Giuseppe Burzio (1901-1966), born Cambiano, Italy, was a Vatican diplomat and Roman Catholic Archbishop.
[2] Pope Pius XII appointed the 39-year-old Burzio to bring pressure to bear on the Slovak government.
[5] When the transportation began again in 1943, Burzio challenged Prime Minister Tuka over the extermination of Slovak Jews.
German troops were sent to quell the rebellion and with them came security police charged with rounding up Slovakia's remaining Jews.
[6] Burzio begged Tiso directly to at least spare Catholic Jews from transportation and delivered an admonition from the Pope: "the injustice wrought by his government is harmful to the prestige of his country and enemies will exploit it to discredit clergy and the Church the world over.”[7] Following the war, he was ordained Titular Archbishop of Gortyna in 1946.