Rino Passigato

Rino Passigato ( born March 29, 1944 in Bovolone, Verona Province, Italy) is a Roman Catholic Archbishop and Vatican Diplomat.

Life

Rino Passigato received on 29 June 1968, the sacrament of Holy Orders and was incardinated in the clergy of the diocese of Verona.

On 16 December 1991 by Pope John Paul II appointed Titular Archbishop of Nova Caesaris and appointed him as Apostolic Nuncio in Burundi. He received his episcopal consecration on 6 January 1992 John Paul II; Were co-consecrators official forecasting in the Vatican Secretariat of State, Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re Curia, and the secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Archbishop Josip Uhač Curia. On March 18, 1996, Rino Passigato Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia. John Paul II appointed him on 17 July 1999 to the Apostolic Nuncio in Peru. November 8, 2008 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him. Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal.