Mario Cagna (8 October 1911 – 4 April 1986) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who devoted his entire career to the Roman Curia and the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
[1] On 13 October 1962, Pope John XXIII named him titular archbishop of Heraclea in Europa and Apostolic Internuncio to Japan.
[citation needed] On 3 September 1966, Pope Paul VI named him Apostolic Delegate to Yugoslavia.
[3] His title changed to Pro-Nuncio to Yugoslavia on 22 August 1970;[4] he was the first nuncio in Europe in the postwar period and an agent of the Holy See's policy of rapprochement.
[6] His final report on the state of the Church in Austria was "a catalogue of woes" ranging from the secularizing trends in society at large to heterodoxy in the seminaries and a too assertive laity.