Maurilio Silvani (24 August 1882 – 22 December 1947) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who devoted his entire career to the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
His first assignment was serving as secretary to Archbishop Eugenio Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII), who was the Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria.
[1] On 24 July 1936, Pope Pius XI named him titular archbishop of Naupactus and Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
[2] He received his episcopal consecration on 13 September 1936 from Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII).
[citation needed] In 1937 he mediated a settlement following the October massacre of several thousand Haitians in the DR by the Dominican military, negotiating with Rafael Trujillo, military dictator of the Dominican Republic, to secure a payment of $750,000 to Haiti.