Luigi Pezzuto

Luigi Pezzuto ( born April 30, 1946 in Squinzano, Lecce, Italy) is a Roman Catholic Archbishop and Vatican Diplomat.

Life

Luigi Pezzuto received on 25 September 1971, the sacrament of Holy Orders and was incardinated in the Archdiocese of Lecce. He received his doctorate in Catholic theology.

On April 1, 1978 Luigi Pezzuto entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He served in the Apostolic Nunciature in Ghana, Paraguay, Papua New Guinea, Brazil, Senegal, Rwanda and Portugal. Luigi Pezzuto was October 18, 1995 Chargé d'affaires at the Apostolic Nunciature in the Republic of Congo and Gabon.

On December 7, 1996, Pope John Paul II appointed Titular Archbishop of Turris in Proconsulari and appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to the Republic of Congo and Gabon. He received his episcopal consecration, Pope John Paul II on 6 January 1997; Were co-consecrators official forecasting in the Vatican Secretariat of State, Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re Curia, and the secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Archbishop Curia Miroslaw Marusyn. On May 22, 1999, Pope John Paul II appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania. Luigi Pezzuto was appointed on 2 April 2005 Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador. On May 7, 2005 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him. In addition to the Apostolic Nuncio in Belize. On 17 November 2012, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia - Herzegovina and Montenegro.