Marco Ganci | |
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Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Council of Europe | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Appointed | 21 September 2019 |
Predecessor | Paolo Rudelli |
Orders | |
Ordination | 16 December 2000 by Antonio Cantisani |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Nationality | Italian |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Alma mater | Pontifical Lateran University |
Marco Ganci (born 16 May 1976) is an Italian clergyman and a diplomat of the Holy See.
Marco Ganci was born in Catanzaro, Italy, on 16 May 1976. In 1982 he joined the Apostolic Movement, [1] a lay organization founded in Catanzaro in 1979. [2] He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace on 16 December 2000. [3] His brother Andrea is also a priest. [4] He earned his licenciate in theology with a specialization in social morality at the Theological Institute of Calabria "S. Pius X ” in Catanzaro in November 2002. From Rome's Pontifical Lateran University he obtained his licentiate canon law in November 2004 and his doctorate in canon law in May 2006, [1] with a dissertation on "The Holy See and human rights conventions". [1] [5] He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 2006 and over the next 13 years fulfilled assignments in the offices representing the Holy See in Bolivia, Greece, at the European Union in Brussels, and Kenya. [6] Pope Benedict XVI named him a Chaplain of His Holiness (Monsignor) on 1 July 2011. [7]
On 21 September 2019, Pope Francis named him Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. [3] He attended his first meeting in that role on 13 November. [8] He is also ex officio a member of the governing board of the Council of Europe Development Bank, based in Paris. [9]
In January 2020 he led a three-day conference to mark the 50th anniversary of the Holy See's présence at the Council of Europe, organized by his predecessor Paolo Rudelli. [10] [11]
Marco Ganci | |
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Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Council of Europe | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Appointed | 21 September 2019 |
Predecessor | Paolo Rudelli |
Orders | |
Ordination | 16 December 2000 by Antonio Cantisani |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Nationality | Italian |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Alma mater | Pontifical Lateran University |
Marco Ganci (born 16 May 1976) is an Italian clergyman and a diplomat of the Holy See.
Marco Ganci was born in Catanzaro, Italy, on 16 May 1976. In 1982 he joined the Apostolic Movement, [1] a lay organization founded in Catanzaro in 1979. [2] He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace on 16 December 2000. [3] His brother Andrea is also a priest. [4] He earned his licenciate in theology with a specialization in social morality at the Theological Institute of Calabria "S. Pius X ” in Catanzaro in November 2002. From Rome's Pontifical Lateran University he obtained his licentiate canon law in November 2004 and his doctorate in canon law in May 2006, [1] with a dissertation on "The Holy See and human rights conventions". [1] [5] He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 2006 and over the next 13 years fulfilled assignments in the offices representing the Holy See in Bolivia, Greece, at the European Union in Brussels, and Kenya. [6] Pope Benedict XVI named him a Chaplain of His Holiness (Monsignor) on 1 July 2011. [7]
On 21 September 2019, Pope Francis named him Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. [3] He attended his first meeting in that role on 13 November. [8] He is also ex officio a member of the governing board of the Council of Europe Development Bank, based in Paris. [9]
In January 2020 he led a three-day conference to mark the 50th anniversary of the Holy See's présence at the Council of Europe, organized by his predecessor Paolo Rudelli. [10] [11]