Domenico Enrici

Domenico Enrici (9 April 1909 – 3 December 1997) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served in the Holy See's diplomatic corps. Born in Cervasca, Italy, he was ordained a priest on 29 June 1933 and later studied at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy until 1935 to prepare for his diplomatic career. His early assignments included postings in Ireland from 1938 and Taiwan in the mid-1950s. On 17 September 1955, he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Ancusa and Apostolic Internuncio to Indonesia by Pope Pius XII. He was consecrated as a bishop on 1 November 1955 by Giovanni Montini. Subsequent assignments included Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti from 30 January 1958, Apostolic Internuncio to Japan from 5 January 1960, and Apostolic Delegate to Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania from 1 October 1962. Enrici participated in the first and third sessions of the Second Vatican Council. On 26 April 1969, he was appointed Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain. During this time, he notably snubbed Mervyn Stockwood, a Church of England bishop, at a charity dinner for praising birth control clinics. In 1973, he joined the Secretariat of State but continued to undertake diplomatic missions. He visited Taiwan in February 1974 and represented the Holy See at significant events such as the enthronement of Spain’s King Juan Carlos and the coronation of Emperor Bokassa of the Central African Empire. From 1974 to 1975, he served as acting president of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Enrici retired on 1 December 1979 and passed ...