Mons. Claudio Gugerotti

ARCHBISHOP CLAUDIO GUGEROTTI, Titular Archbishop of Ravello

Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti was born in Verona, Italy on 7 October 1955. He was ordained a priest on 29 May 1982 for the service of the Church in Verona. He earned a Doctorate in Oriental Languages and Literature and possesses a Licentiate in Sacred Liturgy. He was a lecturer in Patrology at the Theological Institute of St. Zeno in Verona from 1981-1984. He lectured in Oriental Theology and Liturgy at the Institute of Ecumenical Studies in Verona from 1982 to 1985. He entered the service of the Holy See in the Congregation for Oriental Churches in 1985, being promoted to Under-Secretary of the Congregation on 17 December 1997. As a lecturer in Patrology, Armenian language and literature at the Pontifical Oriental Institute he authored various publications. He has mastered a number of ancient and modern languages: Latin, Greek, Armenian (classical and modern), Kurd, English and French.

His first assignment as head of a diplomatic mission was as Apostolic Nuncio in Georgia and Armenia on 7 December 2001.

He was named Apostolic Nuncio in Azerbaijan on 13 December 2001.

He was named Apostolic Nuncio in Belarus on 15 July 2011.

He was named Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine on 13 November 2015.