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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
|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 = [[
|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 = {{
|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]].
==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
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>
*[[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==
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▲**[[File:PHI Order of Sikatuna 2003 Grand Cross BAR.svg|
==See also==
* [[List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See]]
==References==
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==External links==
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