About Francesco De Nittis
Lived 1933 – 2014 (aged 80). Francesco De Nittis was an Italian catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Francisco De Nittis (3 July 1933 – 10 March 2014) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, an archbishop and a diplomat.
Born in Vieste, Italy, De Nittis was ordained a priest on 15 July 1956.
To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1959.
On 7 March 1981, he was named titular archbishop of Tunes, Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and Apostolic Delegate to the Solomon Islands. He received his episcopal consecration on 2 May 1981 from Cardinal Agostino Casaroli.
De Nittis was appointed apostolic nuncio to El Salvador on 24 January 1985 and to Honduras on 10 April 1986. In October 1987, he hosted peace talks between Salvadoran President Jose Napoleon Duarte and anti-government rebels.
He was appointed apostolic nuncio to Uruguay on 25 June 1990.
He resigned in 1999.
He died on 10 March 2014.
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Roman Catholic archbishop and nuncio
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Francesco De Nittis was born on 3 July 1933 in Vieste.
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Francesco De Nittis died on 10 March 2014 in Vieste.
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Francesco De Nittis was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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