Luigi Ventura

Luigi Ventura ( born December 9, 1944 in Borgosatollo, Brescia Province, Italy) is a Roman Catholic Archbishop and Vatican Diplomat.

Life

Luigi Ventura received on 14 June 1969 the Bishop of Brescia, Luigi Morstabilini, the sacrament of Holy Orders and was incardinated in the clergy of the diocese of Brescia.

On March 25, 1995, Pope John Paul II appointed Titular Archbishop of Equilium and appointed him as Apostolic Nuncio in Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Niger. He received his episcopal consecration on April 29th of the same year, Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano; Were co-consecrators official forecasting in the Vatican Secretariat of State, Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re Curia, and the Bishop of Brescia, Bruno Foresti. On March 25, 1999, Luigi Ventura Apostolic Nuncio in Chile. John Paul II appointed him on 22 June 2001 Apostolic Nuncio to Canada. September 22, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him. Apostolic Nuncio to France.