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Jean-Claude Périsset

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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Jean-Claude Périsset
Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Germany Titular ArchbishopofJustiniana Prima

Appointed	15 October 2007
Retired	21 September 2013
Predecessor	Erwin Josef Ender
Successor	Nikola Eterovic
Other post(s)	Titular ArchbishopofJustiniana Prima
Orders
Ordination	28 June 1964
Consecration	6 January 1997 by Pope John Paul II, Giovanni Battista Re and Myroslav Marusyn
Personal details
Born	Jean-Claude Périsset (1939-04-13) 13 April 1939 (age 85) Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)	Apostolic NunciotoMoldova (2003-2007) Apostolic NunciotoRomania (1998-2007) Titular BishopofAccia (1996-1998)

Styles of Jean-Claude Périsset

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop

Jean-Claude Périsset (born 13 April 1939) is a Swiss titular archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church and diplomat of the Holy See. He served as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany from 2007 until his resignation in 2013.

Biography

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Périsset was born on 13 April 1939 in Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland. He was ordained as a priest on 28 June 1964.

Diplomatic career

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To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1967.^[1]

On 16 November 1996, he was appointed Titular BishopofAccia and was named the secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

On 12 November 1998, Périsset was named the Titular Archbishop of Justiniana Prima and was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Romania.^[2]

On 22 March 2003, he was named the Nuncio to Moldova as well.^[3] On 15 October 2007, he was appointed the Nuncio to Germany,^[4] where he served until his resignation due to old age on 21 September 2013. He was succeeded by Nikola Eterović.^[5]

References

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^ "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XC. 1998. p. 1045. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 22.03.2003" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 March 2003. Retrieved 14 May 2019.

^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.10.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 October 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2019.

^ "Personaländerungen in der Kurie - Müller bestätigt - Neuer Nuntius in Berlin". Radio Vatikan. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

External links

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Janusz Bolonek	Apostolic Nuncio to Romania 12 November 1998-15 October 2007	Succeeded by Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián
Preceded by Karl Josef Rauber	Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova 22 March 2003-15 October 2007	Succeeded by Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián
Preceded by Erwin Josef Ender	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany 15 October 2007-21 September 2013	Succeeded by Nikola Eterović

Catholicism

Switzerland