Luigi Bellotti
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Luigi Bellotti (17 March 1914 – 23 September 1995) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He was made an archbishop in 1964 and led diplomatic missions first in Africa and later in Uruguay and then in several Scandinavian countries.
Biography
Luigi Bellotti was born on 17 March 1914.[1] He was ordained a priest on 11 July 1937.[citation needed]
To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1942.[2] He then entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See. His study of the excommunication of Communists and fascists was published in 1949.[3] His early assessments including a stint in the late 1950s as councilor in the Apostolic Internunciature to Turkey.[4]
On 18 July 1964 Pope Paul VI named him titular archbishop of Voncariana and Apostolic Delegate to Central Western Africa.[5] He received his episcopal consecration on 4 October 1964 from Giuseppe Carraro, bishop of Verona.[citation needed] In that post he convinced Francis Arinze, later a cardinal, that he had been chosen to be an auxiliary bishop.[6] He participated as a council father in the third and fourth sessions of the Second Vatican Council.
On 27 November 1969 he was named Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Uganda.[7] During his time there, in October 1973, Ugandan President Idi Amin accused him of being a spy for the United States Central Intelligence Agency, that he was traveling throughout the country without authorization and spreading rumors to discredit the government.[8]
He was named Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay on 3 September 1975.[9]
On 27 October 1981, Pope John Paul II appointed Bellotti Pro-Nuncio to Iceland and to Finland, as well as Apostolic Delegate to Scandinavia.[10] On 2 October 1982, he became Pro-Nuncio to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden as well.[11]
He resigned his diplomatic posts in October 1985[citation needed] and died on 23 September 1995.[1][12]
His personal papers are held by the historical archives of the Church of Verona.[13]
References
- ^ a b "Diocesi di Voncariana" (in Italian). Retrieved 19 July 2021 – via Free Journal.
- ^ "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1900 – 1949" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "E' giusta la scomunica contro i comunisti? e i nazifascisti?". Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore: Sistema bibliotecario e documentale (in Italian). Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Indicazioni bibliografiche". Pontifical Lateran University (in Italian). Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LVI. 1964. pp. 863, 955. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ Arinze, Francis (2011). God's Invisible Hand: The Life and Work of Francis Cardinal Arinze. Ignatius Press. ISBN 9781681492131. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXI. 1969. p. 820. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "State Dept cable 1973-141038" (Document). 1 October 1973.
{{cite document}}: Cite document requires|publisher=(help); Unknown parameter|access-date=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|url=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|via=ignored (help) - ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXVII. 1975. p. 560. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXIII. 1981. p. 685. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXIV. 1982. p. 1197. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXVII. 1995. p. 920. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Archivi personali dei vescovi diocesani e dei vicari generali di Verona". Ecclesiae Venetae (in Italian). Retrieved 19 July 2021.
External links
- Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Luigi Bellotti [self-published]
- Image of Bellotti, St. Ansgar's Bulletin, December 1984, p. 12
