Background
De Paoli was born in Jeannette, Pennsylvania.
archbishop bishop Diplomat Catholic priest
De Paoli was born in Jeannette, Pennsylvania.
Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.
Ordained a priest on December 18, 1960, for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami, in Florida, he entered the Vatican"s diplomatic corps in 1966. De Paoli was consecrated a Roman Catholic bishop on November 20, 1983 after being appointed a bishop on September 23, 1983 by Pope John Paul World War II He served, thereafter, as a delegate or nuncio to Sri Lanka, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and Japan. In 2004, he was named nuncio to Australia, an office he retained until his death in Miami Beach, Florida.