{"id":117617,"date":"2017-09-13T07:02:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T11:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=117617"},"modified":"2017-09-13T07:02:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T11:02:20","slug":"italian-priest-named-new-papal-nuncio-to-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/13\/italian-priest-named-new-papal-nuncio-to-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian priest named new Papal Nuncio to PH"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pope Francis appointed 59-year old Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia as Vatican Representative to the country. (Photo<\/a> by Martin Schulz\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — Another Italian prelate has been named as new Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines.<\/p>\n

Pope Francis appointed 59-year old Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia as Vatican Representative to the country.<\/p>\n

According to an article posted on the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) news website, the Vatican announced Caccia’s appointment Tuesday noon (6 p.m., Manila time), a day after the pontiff arrived back in Rome from a five-day apostolic visit to Colombia.<\/p>\n

The new Papal Nuncio to the Philippines was the nuncio to Lebanon for eight years.<\/p>\n

He succeeded to the post another Italian Archbishop, Giuseppe Pinto, who was transferred to Croatia in July this year.<\/p>\n

Caccia\u2019s new post in Manila will be his second assignment as papal ambassador.<\/p>\n

In September 2009, he was elevated to the rank of archbishop.<\/p>\n

Prior to his stint in Lebanon, the archbishop was the Assessor for General Affairs of the Vatican\u2019s Secretariat of State.<\/p>\n

A native of Milan, Caccia was born on February 24, 1958, and ordained as a priest on June 11, 1983.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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