Antonio Maria Veglio Italian Curial Cardinal, Vatican diplomat and dignitary Date of Birth: 03.02.1938 Country: Italy

Content:

1. Early Life and Education
2. - He was ordained a priest on March 18, 1962, in Pesaro, Italy.
3. Diplomatic Career
4. - From 1997 to 1999, he served as Nuncio to Lebanon and Kuwait.
5. Advocacy and Views

Early Life and Education

- Antonio Maria Vegliò was born on February 3, 1938, in Gravina in Puglia, Italy.

- He was ordained a priest on March 18, 1962, in Pesaro, Italy.

- Vegliò studied Canon Law and entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1968.

Diplomatic Career

- Vegliò served in diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom, Peru, the Philippines, and Senegal.

- On October 6, 1985, he was ordained Titular Archbishop of Equilium and appointed Pro-Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

- In 1989, he was appointed Pro-Nuncio to Senegal, Mali, Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau, and in 1994 he was elevated to the rank of Nuncio.

- From 1997 to 1999, he served as Nuncio to Lebanon and Kuwait.

Positions within the Vatican

- In 2001, Archbishop Vegliò was appointed Secretary of the Congregation for Eastern Churches.

- In 2009, he became President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People.

- On February 18, 2012, Vegliò was created Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio by Pope Benedict XVI.

Advocacy and Views

- Vegliò expressed regret over the deaths of Eritrean migrants in the Mediterranean Sea and criticized the Italian government's immigration policies.

- He also condemned the Swiss referendum banning the construction of new minarets, calling it a blow to religious freedom and integration.

Religious figure

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