Archbishop Giorgio Lingua

Apostolic Nuncio to Israel

Titular Archbishop of Tuscania

Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Mar 1960		Born
10 Nov 1984	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Fossano, Italy
4 Sep 2010	50.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Tuscania
4 Sep 2010	50.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan
4 Sep 2010	50.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq
9 Oct 2010	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Tuscania
17 Mar 2015	54.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba
22 Jul 2019	59.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia
22 Jan 2026	65.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Israel
22 Jan 2026	65.8	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine

MicroData Summary
Giorgio Lingua
Archbishop Giorgio Lingua
(born 23 Mar 1960)
Apostolic Nuncio of Israel

Event Place
Birth Place Fossano, Diocese of Fossano, Italy
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Archbishop through the Nunciature to Israel.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B.
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Franc Cardinal Rodé, C.M.
Cardinal-Deacon of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella
Agostino Cardinal Vallini
Cardinal-Priest of San Pier Damiani ai Monti di San Paolo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Milan Stipić (2020)
Bishop Marko Kovač (2026)
Bishop Vlado Razum (2026)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Fossano, Diocese of Fossano, Italy
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q966014

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 4 Sep 2010
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 204, Number 16,855
ab: Bollettino, 17 Mar 2015
ab: Bollettino, 22 Jul 2019
ab: Bollettino, 22 Jan 2026

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