Giovanni De Andrea

The Most Reverend Giovanni De Andrea
Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva
Church	Roman Catholic Church
In office	1975-2012
Other post(s)	Vice President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See Grand Prior of the Lieutenancy for Central Italy and Sardinia of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
Orders
Ordination	29 June 1951
Consecration	11 May 1975 by Jean-Marie Villot
Personal details
Born	(1928-04-22)22 April 1928 Rivarolo Canavese, Italy
Died	19 January 2012(2012-01-19) (aged 83) Rome, Italy
Previous post(s)	Vice President of Labour Office of the Apostolic See (1989-2007) President of Vatican Publishing House (1993 – 2003) Apostolic Delegate to Libya (1986-1989) Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Tunisia (1986-1989) Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Algeria (1986-1989) Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran (1983-1986) Apostolic Delegate to Angola (1975-1983)

Giovanni De Andrea (22 April 1928 – 19 January 2012) was an Italian Roman Catholic titular archbishop and diplomat.

Education

Ordained to the priesthood on June 29, 1951. From 1956 to 1958 he studied at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, then he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See.

Career

De Andrea was named titular archbishop of Aquaviva on April 14, 1975. He served as apostolic delegate to Angola and Libya and apostolic pro-nuncio to Iran, Algeria, and Tunisia.

In 1989, he was appointed vice-president of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See retiring in 2007.

Between 1993 and 2003, he served as President of the Vatican Publishing House.

For many years he was a Grand Prior of the Lieutenancy for Central Italy and Sardinia of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.

Family

His younger brother Giuseppe de Andrea was also a priest. On September 20, 2001, he conferred the Episcopal Consecration to him as an Archbishop of the Titular See of Anzio.

Death

He died in Rome at the age of 83. Cardinal Angelo Sodano presided at his funeral rites at the altar of the Cathedra in St. Peter's Basilica.