Luciano Storero

Styles of
Luciano Storero
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleMonsignor

Luciano Storero (26 September 1926 – 1 October 2000) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.[1]

Biography

Luciano Storero was born in Pinasca, Italy, on 26 September 1926. He was ordained a priest on 29 June 1949.

To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1951.[2] He joined the diplomatic service in 1953[3] and his early assignments took him to Egypt, Japan, and Ireland.[4]

On 25 November 1969, Pope Paul VI appointed him Titular Archbishop of Tigimma[5] and Apostolic Delegate to Ceylon.[6] He received his episcopal consecration on 1 February 1970 from Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot.[7]

On 24 December 1970, Storero was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to the Dominican Republic.[8][a]

He was named Pro-Nuncio to Gabon and to Cameroon and Apostolic Delegate to Equatorial Guinea on 30 June 1973.[9]

He was appointed Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India on 14 July 1976.[10]

He was named Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela on 2 February 1981.[11]

Pope John Paul II appointed him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Greece on 28 June 1990.[12]

On 15 November 1995, he was appointed the tenth Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland.[13] After the Irish bishops devised a mandatory reporting policy in 1996 that bishops could adopt for use in their diocese, Storero warned them in 1997 that Vatican's Congregation for the Clergy opposed implementing a policy that included mandatory reporting to civil authorities.[14][15][b] In 1999, he was sued in civil court along with Brendan Comiskey, Bishop of Ferns, by a man who said he had been sexually abused by a priest and that the nunciature had taken no action when informed in the mid-1980s.[16]

After fighting cancer for years, Storero arranged to retire before turning 75. He was planning his return to his native village when he died in a Dublin hospital on 1 October 2000 while still in his post.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ The Nuncio to the Dominican Republic is also responsible for Puerto Rico.
  2. ^ Vatican norms for cases of clergy accused of sexual abuse were overhauled in 2001 and became the responsibility of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

References

  1. ^ "Bishops who are not Ordinaries: ST…". www.gcatholic.org. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  3. ^ McGarry, Patsy (16 September 2000). "Papal Nuncio confirms he will be retiring shortly". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b "The Papal Nuncio dies in hospital after illness". The Irish Times. 2 October 2000. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  5. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXII. 1970. p. 9. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  6. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXI. 1969. p. 756. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Archbishop Luciano Storero [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  8. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXIII. 1971. p. 93. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  9. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXV. 1973. p. 414. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  10. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXVIII. 1976. p. 539. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  11. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXIII. 1981. p. 215. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  12. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXII. 1990. p. 846. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  13. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXVII. 1995. p. 1167. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  14. ^ Goodstein, Laurie Rachel (18 January 2011). "Vatican Warned Bishops Not to Report Child Abuse". New York Times. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  15. ^ "Vatican Warned Irish Bishops Not To Report Abuse". NPR. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Papal Nuncio sued over abuse claim". The Irish Times. 7 December 1999. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India
1976–1981 		Succeeded by


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