Giuseppe Bertello
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His Eminence Giuseppe Bertello |
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| President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State | |
| Appointed | 1 October 2011 |
| Predecessor | Giovanni Lajolo |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State Member of the Council of Cardinal Advisers |
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| Ordination | 29 June 1966 by Albino Mensa |
| Consecration | 28 November 1987 by Agostino Casaroli |
| Created Cardinal | 18 February 2012 by Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
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| Born |
1 October 1942 Foglizzo, Italy |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
| Previous post | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Benin (1987–1991) Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ghana (1987–1991) Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Togo (1987–1991) Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda (1991–1995) Apostolic Nuncio to the United Nations in Geneva (1995–2000) Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico (2000–2007) Apostolic Nuncio to Italy (2007–2011) Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino (2007–2011) |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy |
| Motto | narrabo nomen tuum |
| Coat of arms |  |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Giuseppe Bertello (born 1 October 1942) is a Catholic prelate and Cardinal currently serving as the President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of Vatican City State.
Bertello was ordained a priest on 29 June 1966 by Bishop Albino Mensa. He earned a licence in pastoral theology and a doctorate in canon law. He went on to attend the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy where he studied diplomacy.
He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1971, and worked until 1973 in the nunciature to the Sudan, which was also the apostolic delegation for the Red Sea region. From 1973 to 1976, he was secretary at the nunciature to Turkey, becoming a Chaplain of His Holiness on 9 February 1976. He was secretary in the nunciature to Venezuela from 1976 to 1981, and served with the rank of auditor in the Office of the Organization of the United Nations in Geneva from 1981 to 1987. In 1987, he headed the delegation of observers of the Holy See to the Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries in Pyongyang, North Korea where he was the first Catholic priest to be able to visit the small Catholic community of that country, isolated since the Korean War.
On 17 October 1987, Pope John Paul II named him Titular Archbishop of Urbs Salvia and appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, Togo and Benin. He was consecrated on 28 November by Cardinal Secretary of State Agostino Casaroli, with Bishops Albino Mensa and Luigi Bettazzi as the principal co-consecrators. On 12 January 1991, he was transferred to Rwanda, where he witnessed the buildup to the Tutsi Genocide in 1994. He was the fist diplomatic figure to withdraw when the genocide erupted following the assassination of President Habyarimana on the 6th April.
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