Background
Palmas, Angelo was born on December 21, 1914 in Villanova Monteleone, Italy.
Palmas, Angelo was born on December 21, 1914 in Villanova Monteleone, Italy.
Student, Pontifical Seminary, Cuglieri, Italy. Doctorate in Theology, Pontifical Seminary, Cuglieri, 1939. License in Philosophy, Gregorian University, Rome, 1942.
Doctorate in Civil and Canon Law, Latran Pontifical University, Rome, 1946.
Secretary, Apostolic Nunciature, Belgium, 1947-1952; auditor, Apostolic Nunciature, Switzerland, 1952-1954; auditor, counsellor, Apostolic Nunciature, Lebanon, 1954-1960; member, Secretariat of State, Vatican, 1960-1964; apostolic delegate to Vietnam and Cambodia, 1964-1969; apostolic Nuncio, Colombia, 1969-1975; apostolic Pro-Nuncio, Ottawa, Canada, 1975-1990.