Amelio Poggi (9 October 1914 – 23 December 1974) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, including stints as Apostolic Nuncio in Rwanda, Uganda, and Syria.
Amelio Poggi was born in Bibbiena in the Province of Arezzo on 9 October 1914.
To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1947.
[1] On 27 May 1967, Pope Paul VI named him a titular archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi and to Rwanda.
[5] On 27 November 1969, Pope Paul appointed him Apostolic Delegate to Central-Western Africa.