Rino Passigato
| Styles of Rino Passigato | |
|---|---|
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | none |
Rino Passigato (born 29 March 1944, in Bovolone) is an Italian Roman Catholic clergyman, who is the current Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal.
Biography
Passigato was ordained a Priest on the 29 Jun 1968 in Verona, Italy. In 1991 he was appointed to be the Titular Archbishop of Nova Caesaris and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Burundi. By 1996 he was Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia and in 1999 he had moved on to Peru. On 8 November 2008 he took up his current post in Portugal that had been vacated by Archbishop Alfio Rapisarda, who had retired.[1] He also served in the Apostolic Nunciature in Canberra (Australia)in the late 1970s and also in the United Kingdom under Apostolic Nuncio Barbaroto.
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| Diplomatic posts | ||
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| Preceded by Pietro Sambi |
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Burundi 16 December 1991-18 March 1996 |
Succeeded by Emil Paul Tscherrig |
| Preceded by Fortunato Baldelli |
Apostolic Nuncio to Peru 17 July 1999-8 November 2008 |
Succeeded by Bruno Musarò |
| Preceded by Alfio Rapisarda |
Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal 8 November 2008-incumbent |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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