Luigi Bonazzi is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
11 Facts About Luigi Bonazzi
Luigi Bonazzi has been the apostolic nuncio to Albania since December 2020.
Luigi Bonazzi was the apostolic nuncio to Canada from December 2013 to December 2020.
Luigi Bonazzi was born on 19 June 1948 in Gazzaniga, Italy.
Luigi Bonazzi was ordained a priest on 30 June 1973.
Luigi Bonazzi holds a Doctorate in Educational Sciences from the Salesian Pontifical University, and a Licence in Theology and in Canon Law from the Lateran Pontifical University.
Luigi Bonazzi entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 25 March 1980.
Luigi Bonazzi served in the diplomatic missions of the Holy See in Cameroon, Trinidad and Tobago, Malta, Mozambique, Spain, the United States, and Italy.
Luigi Bonazzi was consecrated a bishop in Bergamo Cathedral on 26 August 1999 by Cardinal Angelo Sodano.
On 22 February 2019, a Canadian man, Christian Vachon, charged that Bonazzi's predecessor as nuncio, Luigi Ventura, had touched him improperly in July 2008 when he was 32.
Vachon said Luigi Bonazzi called him the day he registered his complaint to discuss it.