Faustino Sainz Muñoz
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Styles of Faustino Sainz Muñoz | |
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Your Excellency | |
Religious style | Monsignor |
Posthumous style | not applicable |
Faustino Sainz Muñoz (5 June 1937 – 31 October 2012)
Career
Born in
He traveled to
On 29 October 1988, he was appointed
Sainz was named nuncio to the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 7 October 1992 (offering the nunciature as a place of relief and refuge to those persecuted during the Rwandan genocide), to the European Community on 22 January 1999,[5] and to Great Britain on 11 December 2004.
On 16 May 2010, Sainz Muñoz suffered a mild stroke.
Last years
On 28 January 2011, the archbishop had an audience with Pope Benedict XVI.[8] Archbishop Sainz Muñoz was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour, and returned to his native Spain, where he received his chemotherapy. He died there on 31 October 2012.[9]
Personal life
Archbishop Sainz Muñoz was a
References
- ^ "Archbishop Faustino Sainz Muñoz". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d "His Excellency Archbishop Faustino Sainz Munoz, the Apostolic Nuncio". Diplomat Magazine. July–August 2005. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007.
- ^ "War Averted". Time. 22 January 1979.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXX. 1988. pp. 1623, 1633. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXXI. 1999. p. 239. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Apostolic Nuncio taken ill". Diocese of Westminster. 20 May 2010. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ "Nuncio to Great Britain to retire due to ill health". CatholicHerald.co.uk. 12 November 2010.
- ^ "Benedict XVI meets outgoing nuncio to Britain". Catholicherald.co.uk. 28 January 2011.
- ^ "Former nuncio to Great Britain dies, Scottish bishops send condolences - SCO News". Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ a b The Catholic Church in England and Wales. Pope appoints new Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain Archived 25 September 2005 at the Wayback Machine 14 December 2004
- ^ University of Aberdeen. Sir Steve Redgrave honoured by Aberdeen 26 June 2007