Antoine Camilleri

Antoine Camilleri (born 20 August 1965) is a Maltese prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Under-Secretary for Relations with States in the Secretariat of State of the Holy See, until he was named an archbishop and given the title of apostolic nuncio in 2019. He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1999.

Biography Camilleri was born in Sliema, Malta on 20 August 1965. He attended St. Joseph's School, Sliema, and St. Aloysius' College, Birkirkara. He graduated Doctor of Laws from the University of Malta in 1988.

He was ordained to the priesthood on 5 July 1991 and was incardinated into the Archdiocese of Malta. He served as vice parish priest at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Gzira (1991–92). To study canon law he entered the Pontifical Lateran University in 1992 and obtained a doctorate. In 1996 he was appointed Defender of the Bond at the Archdiocesan Ecclesiastical Tribunal (1996–97) of Malta.

Diplomatic career He attended the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and on 9 January 1999 joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He served in the Apostolic Nunciatures in Papua New Guinea (1999–2002), Uganda (2002–05), and Cuba (2005–06), and then in Rome in the offices of the Secretariat of State. In that position, roughly equivalent to that of a deputy foreign minister, he played a role in negotiations with many nations, including Israel, Palestine, China, and Vietnam. Speaking on 27 February 2019 at a debate on migration at the United Nations, he said:

On 3 September 2019, Pope Francis named him titular archbishop of Skálholt and gave him the title of apostolic nuncio. He received his episcopal consecration from Francis on 4 October. On 31 October, Pope Francis named him apostolic nuncio to Ethiopia and Djibouti, special representative at the African Union, and apostolic delegate to Somalia.

On 20 May 2024 Pope Francis named him nuncio to Cuba.