Luigi Dossena
Luigi Dossena (28 May 1925 – 9 September 2007) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
Biography[edit]
Luigi Dossena was born in Campagnola Cremasca, Italy, on 28 May 1925. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Crema on 25 March 1951.
To prepare for a diplomatic career, he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1953.[1] His early assignments in the diplomatic service include a stint in the Dominican Republic.[2]
On 27 February 1973, Pope Paul VI appointed him a titular archbishop and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea.[3] He received his episcopal consecration on 25 March 1973 from Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot.
On 24 October 1978, Pope John Paul II named him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cape Verde, Niger, Senegal, and Upper Volta and also Apostolic Delegate to Mali, Guinea-Bissau, and Mauritania.[4] His responsibilities changed as the Vatican reorganized its diplomatic presence in Africa. The posts of Pro-Nuncio to Upper Volta[5] and to Niger[6] were assigned to Justo Mullor García on 2 May and 25 August 1979. And Dossena's title in Mali was raised to Apostolic Pro-Nuncio on 3 June 1980.[7]
On 30 December 1985, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Peru by Pope John Paul.[8] Though viewed as more moderate than his predecessor Mario Tagliaferri, his took similar positions with respect to his role as nuncio and the Church's role in civic life.[9] Some in the Church hierarchy in Peru complained he had excessive influence over episcopal appointments.[10] He urged the Peruvian bishops to publicly support Mario Vargas Llosa in the 1990 presidential election.[11]
On 2 March 1994, he was named Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia.[12]
His service as nuncio ended when he was replaced in Slovakia by Henryk Józef Nowacki on 8 February 2001.[13]
He died on 9 September 2007.
References[edit]
- ^ "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ Clark, James Alan (1967). The Church and the Crisis in the Dominican Republic. Newman Press. p. 1.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXV. 1973. pp. 158, 174. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXX. 1978. p. 1000. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXI. 1979. p. 1056. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXI. 1979. pp. 1057, 1495. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXII. 1980. p. 769. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXVIII. 1986. p. 131.
- ^ "Juan Pablo II en Perú: entre Sendero Luminoso y la teología de la liberación" (in Spanish). Vida Nueva Digital. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "Noticias Aliadas". Latinamerica Press. 20. Lima, Peru: 98. 1988.
- ^ Fleet, Brian; Smith, Brian H. (2015). The Catholic Church and Democracy in Chile and Peru. University of Notre Dame Press. ISBN 9780268079833, ch. 7, n71.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXVI. 1994. p. 382.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.02.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 February 2001. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
External links[edit]
- 1925 births
- 2007 deaths
- Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy alumni
- Apostolic Nuncios to South Korea
- Apostolic Nuncios to Cape Verde
- Apostolic Nuncios to Niger
- Apostolic Nuncios to Senegal
- Apostolic Nuncios to Burkina Faso
- Apostolic Nuncios to Mali
- Apostolic Nuncios to Guinea-Bissau
- Apostolic Nuncios to Mauritania
- Apostolic Nuncios to Peru
- Apostolic Nuncios to Slovakia
- Clergy from the Province of Cremona