Giovanni Gravelli

Giovanni Gravelli (12 March 1922 – 11 December 1981) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1950 and became an archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio in 1967.

[2] He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1950 and worked on the staff of the Secretariat of State in Rome until 1955.

[1] On 24 December 1967, Pope Paul VI named him titular archbishop of Suas and Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia.

[citation needed] On 12 July 1973, Pope Paul named him Apostolic Nuncio to the Dominican Republic.

[4] He died of a heart attack in Città Sant'Angelo on 11 December 1981 having just arrived on vacation.