Luciano Suriani
| Luciano Suriani | |
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| Delegate for the Papal Representations | |
| See | Amiternum |
| Appointed | 24 September 2009 |
| Term ended | 7 December 2015 |
| Predecessor | Jan Pawłowski |
| Other posts | Titular Archbishop of Amiternum |
| Orders | |
| Ordination |
5 August 1981 by Vincenzo Fagiolo |
| Consecration |
26 April 2008 by Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 January 1957 Atessa, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Styles of Luciano Suriani | |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
| Posthumous style | n/a |
Luciano Suriani (born 11 January 1957) is a Catholic archbishop and Delegate for the Pontifical Representations. He had previously served as Nuncio to Bolivia.
Suriani was born in 1957 in Atessa, Chieti. He was ordained a priest on 5 August 1981. He was incarditated in the diocese of Chieti-Vasto. He earned a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.
He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 June 1990, and worked in the papal diplomatic missions to Ivory Coast, Switzerland, the Section for Relations with States at the Secretariat of State, and the Nunciature to Italy, by which time he held the rank of counselor.
Apart from Italian, he knows Spanish, French and English.
He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia on 22 February 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI. On 26 April 2008 he was ordained a bishop by Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone SDB, with principal co-consecrators Jean-Louis Cardinal Tauran and Archbishop Bruno Forte.
He resigned from the position as Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia after nine months due to reasons of health related to the capital La Paz's altitude, at 3,640 metres above sea level. Potentially fatal health problems, such as high altitude pulmonary edema and cerebral edema, have been known to occur at levels above 2,200 metres.[1]
On 24 September 2009 Archbishop Suriani was appointed as Delegate to the Pontifical Representations by Pope Benedict at the Secretariat of State[2] He is thus responsible for assignments to Vatican embassies around the world.
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| Preceded by Ivo Scapolo |
Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia 22 February 2008–21 November 2008 |
Succeeded by Giambattista Diquattro |
| Preceded by Carlo Maria Viganò |
Delegate to the Pontifical Representations 24 September 2009–7 December 2015 |
Succeeded by Jan Pawłowski |