Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux (2 April 1910 – 27 September 1999) was a French prelate who held diplomatic posts of the Catholic Church .
20-553: Glorieux is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Achille Glorieux (1910–1999), French prelate, Vatican official and diplomat Alphonse Joseph Glorieux (1844–1917), Belgian missionary Roman Catholic bishop François Glorieux (1932–2023), Belgian conductor, pianist, composer, musicologist and teacher Gabriel Glorieux (1930–2007), Belgian cyclist Raphael Glorieux (1929–1986), Belgian cyclist See also [ edit ] French ship Glorieux (1756) ,
40-475: A papal diplomatic representative of the second class, corresponding to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary as a title for diplomatic representatives of states (cf. Article 14, par. 2 of the Vienna Convention). Before 1829, Internuncio was the title applied to the ad interim head of a mission when one nuncio had left office and his replacement had not yet assumed it. A legate a latere
60-575: A second-rate 74-gun ship-of-the-line in the French Navy, later commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Glorieux Le Glorieux (1984–2010), British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse French ship Le Glorieux , various ships of the name Les Corps glorieux , a large organ cycle composed in the summer of 1939 [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Glorieux . If an internal link intending to refer to
80-456: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glorieux&oldid=1177420870 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Achille Glorieux Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux
100-511: Is a temporary papal representative or a representative for a special purpose. Historically, the most important type of apocrisiary (a title also applying to representatives exchanged by a high prelate with a patriarch) was the equivalent of a nuncio, sent by the pope to the Byzantine Empire ; during the fifth and sixth centuries, when much of Italy remained under Byzantine control, several popes were former apocrisiaries. Pro-nuncio
120-545: The Holy See as such and not to the State of Vatican City , the term "nuncio" (versus "ambassador") emphasizes the unique nature of the diplomatic mission. The 1983 Code of Canon Law claims the "innate right" to send and receive delegates independent from interference of non-ecclesiastical civil power. Canon law only recognizes international law limitations on this right. Formerly, the title Apostolic Internuncio denoted
140-587: The 1930s. He fled Italy after the declaration of war between Italy and France in 1940 and continued his work from Limoges. He returned to Rome in 1945 and managed the French-language edition of L'Osservatore Romano . Pope John XXIII named him secretary of the commission responsible for planning the Second Vatican Council . There he played a key role–as a cheville-ouvrière or linchpin–in recruiting lay organizations to contribute to
160-584: The Holy See's de facto diplomatic representative to the United States and the United Kingdom , until both major Anglo-Saxon states with a predominantly Protestant tradition established full-fledged relations with the Holy See in the late twentieth century, allowing for the appointment of a papal nuncio (see the list of British ambassadors to the Holy See ). Archbishop Pio Laghi , for example,
180-596: The Holy See, and is the head of the diplomatic mission , called an apostolic nunciature , which is the equivalent of an embassy . The Holy See is legally distinct from the Vatican City or the Catholic Church . In modern times, a nuncio is usually an archbishop . An apostolic nuncio is generally equivalent in rank to that of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary , although in Catholic countries
200-640: The Holy See. Article 16 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations provides: In accordance with this article, many states (even not predominantly Catholic ones such as Germany and Switzerland and including the great majority in central and western Europe and in the Americas) give precedence to the nuncio over other diplomatic representatives, according him the position of Dean of the Diplomatic Corps reserved in other countries for
220-529: The Roman Curia. He died in Lille on 27 September 1999, aged 89. Apostolic Pro-Nuncio An apostolic nuncio ( Latin : nuntius apostolicus ; also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio ) is an ecclesiastical diplomat , serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or to an international organization. A nuncio is appointed by and represents
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#1732783492106240-843: The commission's work. Pope Paul VI appointed him Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity in July 1966. In that role he wrote a study of the Council’s declaration on the role of the laity in the Church, Apostolicam Actuositatem . Although Glorieux had neither trained in the traditional manner nor followed the customary career path of a senior Vatican diplomat, Pope Paul appointed him Titular Archbishop of Beverlacum and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria on 19 September 1969. His episcopal consecration took place on 9 November 1969;
260-452: The nuncio often ranks above ambassadors in diplomatic protocol. A nuncio performs the same functions as an ambassador and has the same diplomatic privileges. Under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations , to which the Holy See is a party, a nuncio is an ambassador like those from any other country. The Vienna Convention allows the host state to grant seniority of precedence to the nuncio over others of ambassadorial rank accredited to
280-444: The nuncio serves as the liaison between the Holy See and the Church in that particular nation, supervising the diocesan episcopate (usually a national or multinational conference of bishops which has its own chairman, elected by its members). The nuncio has an important role in the selection of bishops. The name "nuncio" derived from the ancient Latin word nuntius , meaning "envoy" or "messenger". Since such envoys are accredited to
300-607: The principal consecrator was Jean-Marie Villot , Cardinal Secretary of State , and the principal co-consecrators were Alberto Castelli, Vice President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, and Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand, Bishop of Lille . Glorieux was appointed the Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt on 3 August 1973 and resigned the post in 1984. In 1985 he preached the Lenten spiritual exercises for
320-511: The same country, and may grant the deanship of that country's diplomatic corps to the nuncio regardless of seniority. The representative of the Holy See in some situations is called a Delegate or, in the case of the United Nations, Permanent Observer. In the Holy See hierarchy, these usually rank equally to a nuncio, but they do not have formal diplomatic status, though in some countries they have some diplomatic privileges. In addition,
340-532: The senior member of the corps. In countries with whom the Holy See does not have diplomatic ties, an apostolic delegate may be sent to act as a liaison with the Roman Catholic Church in that country, though not accredited to its government. Apostolic delegates have the same ecclesiastical rank as nuncios, but have no formal diplomatic status, though in some countries they have some diplomatic privileges. For example, an apostolic delegate served as
360-414: Was a term used from 1965 to 1991 for a papal diplomatic representative of full ambassadorial rank accredited to a country that did not accord him precedence over other ambassadors and de jure deanship of the diplomatic corps. In those countries, the papal representative's precedence within the corps is no different from that of the other members of ambassadorial rank, so that he becomes dean only on becoming
380-730: Was born in Roubaix , France , on 2 April 1910, one of ten children born to Achille Glorieux (1883–1965), an industrial leader prominent in the Catholic social movement that promoted large families to fight underpopulation. He was ordained a priest on 29 June 1934. While working in Rome at the Secretariat of State , he was also the Vatican correspondent for the French daily La Croix in
400-765: Was first apostolic delegate, then pro-nuncio, to the United States during the Jimmy Carter , Ronald Reagan , and George H. W. Bush presidencies. Apostolic delegates are also sent to regions such as the West Indies and the islands of the Pacific . These delegates are also appointed nuncio to at least some of the many states covered by their delegation, but the area entrusted to them also contains one or more territories that either are not independent states or are states that do not have diplomatic relations with
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