Giovanni Moretti
Titular Bishop of Vartana
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Titular See of Vartana
In office	1971–2018
Predecessor	Carlo Minchiatti
Successor	vacant
Orders
Ordination	28 June 1947 by Leone Giacomo Ossola
Consecration	24 October 1971 by Opilio Rossi
Personal details
Born	(1923-11-20)20 November 1923 Meina, Italy
Died	16 October 2018(2018-10-16) (aged 94) Meina, Italy

Giovanni Moretti (20 November 1923 – 16 October 2018) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.

Moretti was born in Meina on 20 November 1923 and ordained a priest on 28 June 1947.

To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1955.^[1]

Pope Paul VI appointed him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Thailand, and Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia, Singapore, and Laos on 9 September 1971.^[2]

He received his episcopal consecration on 24 October 1971 from Archbishop Opilio Rossi.

Moretti was appointed Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sudan and Apostolic Delegate to the Red Sea Region on 30 March 1978.^[3]

Pope John Paul II named him Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt on 10 July 1984.^[4]

He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium, to Luxembourg, and to the European Community on 15 July 1989.^[5]

He retired when replaced in his European Community post on 22 January 1999^[6] and in his posts to Belgium and Luxembourg on 3 March 1999.

He died on 16 October 2018.

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