1. Giuseppe Lazzarotto was born in Carpane, Vicenza, Italy, on 24 May 1942.
13 Facts About Giuseppe Lazzarotto
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Giuseppe Lazzarotto studied for the priesthood and was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Padua on 1 April 1967.
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Giuseppe Lazzarotto completed the program of study at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1967 and earned a doctorate in canon law.
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Giuseppe Lazzarotto entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1971.
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Giuseppe Lazzarotto was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and to Iraq on 23 July 1994 and appointed Titular Archbishop of Numana.
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Giuseppe Lazzarotto was consecrated bishop on 7 October 1994 by Cardinal Angelo Sodano assisted by Archbishop Miroslav Stefan Marusyn and Bishop Antonio Mattiazzo.
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Giuseppe Lazzarotto was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland on 11 November 2000.
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Giuseppe Lazzarotto presented his credentials to President Mary McAleese on 18 January 2001.
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In 2007 a questionnaire about prospective candidates for bishop that Giuseppe Lazzarotto had sent to priests in the Down and Connor Diocese became public.
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The Murphy Report into child abuse in the Dublin archdiocese, released in November 2009, criticized Giuseppe Lazzarotto for failing to respond to a request for documents.
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Giuseppe Lazzarotto's refusal was part of an ongoing dispute between the Irish investigators and the Holy See.
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Giuseppe Lazzarotto retired from the diplomatic service in August 2017.
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Giuseppe Lazzarotto resigned that position for health reasons in 2019.