Background
Coppa, Giovanni Cardinal was born on November 9, 1925 in Alba, Italy.
Coppa, Giovanni Cardinal was born on November 9, 1925 in Alba, Italy.
Doctor in Modern Letters, Catholic University of Sacred Heart.
Ordained priest, 1949. Official to Secretariat of State, Vatican City, 1979. Ordained bishop, 1980.
Archbishop, apostolic nuncio to Czechoslovakia, 1990—1993. Apostolic nuncio to Slovakia, 1993—1994. Apostolic nuncio to Czech Republic, 1993—2001.
Apostolic nuncio emeritus, since 2001. Elevated to cardinal, 2007. Cardinal-deacon S. Lino, since 2008.
Former vice-chaplain Palatine Guard.