Martin Lucas
Martin Lucas | |
|---|---|
| Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Scandinavia | |
| See | Titular Archbishop of Adulis |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 26 October 1924[1] |
| Consecration | 29 October 1945 by Pietro Fumasoni Biondi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 October 1894 |
| Died | 3 March 1969 (aged 74) |
Martin Lucas (16 October 1894 – 3 March 1969) was a Catholic archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See.
Biography
Lucas was born in
Cardinal Pietro Fumasoni Biondi, while the co-consecrators were Archbishop Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini and Bishop Johannes Hendrik Olav Smit.[2]
On 3 December 1952 he was appointed the Apostolic Internuncio to India. From 1956 to 1959, he served as an official of the Secretariat of State in Rome. On 16 April 1959 he was named the first Apostolic Delegate to Scandinavia, with responsibility for Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. He resigned in October 1961.
Lucas attended the Second Vatican Council.[2]
References
- ^ "Archbishop Martin Lucas [Catholic-Hierarchy]".
- ^ a b "Archbishop Martin Lucas [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2022-05-20.