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Dominique François Joseph Mamberti (born 7 March 1952) is the current Secretary for Relations with States in the Roman Curia.
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Education
Dominique Mamberti was born in Marrakesh, Morocco on 7 March 1952 and was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Ajaccio, France on 20 September 1981.[1] He has academic degrees in civil and canon law. He entered the Holy See's diplomatic service and worked in the apostolic nunciatures in Algeria, Chile and Lebanon, in the Holy See's office at United Nations headquarters in New York and in the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State (Holy See).[2]
Archbishop
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Dominique MambertiReference style The Most Reverend Spoken style Your Excellency Religious style Archbishop Posthumous style none On 18 May 2002, Pope John Paul II appointed him Titular Archbishop of Sagona and Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan and Apostolic Delegate to Somalia. He received episcopal ordination from Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano on 3 July 2002. On 19 February 2004, he was appointed also Apostolic Nuncio to Eritrea, and Somalia was removed from his remit.
Secretary for Relations with States
He was appointed Secretary for Relations with States by Pope Benedict XVI on 15 September 2006. This post is generally seen as the equivalent of Foreign Minister of the Holy See.
Catholic Church titles Preceded by
Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M.Apostolic Delegate to Somalia
18 May 2002 - 15 January 2004Succeeded by
Ramiro Moliner InglésPreceded by
Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M.Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan
18 May 2002 - 15 September 2006Succeeded by
Leo BoccardiPreceded by
Silvano Maria TomasiApostolic Nuncio to Eritrea
19 February 2004 - 15 September 2006Succeeded by
Leo BoccardiPreceded by
Giovanni LajoloSecretary for Relations with States of the Holy See
15 September 2006 - presentSucceeded by
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Categories:- 1952 births
- Living people
- French Roman Catholics
- Roman Catholic titular archbishops
- Secretaries for Relations with States of the Holy See
- 20th-century Roman Catholics
- 21st-century Roman Catholics
- Alumni of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
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