Antonio Mattiazzo

Antonio Mattiazzo (born 20 April 1940) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Padua with the personal title of archbishop from 1989 to 2015. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and was Apostolic Nuncio to Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, and Niger from 1985 to 1989.

Biography Antonio Mattiazzo was born on 20 April 1940 in Rottanova di Cavarzere, Italy, where his family had traveled from their hometown of Saletto to find work. He entered the seminary of Padua in 1951 and was ordained a priest on 5 July 1964.

To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1964. He also studied at the Pontifical Lateran University. He received his episcopal consecration on 14 December 1985 from Cardinal Agostino Casaroli. He was installed there on 17 September.