Carmine Rocco (12 April 1912 – 12 May 1982) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who devoted his entire career to the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
[2] From 1939 to 1946 he was assigned to the nunciature in France, which was headed by Angelo Roncalli, the future Pope John XXIII, as of 24 December 1944.
[1] On 19 January 1959, Pope John XXIII, who knew Rocco from their time together in France at the end of World War II, named him Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia.
[4] He received his episcopal consecration on 12 November 1961 in Rome's San Carlo al Corso from Cardinal Amleto Cicognani.
[7] He returned to Rome for medical treatment and died at the Agostino Gemelli University Policlinic on 12 May 1982.