Piero Biggio

Piero Biggio (29 June 1937 – 18 April 2007) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.

On 10 December 1988, Pope John Paul II appointed him titular archbishop of Otriculum and Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh.

In that role he advised against prosecuting former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet for crimes against humanity, suggesting he be given diplomatic immunity, pardoned and prayed for.

[3] He called Pinochet's arrest by British authorities on a Spanish warrant a "violation of diplomatic immunity".

[4] He was nuncio in Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden from his appointment on 27 February 1999[5] until John Paul accepted his resignation on 16 October 2004.