgium and Cuba, and from 1982 to 1984. In the Vatican Secretariat of State, he was responsible for relations with the governments.

On 23 July 1994, Pope John Paul II appointed Titular Archbishop of Numana and appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan and Iraq. He received his episcopal consecration on October 7 of the same year, Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano; Co-consecrators were the secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Archbishop Curia Miroslaw Marusyn, and the Bishop of Padua, Antonio Mattiazzo. On 11 November 2000, Giuseppe Lazzarotto Apostolic Nuncio in Ireland. Pope Benedict XVI. appointed him on 22 December 2007 Apostolic Nuncio in Australia.

On August 18, 2012 Giuseppe Lazzarotto was appointed apostolic nuncio to Israel and Cyprus and apostolic delegate in Jerusalem and Palestine; He is the successor of Antonio Franco. One of the main tasks for Lazzarotto, who resides as nuncio in Jaffa and as a delegate in Jerusalem, the negotiation of an agreement on tax and financial matters with the Government of Israel will be.

Giuseppe Lazzarotto is Grand Officer ( Commander with Star ) of the Order of the Holy grave in Jerusalem.

He speaks Italian and English, French and Spanish.