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{{Infobox Christian leader
|type = Archbishop
|honorific_prefix = [[Excellency|His Excellency]], [[The Most Reverend]]
|name = Gabriele Giordano Caccia
|image = Gabriele Giordano Caccia - 2018 (cropped).jpg
|caption = Caccia pictured in 2018.
|title = [[Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations]]<br>[[Titular Archbishop]] of [[Sepino]]
|church = [[Roman Catholic Church]]
|appointed = 16 November 2019
|term_start = 16 January 2020
|predecessor = [[Bernardito Auza|Bernardito Cleopas Auza]]
|other_post = [[Sepino|Titular Archbishop]] of [[Sepino]] (2009-)
|ordination = 11 June 1983
|ordained_by = [[Carlo Maria Martini]]
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|02|24|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Milan]], [[Italy]]
|previous_post = {{unbulletedbulleted list | [[SecretariatApostolic ofNuncio]] Stateto (Holythe See)|Assessor[[Apostolic forNunciature Generalto Affairsthe Philippines|Philippines]] (20022017-0919) | [[Apostolic Nuncio]] to [[Apostolic Nunciature to Lebanon|Lebanon]] (2009-17) | [[ApostolicSecretariat Nunciatureof toState the(Holy PhilippinesSee)|ApostolicAssessor Nunciofor to theGeneral PhilippinesAffairs]] (20172002-1909) }}
|alma_mater = [[Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy]]<br>[[Pontifical Gregorian University]]
| nationality = [[Italy|Italian]]
|coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Gabriele Giordano Caccia.svg
|motto = ''Credidimus caritati'' }}
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'''Gabriele Giordano Caccia''' (born 24 February 1958) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He has worked in the offices of the [[Secretariat of State (Holy See)|Secretariat of State]] and served as Apostolic Nuncio in [[Lebanon]] and the [[Apostolic Nunciature to the Philippines|Philippines]]. He was named [[Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations]] in 2019.
 
==Biography==
Caccia was born in Milan but lived for many years in [[Cavaria con Premezzo]]. He was ordained a priest on 11 June 1983 by Cardinal [[Carlo Maria Martini]] and served in St. Giovanni Bosco parish in [[Milan]] until 1986. He attended the [[Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy]] and obtained a [[Doctor of Sacred Theology|Doctorate in Sacred Theology]] (S.T.D.) and a [[Licentiate of Canon Law]] (J.C.L.) from the [[Pontifical Gregorian University]]. He joined the diplomatic service of the [[Holy See]] on 1 July 1991<ref name=vatbio/> and was appointed an [[attaché]] in the [[Apostolic Nunciature]] in [[Tanzania]].<ref>{{cite news |work= Zenit| url = http://www.zenit.org/it/articles/il-papa-invia-un-suo-stretto-collaboratore-come-nunzio-in-libano |title=The Pope sends his close associate as Nuncio in Lebanon |access-date = 16 November 2019 | date= 16 July 2009| language = it }}</ref>
 
==Diplomatic career==
On 11 June 1993 he returned to Rome to work in the General Affairs Section of the [[Vatican Secretariat of State]]. On 17 December 2002 he was appointed Assessor for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State where he worked under Archbishop [[Leonardo Sandri]] and, after 2007, Archbishop [[Fernando Filoni]].
He joined the diplomatic service of the [[Holy See]] on 1 July 1991<ref name=vatbio/> and was appointed an [[attaché]] in the [[Apostolic Nunciature]] in [[Tanzania]].<ref>{{cite news |work= Zenit| url = http://www.zenit.org/it/articles/il-papa-invia-un-suo-stretto-collaboratore-come-nunzio-in-libano |title=The Pope sends his close associate as Nuncio in Lebanon |access-date = 16 November 2019 | date= 16 July 2009| language = it }}</ref>
 
On 11 June 1993, he returned to Rome to work in the General Affairs Section of the [[Vatican Secretariat of State]]. On 17 December 2002 he was appointed Assessor for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State where he worked under Archbishop [[Leonardo Sandri]] and, after 2007, Archbishop [[Fernando Filoni]].
On 16 July 2009 [[Pope Benedict XVI]] appointed him [[Nuncio|Apostolic Nuncio]] in Lebanon and [[Titular Archbishop]] of Sepino.<ref name=vatbio>{{cite press release | date = 16 July 2009 | access-date = 16 November 2019 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2009/07/16/0478/01128.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 16.06.2009 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}}</ref> He was consecrated by the Pope on 12 September 2009, with Cardinals [[Tarcisio Bertone]] and [[William Levada]] as co-consecrators.<ref>{{cite document | access-date = 17 November 2019 | date= 12 September 2009 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2009/09/12/0554/01295.html | language = it | title= Capella Papale per l'Ordinazione Episcopale di Cinque Ecc.mi Presuli, 12.09.2009 | publisher = Holy See Press Office }}</ref> On 12 September 2017, Pope Francis appointed him as [[Apostolic Nunciature to the Philippines|Apostolic Nuncio in the Philippines]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cbcpnews.net/cbcpnews/pope-appoints-new-nuncio-to-the-philippines/|title=Pope appoints new Nuncio to the Philippines|publisher=CBCP News|date=12 September 2017|accessdate=12 September 2017}}</ref>
 
On 16 NovemberJuly 20192009, [[Pope FrancisBenedict namedXVI]] appointed him the[[Nuncio|Apostolic HolyNuncio]] See'sin permanentLebanon observerand to[[Titular theArchbishop]] Unitedof NationsSepino.<ref name=vatbio>{{cite press release | date = 16 July 2009 | access-date = 16 November 2019 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/20192009/1107/16/08820478/0184001128.html | languagetitle = itRinunce e Nomine, 16.06.2009 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}}</ref> He was consecrated by the Pope on 12 September 2009, with Cardinals [[Tarcisio Bertone]] and [[William Levada]] as co-consecrators.<ref>{{cite web | access-date = 1617 November 2019 | date= 1612 NovemberSeptember 20192009 | titleurl = Rinunce e nomine, 16https://press.11vatican.2019 }}<va/ref>content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2009/09/12/0554/01295.html He| islanguage scheduled= toit take| uptitle= theCapella dutiesPapale ofper thatl'Ordinazione positionEpiscopale ondi 16Cinque JanuaryEcc.mi 2020Presuli, 12.09.2009 | publisher = Holy See Press Office }}</ref>{{cite newsOn |12 title=September 2017, Pope Francis namesappointed Archbishophim Gabrieleas Caccia[[Apostolic ambassadorNunciature to the United NationsPhilippines|Apostolic Nuncio in the Philippines]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://catholicnewsagencycbcpnews.comnet/newscbcpnews/pope-francis-namesappoints-archbishopnew-gabriele-caccia-ambassadornuncio-to-the-united-nations-65186philippines/| accessdatetitle=16Pope Novemberappoints 2019|agencynew Nuncio to the Philippines|publisher=CatholicCBCP News Agency|date=1612 NovemberSeptember 2017|accessdate=12 September 2017}}</ref>
 
On 16 November 2019, Pope Francis named him the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations.<ref>{{cite press release |url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2019/11/16/0882/01840.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 16 November 2019 | date= 16 November 2019 | title = Rinunce e nomine, 16.11.2019 }}</ref> He was officially given the duties of that position on 16 January 2020.<ref>{{cite news | title= Pope Francis names Archbishop Gabriele Caccia ambassador to the United Nations| url= https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/42841/pope-francis-names-archbishop-gabriele-caccia-ambassador-to-the-united-nations| access-date=16 November 2019|agency =Catholic News Agency|date=16 November 2019}}</ref>
==Honours==
 
*[[File:PHI Order of Sikatuna 2003 Grand Cross BAR.svg|60px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of Sikatuna]], Rank of Datu, Gold Distinction, awarded by [[Philippine President]] [[Rodrigo Duterte]] on 11 December 2019.<ref>{{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA-63A8BUMs | title=Farewell Call of Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See | date=11 December 2019 | access-date = 12 December 2019 |via= YouTube| publisher = RTVMalacanang }}</ref>
==Foreign honours==
*{{flag|Philippines}}:
**[[File:PHI Order of Sikatuna 2003 Grand Cross BAR.svg|60px70px]] Grand Cross ''(Datu)'' of the [[Order of Sikatuna]], Rank of Datu, Gold Distinction, awarded by [[Philippine President]] [[Rodrigo Duterte]] on'''(GrCS)''' (11 December 2019.)<ref>{{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA-63A8BUMs | title=Farewell Call of Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See | date=11 December 2019 | access-date = 12 December 2019 |via= YouTube| publisher = RTVMalacanang }}</ref>
 
==See also==
* [[List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See]]
 
==References==
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==External links==
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