Rino Passigato


Rino Passigato

Apostolic Nuncio
Appointed8 November 2008 (Nuncio to Portugal)
Retired4 July 2019
PredecessorAlfio Rapisarda
SuccessorIvo Scapolo
Other post(s)Titular Archbishop of Nova Caesaris
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination29 June 1968
Consecration6 January 1992
by Pope John Paul II, Giovanni Battista Re, and Josip Uhac
Personal details
Born (1944-03-29) March 29, 1944
Styles of
Rino Passigato
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleArchbishop

Rino Passigato (born 29 March 1944) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, who was the Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal from 2008 to 2019. He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1973. He has been an archbishop since 1992 and served as an apostolic nuncio in Burundi, Bolivia, and Peru.