Pietro Sambi

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Pietro Sambi was born in Sogliano al Rubicone (FC) Italy, on June 27, 1938, Titular Archbishop of Belcastro, is the current Apostolic Nuncio (Papal ambassador) to the United States.

Styles of
Pietro Sambi
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style His Excellency
Religious style Monsignor
Posthumous style not applicable


President George W. Bush and Laura Bush welcome outgoing Archbishop of Washington Theodore McCarrick, left, the incoming Archbishop of Washington Donald Wuerl, right, and Papal Nuncio Pietro Sambi, 2nd from right, to the White House.
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush welcome outgoing Archbishop of Washington Theodore McCarrick, left, the incoming Archbishop of Washington Donald Wuerl, right, and Papal Nuncio Pietro Sambi, 2nd from right, to the White House.

He was ordained to the priesthood on March 14, 1964, and began work in the diplomatic service of the Secretariat of State in 1969, serving at the nunciatures in Cameroon, Jerusalem, Cuba, Algeria, Nicaragua, Belgium, and India.

On October 10, 1985, Sambi was named the pro-nuncio to Burundi by Pope John Paul II, and was ordained as a bishop as the titular archbishop of Belcastro. In 1991 he was made the pro-nuncio to Indonesia, and in 1998 was named nuncio to Israel and Cyprus and apostolic delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine. Pope Benedict XVI named Sambi the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States on December 17, 2005.

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