Gaetano Alibrandi

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Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi (Born at Castiglione di Sicilia-Provincia di Catania, Sicily on 14 January 1914 – Died at his native town on 3 July 2003) of the Roman Catholic Church was a senior papal diplomat and former Personal Secretary to Giovanni Battista Montini (later Pope Paul VI).

Mgr. Alibrandi was ordained priest on 1 November 1936, and Consacreted Bishop in 1961. Obtained a Doctorate on Divinity from the Pontifical Lateran University and a Doctorate on Civil and Canon Law. He entered the Diplomatic Corp on 1941 serving for five years in the Vatican Secretariate of State and later, as Apostolic Internuncio to Indonesia (1958), Nuncio of Chile (1961), Lebanon (1963), and Irelend (1969) where he retired in 1989. Alibrandi served as the eight Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland. As Apostolic Nuncio to Chile he led the Chilean delegation to the Second Vatican Council. Monsignor Alibrandi was appointed Titular Archbishop of Binda

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