Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli

Apostolic Nuncio to India

Titular Archbishop of Capreae

Apostolic Nuncio to Nepal

Note(s): (Non-residential pontifical representative for Vietnam)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Mar 1953		Born
17 Jun 1978	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bergamo, Italy
13 Apr 2006	53.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Capreae
13 Apr 2006	53.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia
17 Jun 2006	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Capreae
10 Oct 2006	53.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste
13 Jan 2011	57.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore
13 Jan 2011	57.8	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia
13 Jan 2011	57.8	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Brunei Darussalam
13 Jan 2011	57.8	Appointed	Official to Viêt Nam
16 Jan 2013	59.8	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste
16 Jan 2013	59.8	Resigned	Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia
16 Jan 2013	59.8	Resigned	Apostolic Delegate to Brunei Darussalam
13 Sep 2017	64.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Israel
13 Sep 2017	64.5	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine
15 Sep 2017	64.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus
13 Mar 2021	68.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to India
13 Sep 2021	68.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Nepal

MicroData Summary
Leopoldo Girelli
Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli
(born 13 Mar 1953)
Apostolic Nuncio of India

Event Place
Birth Place Predore
Ordained Bishop Seminary, Bergamo, Diocese of Bergamo, Italy

Please contact the Archbishop through the Nunciature to India.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Giulio Oggioni †
Bishop of Bergamo
Principal Consecrator:
Angelo Cardinal Sodano †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Robert Sarah
Archbishop Emeritus of Conakry {Konakry}
Bishop Roberto Amadei †
Bishop of Bergamo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Ludovikus Simanullang, O.F.M. Cap. † (2007)
Bishop Norberto do Amaral (2010)
William Cardinal Goh Seng Chye (2013)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Johannes Maria Trilaksyanta Pujasumarta † (2008)
Bishop Visuvasam Selvaraj (2021)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Predore
Ordained Bishop	Seminary, Bergamo, Diocese of Bergamo, Italy

External Link(s):

VIAF: 307376721
WikiData: Q1354880

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 13 Apr 2006
ob/c2: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 185, Number 15,167
ab: Bollettino, 10 Oct 2006
ab: Bollettino, 13 Jan 2011
ab: Bollettino, 13 Sep 2017
ab: Bollettino, 13 Mar 2021
ab: Bollettino, 13 Sep 2021
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 252, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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