11 Facts About Aldo Giordano

Aldo Giordano was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union in 2021.

Aldo Giordano was previously Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela from 2013 to 2021 and before that the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg from 2008 to 2013.

Aldo Giordano then served as secretary-general of the Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe, based in Switzerland, for thirteen years.

Aldo Giordano attended the last year of elementary school and middle and high school in the Seminary of Cuneo.

Aldo Giordano completed his studies in philosophy and theology and obtained a bachelor's degree in 1978.

Aldo Giordano was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Cuneo on 28 July 1979.

Aldo Giordano was awarded a licentiate in 1980 and a doctorate on the thought of Nietzsche in 1982.

From 1982 to 1996, Giordano served as professor of philosophy at the Inter-Diocesan School in Fossano.

Aldo Giordano worked as a curate in the parish of S Pius X in Cuneo and followed the diocesan pastoral areas of politics, economics, medicine and culture.

Aldo Giordano succeeded Pietro Parolin who left the nuncio's position to become Secretary of State.

Aldo Giordano died from complications of COVID-19 on 2 December 2021, after having spent weeks at a hospital in Louvain.