Archbishop Diego Causero †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Gradum

Motto: Virtus Christi Amor

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Jan 1940		Born
7 Apr 1963	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Udine, Italy
15 Dec 1992	52.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Meta
15 Dec 1992	52.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Chad
1993	52.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic
6 Jan 1993	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Meta
1 Feb 1993	53.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of
1995	54.9	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of
1999	58.9	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic
31 Mar 1999	59.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Syria
24 Feb 2001	61.1	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Gradum
10 Jan 2004	63.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic
28 May 2011	71.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
28 May 2011	71.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein
5 Sep 2015	75.6	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
5 Sep 2015	75.6	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein
14 Nov 2025	85.8	Died	Apostolic Nuncio

MicroData Summary
Diego Causero
Archbishop Diego Causero
(born 13 Jan 1940, died 14 Nov 2025)
Apostolic Nuncio

Event Place
Birth Place Moimacco
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Udine, Archdiocese of Udine, Italy

a priest for 62.6 years
a bishop for 32.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Giuseppe Zaffonato †
Archbishop of Udine
Principal Consecrator:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re
Titular Archbishop of Forum Novum
Archbishop Justin Francis Rigali
Titular Archbishop of Volsinium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Valerio Lazzeri (2013)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Claude Makaya Loembe (1995)
Bishop Guerrino Perin, M.C.C.I. (1995)
Archbishop Paulin Pomodimo (1995)
Bishop Jean-Claude Rembanga (1995)
Bishop Jan Baxant (2008)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Moimacco
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Udine, Archdiocese of Udine, Italy

External Link(s):

VIAF: 85076452
WikiData: Q1220403

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 28 May 2011
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132, Number 11,937
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133
r: Bollettino, 5 Sep 2015
d: CB, 14 Nov 2025

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