Adriano Bernardini

Who is Adriano Bernardini?

Adriano Bernardini is the current Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and San Marino, a post to which he was appointed on 15 November 2011.

On 31 March 1968, he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Rome. He then attended the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy to study diplomacy while earning a doctorate in canon law at the same time.

His first assignment in the diplomatic service of the Holy See was in the Apostolic Nunciature to Pakistan, which also follows events in Afghanistan. He later worked in the nunciatures to Angola, Japan, Venezuela and Spain. On 17 January 1989 he was appointed chargé d'affaires of the nunciature in Taiwan. On 20 August 1992, just days after his 50th birthday, he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Falerii and Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh. He received episcopal ordination on 15 November 1992 from Cardinal Angelo Sodano.

Bernardini remained in Bangladesh until 15 June 1995, when he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles. He was next appointed Nuncio to Thailand, Singapore and Cambodia and Apostolic Delegate to Burma, Laos, Malaysia and Brunei on 24 July 1999.