Archbishop Mitja Leskovar

Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of

Titular Archbishop of Beneventum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Jan 1970		Born
29 Jun 1995	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ljubljana, Slovenia
1 May 2020	50.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq
1 May 2020	50.3	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Beneventum
8 Aug 2020	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Beneventum
16 Apr 2024	54.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of

MicroData Summary
Mitja Leskovar
Archbishop Mitja Leskovar
(born 3 Jan 1970)
Apostolic Nuncio of Congo, Democratic Republic of

Event Place
Birth Place Kranj
Ordained Priest sv. Nikolaja, Cathedral, Ljubljana, Archdiocese of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ordained Bishop sv. Nikolaja, Cathedral, Ljubljana, Archdiocese of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Please contact the Archbishop through the Nunciature to Congo, Democratic Republic of.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Alojzij Šuštar †
Archbishop of Ljubljana
Principal Consecrator:
Franc Cardinal Rodé, C.M.
Cardinal-Priest of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich
Titular Archbishop of Sulci
Archbishop Stanislav (Stane) Zore, O.F.M.
Archbishop of Ljubljana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Franc Cardinal Rodé, C.M. (1997)
Cardinal-Priest of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella
Archbishop Alojzij Šuštar † (1980)
Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana
Archbishop Michele Cecchini † (1969)
Titular Archbishop of Aquileia
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Martin Banga Ayanyaki, O.S.A. (2024)
Bishop Emmanuel Ngona Ngotsi, M. Afr. (2024)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 89667583
WikiData: Q92751335

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 1 May 2020
ob: CB, 20 Jun 2020
ob/c2: CB, 31 Jul 2020
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 245, Number 20,458
ab: Bollettino, 16 Apr 2024

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