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Luciano Angeloni (2 December 1917 – 9 May 1996) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
Luciano Angeloni was born in Imperia, Italy, on 2 December 1917. He was ordained a priest on 18 August 1940.
To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1953.[1]
On 24 December 1970, Pope Paul VI appointed him a titular archbishop and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Malawi and to Zambia.[2] His received his episcopal consecration on 7 February 1971 from Cardinal Paolo Bertoli.
On 25 November 1978, Pope John Paul II named him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea.[3]
On 21 August 1981, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon.[4]
On 31 July 1989, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal.[5]
His service as nuncio ended with the appointment of his successor on 15 March 1993.[6]
On 29 November 1993 he was named a consultor to the Secretariat of State[7] and on 25 January 1994 he was appointed to a 5-year term as a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.[8]
He died on 9 May 1996.
