Joseph Marino

Joseph Salvador Marino or more commonly Joseph Marino[lower-alpha 1] (born January 23, 1953) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1988. He was named president of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in October 2019 after representing the Holy See in Malaysia, East Timor, and Brunei for six years. He was appointed by Pope Francis as Member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, in 17 November 2020.

His Excellency Most Reverend Joseph Marino
President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
Church	Catholic Church
See	Natchitoches[1]
In office	2019 - present
Orders
Ordination	August 25, 1979 by Bishop William Russell Houck
Consecration	March 29, 2008 by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran
Personal details
Born	January 23, 1953 Birmingham, Alabama
Previous post	Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia Apostolic Delegate to Brunei

Styles of Joseph Salvador Marino
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop

Biography

Joseph Salvador Marino was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on January 23, 1953,[1] one of three sons born to Salvador Marino, an electrical engineer, and Josephine Marino. He grew up in the Ensley neighborhood of Birmingham and graduated from John Carroll High School in 1971.[2] He was ordained a priest on August 25, 1979, for the Diocese of Birmingham.[1]

He earned degrees in philosophy and psychology from the University of Scranton and in theology and biblical theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University while living at the North American College from 1975 to 1980.[3] He returned to Birmingham for four years of pastoral work as associate pastor at St. Paul's Cathedral.[2] In 1984 he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy to prepare for a career in the diplomatic service while obtaining a doctorate in canon law from the Gregorian.[3]

He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See on July 15, 1988.[1] His early assignments included stints in the Philippines from 1988 to 1991, Uruguay from 1991 to 1994, and Nigeria from 1994 to 1997. From 1997 to 2004 he worked in the offices of the Secretariat of State in Rome, where he had responsibility for the Balkans. He participated as senior staff-member in two diplomatic missions: Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran's visit to Belgrade on April 1, 1999, that sought a resolution to the conflict in Kosovo; and the meeting between U.S. President George W. Bush and Cardinal Pio Laghi in which the Holy See hoped to prevent the U.S. from launching a war against Iraq.[3]

He was working in the Apostolic Nunciature to the United Kingdom when, on January 12, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI named him a titular archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh.[1] He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Tauran on March 29, 2008, at the Cathedral of St. Paul in Birmingham.[4]

On January 16, 2013, Pope Benedict appointed Marino Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia, Apostolic Nuncio to East Timor, and Apostolic Delegate to Brunei.[5] He negotiated the 2015 accord between the Holy See and East Timor.[6]

Pope Francis named him president of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy on October 11, 2019.[7] He is the second American to lead the school.[6]

Notes

1. The Press Office of the Holy See, which customarily opts for more formal over less formal names, refers to him as Joseph Marino, as do press accounts of his activities. Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran called him Joseph Marino when consecrating him a bishop.

References

1. "Rinunce e Nomine, 12.01.2008" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. January 12, 2008. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
2. Garrison, Greg (January 16, 2013). "Pope appoints Birmingham native Archbishop Joseph Marino to Malaysia". www.al.com. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
3. O'Connell, Gerard (January 18, 2013). "Pope appoints American as first Nuncio to Malaysia". La Stampa. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
4. Tauran, Jean-Louis (March 29, 2008). "Homily of Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran-Marino At The Ordination Of Archbishop Joseph S. Marino, Cathedral of Saint Paul, March 29, 2008" (PDF). Diocese of Birmingham. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
5. "Rinunce e Nomine, 16.01.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. January 16, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
6. O'Connell, Gerard (October 11, 2019). "Pope Francis appoints U.S. archbishop to head Vatican's school for diplomats". America. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
7. "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.10.2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. Retrieved October 11, 2019.

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Joseph Salavdor Marino ^{[self-published]}