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Mons. Giancarlo Dellagiovanna

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Pope Francis Appoints Italian-Born Clergy as Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso

Mar 15, 2025

Pope Francis has appointed Mons. Giancarlo Dellagiovanna, a member of the Clergy of Italy’s Tortona Catholic Diocese, as the new Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso and assigned him the Titular See of Sistroniana with the dignity of Archbishop.

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