Michele Cecchini (3 March 1920 – 26 April 1989) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who devoted his entire career to the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
[2] On 26 February 1969, Pope Paul VI named him titular archbishop of Aquileia and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Madagascar.
[citation needed] On 18 June 1976, Pope John Paul II named him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Yugoslavia.
[5] On 4 December 1984, Pope John Paul appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Austria.
[6] There his role in appointing bishops of a more conservative bent, Hans Hermann Groër in Vienna and Georg Eder in Salzburg, for example, drew protests from Austrian clergy and transformed the Austrian hierarchy.