| Styles of Antonio Veglio |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | none |
Antonio Maria Vegliò (born 3 February 1938) is an Italian Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, who has served as Vatican diplomat and in the Roman Curia. He is currently President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants.
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Born in Macerata Feltria, Italy, he was ordained a priest for the diocese of Pesaro in 1962.
He was appointed Titular Archbishop of Eclano in 1985 on was appointed Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. In 1989, Vegliò was appointed Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, and Mali and promoted to full Apostolic Nuncio in 1994. He served as Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon and Kuwait from 1997 to 1999.
In 2001, Archbishop Vegliò became Secretary of the Vatican Congregation for the Oriental Churches and, in 2009, the President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants. [1]
In August 2009, he lamented the deaths of more than 70 Eritreans trying to reach Italy in a boat and implicitly criticized the Berlusconi government’s tough new policies on immigration.[2]
Vegliò declared that the popular vote held in Switzerland against the construction of additional minarets was a heavy blow for religious freedom and integration in that country.[3] His colleague Agostino Marchetto expressed a somewhat different view, arguing that the Swiss vote did not compromise religious freedom.[4]
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| Preceded by Pablo Puente Buces |
Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon 2 October 1997-11 April 2001 |
Succeeded by Luigi Gatti |
| Preceded by Miroslav Stefan Marusyn |
Secretary of Congregation for the Oriental Churches 11 April 2001-28 February 2009 |
Succeeded by Cyril Vasil |
| Preceded by Renato Martino |
President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants 28 February 2009-incumbent |
Succeeded by incumbent |