About Ernesto Gallina
Lived 1924 – 2002 (aged 78). Ernesto Gallina was an Italian catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Ernesto Gallina (15 May 1924 – 16 May 2002) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
Biography Ernesto Gallina was born in Frosinone, Italy, on 15 May 1924. He was ordained a priest on 31 May 1947.
To prepare for a career in the diplomatic service, he entered the program of study at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1951.
On 16 July 1969, Pope Paul VI named him a titular archbishop and gave him three diplomatic posts: Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gabon, and Apostolic Delegate to Central Africa.
He received his episcopal consecration on 10 August from Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot.
On 15 March 1971, Pope Paul appointed him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran.
From 4 January 1976 until he retired on 15 May 1999, he worked at the Secretariat of State in Rome.
He died on 16 May 2002, at the age of 78.
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Italian apostolic nuncio
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Ernesto Gallina was born on 15 May 1924 in Frosinone.
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Ernesto Gallina died on 16 May 2002.
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Ernesto Gallina was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Ernesto Gallina was Italian.
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