Franco Brambilla (Archbishop)

Franco Brambilla
Born	27 November 1923 Brugherio
Died	28 July 2003
Nationality	Italy
Religion	Roman Catholic

Franco Brambilla (27 November 1923 – 28 July 2003) was an Italy Roman Catholic Archbishop and Vatican diplomat.

Life

Brambilla was born in Brugherio in 1923. He became a priest in 1947 and he became the Titular Archbishop of Viminacium on Christmas Eve in 1970 and the same day he became the Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Tanzania.

In 1981 he moved continents when he became the Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay. His final appointment was to be the Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Australia which was a post he held until 1998. He held the title of Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Australia until he died on 28 July 2003.^[1]

Brambilla was a strong supporter of the Popes pronouncement that only male priests could conduct services.^[2]

References

1. Archbishop Franco Brambilla, Catholic Hierarchy, Retrieved 10 August 2015
2. Vatican Instruction on the role of the laity is binding on Catholics, Peter Westmore, AD2000, Retrieved 10 August 2015