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Contact | Papal Nuncio in Ireland | Secretary | Biography of Archbishop Leanza
Contact details
The Apostolic Nunciature
183 Navan Road
Dublin 7
Tel: +353 (0)1 838 0577
Fax: +353(0)1 838 0276
Papal Nuncio
- His Excellency Most Reverend Dr Giuseppe Leanza, Titular Archbishop of Lilybaeum
Secretary, Deputy Head of Mission
- Reverend Juan Antonio Cruz Serrano
Biography of His Excellency Most Reverend Giuseppe Leanza
His Excellency Archbishop Leanza arrived in Ireland on Tuesday 22nd April 2008 and presented his Credential Letters to President Mary McAleese on Monday 28 April.
Born in Cesar (Messina), Italy, on 2 January 1943, he received his priestly ordination on 17 July 1966.
After being awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law, he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1972. Archbishop Leanza has served successively at the Pontifical Representations in Paraguay, Uganda, the United States of America, and in the Section for Relations with States at the Secretariat of State.
On 3 July 1990 he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti and Titular Archbishop of Lilybaeum. He was appointed Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Zambia and Malawi on 4 June 1991.
On 29 April 1999 he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio in Bosnia Herzegovina and subsequently Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia and the Republic of Macedonia on 15 May 2002.
Archbishop Leanza has served as Apostolic Nuncio in Bulgaria since 22 February 2003.
Besides his native language, the newly appointed Apostolic Nuncio speaks English, French, Serbo-Croat and Spanish.
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