Archbishop Paolo Rudelli

Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia

Titular Archbishop of Mesembria

Motto: Adveniat Regnum Tuum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Jul 1970		Born
10 Jun 1995	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bergamo, Italy
20 Sep 2014	44.1	Appointed	Permanent Observer to Council of Europe
3 Sep 2019	49.1	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Mesembria
3 Sep 2019	49.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Other
4 Oct 2019	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Mesembria
25 Jan 2020	49.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe
19 Jul 2023	53.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia

MicroData Summary
Paolo Rudelli
Archbishop Paolo Rudelli
(born 16 Jul 1970)
Apostolic Nuncio of Colombia

Event Place
Birth Place Gazzaniga, Diocese of Bergamo, Italy
Ordained Priest Bergamo, Diocese of Bergamo, Italy
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Archbishop through the Nunciature to Colombia.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Roberto Amadei †
Bishop of Bergamo
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Francis
(Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Pietro Cardinal Parolin
Cardinal-Bishop of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela
Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson
Cardinal-Priest of San Liborio

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Francis (1992)
(Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. †)
Antonio Cardinal Quarracino † (1962)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Bishop Anunciado Serafini † (1935)
Bishop of Mercedes
Archbishop Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland † (1935)
Archbishop of Paraná
Archbishop Filippo Cortesi † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Siraces
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 William Prieto Daza (2024)
Bishop Jaime Alberto Cabrera Arcos (2025)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Raphael Macebo Mabuza Ncube (2021)
Bishop Alejandro Díaz García (2024)
Bishop Dimas Antonio Acuña Jiménez (2024)
Bishop Edgar Jesús Mejía Orozco (2024)
Bishop Alexander Matiz Atencio (2025)
Bishop Alfonso García López (2025)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 51872818
WikiData: Q18168784

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 20 Sep 2014
ab: Bollettino, 3 Sep 2019
ob/c2: CB, 3 Sep 2019
c34: CB, 4 Oct 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 241, Number 20,252
ab: Bollettino, 25 Jan 2020
ab: Bollettino, 19 Jul 2023

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