Archbishop Leo Boccardi

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Bitettum

Motto: Domus Nostra In Itinere

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Apr 1953		Born
24 Jun 1979	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Larino, Italy
17 Mar 2001	47.9	Appointed	Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Vienna
16 Jan 2007	53.7	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Bitettum
16 Jan 2007	53.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan
30 Jan 2007	53.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Eritrea
18 Mar 2007	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Bitettum
11 Jul 2013	60.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Iran
11 Mar 2021	67.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Japan
1 Sep 2023	70.3	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to Japan

MicroData Summary
Leo Boccardi
Archbishop Leo Boccardi
(born 15 Apr 1953)
Apostolic Nuncio

Event Place
Birth Place San Martino in Pensilis
Ordained Bishop San Pio da Pietrelcina, Church, San Giovanni Rotondo

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Consecrator:
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B.
Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Dominique François Joseph Mamberti
Titular Archbishop of Sagone
Bishop Gianfranco De Luca
Bishop of Termoli-Larino

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	San Martino in Pensilis
Ordained Bishop	San Pio da Pietrelcina, Church, San Giovanni Rotondo

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1432512

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 16 Jan 2007
ab: Bollettino, 30 Jan 2007
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 188, Number 15,351
ab: Bollettino, 11 Jul 2013
ab: Bollettino, 11 Mar 2021
r: Bollettino, 1 Sep 2023

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