Donato Squicciarini

Donato Squicciarini
Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
ChurchCatholic Church
In office1 July 1989 – 8 October 2002
PredecessorMichele Cecchini
SuccessorGiorgio Zur
Other postTitular Archbishop of Tiburnia (1978-2006)
Previous postsPermanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Vienna (1990-1994)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gabon, Cameroon & Equatorial Guinea (1981-1989)
Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi (1978-1981)
Orders
Ordination12 April 1952
Consecration26 November 1978
by Franz König
Personal details
Born(1927-04-24)24 April 1927
Altamura, Province of Bari, Kingdom of Italy
Died5 March 2006(2006-03-05) (aged 78)
Rome, Italy

Donato Squicciarini (24 April 1927 – 5 March 2006) was an Italian Catholic archbishop who acted as Nuncio to Austria from 1989 to 2002.[1]

Squicciarini was born in Altamura, Apulia, Kingdom of Italy, on 24 April 1927 under the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini. He was ordained priest 12 April 1952, and ordained bishop and titular Archbishop of Tiburnia 26 Nov 1978. He was Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gabon, Cameroun, and Equatorial Guinea from 1981 till 1989, and Apostolic Nuncio to Austria from 1 July 1989 until retirement on 8 October 2002.

He was involved in a controversy about an Order of Pius IX conferred on Kurt Waldheim.[2] Donato Squicciarini received the Austrian Decoration of Honor in 2000. He died in Rome on 5 March 2006. Squicciarini's funeral was held at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on 7 March 2006. The Funeral Mass was presided over by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, then the Vatican Secretary of State, who delivered the homily.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Catholic Hierarchy.com
  2. ↑ The New York Times: August 6, 1994
  3. ↑ "Esequie dell'Arcivescovo Donato Squicciarini". Vatican. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
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