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Alberto Bottari de Castello

Italian prelate of the Catholic Church (1942–2025) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alberto Bottari de Castello
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Alberto Bottari de Castello (5 July 1942 – 13 July 2025) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.

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Biography

Alberto Bottari de Castello was born in Montebelluna, Province of Treviso in northern Italy, on 5 July 1942. He was ordained a priest on 11 September 1966.

He prepared for a diplomatic career by completing the course of study at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1969.[1]

Diplomatic career

On 18 December 1999, Pope John Paul II named him a titular archbishop and nuncio to the Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.[2] He was consecrated a bishop on 6 January 2000.[3]

He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Japan on 1 April 2005.[4]

Pope Benedict XVI named him nuncio to Hungary on 7 June 2011.[5]

Retirement and death

Bottari de Castello retired after reaching the age of 75.

Hungary awarded him the Commander's Crosses with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary.[6]

Bottari de Castello died on 13 July 2025, at the age of 83.[7]

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