Giorgio Lingua (born 23 March 1960) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1992.
[1] To prepare for a diplomat’s career, he completed the course of study at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1988.
[1] On 4 September 2010, Pope Benedict XVI named him the Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and Jordan as well as Titular Archbishop of Tuscania.
[3] Asked about the 2014 US airstrikes in response to the advance of ISIS, Lingua said: "This is something that had to be done, otherwise [the Islamic State] could not be stopped.
"[4] On 17 March 2015, Pope Francis named him Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba.