Alfio Rapisarda


Alfio Rapisarda
Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Portugal
Titular Archbishop of Cannae
Appointed12 October 2002
Retired8 November 2008
PredecessorEdoardo Rovida
SuccessorRino Passigato
Other post(s)Titular Archbishop of Cannae
Orders
Ordination14 July 1957
by Guido Luigi Bentivoglio
Consecration27 May 1979
by Pope John Paul II, Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, and Eduardo Martínez Somalo
Personal details
Born (1933-09-03) September 3, 1933 (age 89)
NationalityItalian
Previous post(s)
MottoSuper Omnia Charitas
Styles of
Alfio Rapisarda
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleArchbishop

Alfio Rapisarda (born 3 September 1933) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1962 to 2008, with the title of apostolic nuncio from 1979.

Biography

Alfio Rapisarda was born on 3 September 1933 in Zafferana Etnea, Province of Catania, Italy. He was ordained a priest on 14 July 1957. He earned a doctorate in canon law and entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1962. He completed the course of studies at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1960. His early assignments included stints in Honduras, Brazil, France, Yugoslavia, and Lebanon.

On 22 April 1979, Pope John Paul II appointed him Titular Archbishop of Cannae and Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia and consecrated him a bishop on 27 May.

On 29 January 1985, John Paul named him Apostolic Nuncio to Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil on 2 June 1992, and Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal on 12 October 2002. In 2004 Portugal and the Holy See signed a new concordat, replacing an outdated one from 1940.

Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation on 8 November 2008.

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