15 Facts About Lorenzo Antonetti

Lorenzo Antonetti was a Cardinal in the Catholic Church, who held several positions in the Vatican diplomatic service.

On 26 May 1945, at the age of 22, Lorenzo Antonetti was ordained priest in Novara, Italy.

Lorenzo Antonetti did pastoral ministry in diocese of Novara in 1946.

Lorenzo Antonetti was sent to Rome for further studies from 1947 to 1951 at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum, where he obtained a doctorate in theology and later at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome where he was awarded a doctorate in canon law.

Lorenzo Antonetti was admitted to the elite Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy to study diplomacy.

Lorenzo Antonetti joined the Vatican Secretariat of State in 1951 and served as an attache and later secretary in nunciature in Lebanon from 1952 to 1955.

Lorenzo Antonetti was the secretary in nunciature in Venezuela from 1956 to 1959.

Lorenzo Antonetti worked in the section of Extraordinary Affairs, Secretariat of State, from 1959 to 1963.

Lorenzo Antonetti was appointed counselor in nunciature in France where he served from 1963 to 1967.

Lorenzo Antonetti was appointed Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on 18 August 1964.

Lorenzo Antonetti was counselor in apostolic delegation in the United States in 1968.

Lorenzo Antonetti was appointed Titular Archbishop of Rusellae on 23 February 1968, aged 45.

Lorenzo Antonetti was named Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras and Nicaragua on 23 February 1968.

Lorenzo Antonetti was then appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to the Democratic Republic of Congo on 29 June 1973 where he remained until he became the Official of State, Roman Curia.

Lorenzo Antonetti retired as president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See in November 1998 becoming President Emeritus of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See.