Angelo Palmas

Angelo Palmas
Angelo Palmas
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Canada
Church	Catholic Church
In office	2 September 1975 – 10 March 1990
Predecessor	Guido del Mestri
Successor	Carlo Curis
Other post	Titular Archbishop of Vibiana (1964-2003)
Previous posts	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia (1969-1975); Apostolic Delegate to Vietnam and Cambodia (1964-1969)
Orders
Ordination	15 August 1938; by Francesco d’Errico
Consecration	28 June 1964; by Pope Paul VI
Personal details
Born	21 December 1914; Villanova Monteleone, Province of Sassari, Kingdom of Italy
Died	9 June 2003 (aged 88); Rome, Italy

Angelo Palmas (21 December 1914 – 9 June 2003) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.

Biography

Palmas was born in Villanova Monteleone, Italy, on 21 December 1914. He was ordained a priest on 5 August 1938.

To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1945.

On 17 June 1964, Pope Paul VI named him a titular archbishop and Apostolic Delegate to Vietnam and Cambodia. He received his episcopal consecration from Pope Paul on 28 June 1964.^{[citation needed]}

On 19 April 1969, Pope Paul appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia.

On 3 September 1975, Pope Paul named him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Canada.

He retired when replaced in that post in March 1990.

Angelon Palmas died on 9 June 2003.

Notes

↑ He was the first to hold the position. Pope Paul given the Delegation to Indochina its new name, the Delegation to Vietnam and Cambodia, on the day Palmas was named Delegate.

References

↑ "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1900 – 1949" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LVI. 1964. pp. 780, 862. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LVI. 1964. pp. 916–7. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXI. 1969. p. 293. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXVII. 1975. p. 560. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

External links

Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Angelo Palmas ^{[self-published]}

[4] He was the first to hold the position. Pope Paul given the Delegation to Indochina its new name, the Delegation to Vietnam and Cambodia, on the day Palmas was named Delegate.

[1] "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1900 – 1949" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

[2] Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LVI. 1964. pp. 780, 862. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

[3] Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LVI. 1964. pp. 916–7. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

[5] Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXI. 1969. p. 293. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

[6] Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXVII. 1975. p. 560. Retrieved 26 December 2019.