Armando Lombardi

Armando Lombardi (12 May 1905 – 4 May 1964) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, including ten years as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil.

In 1940 he returned to Rome to work at the Secretariat of State and teach at the Ecclesiastical Academy.

[1] On 13 February 1950, Pope Pius XII named him titular archbishop of Caesarea Philippi and Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela.

[citation needed] On 24 September 1954, Pope Pius appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil.

[4] In Brazil he was energetic in creating new dioceses and other jurisdictions and in overseeing their staffing with a new generation of leaders attuned to the style and mission of Popes John XXIII and Paul VI.