archbishop aldo cavalli the 75-year-old archbishop of lekker italy who currently serves as apostolic nuncio to the netherlands will succeed the polish archbishop henrik hoser who passed away last august in the service of the apostolic visitor in madugoria it is a purely pastoral task that does not enter into questions of the authenticity of marian apparitions pope francis has appointed archbishop aldo cavalli the current apostolic nuncio to the netherlands and permanent representative of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the new apostolic visitor for the parish of madugoria indefinitely and under the direct authority of the holy see he succeeded polish archbishop henry hoser who passed away last august 13 in warsaw at the age of 78 who had been in office since 2018. monsignor cavalli turned 75 on october 18. he was born in madianiko di leco in lombardy 1946. he is from a family of bakers and he was ordained a priest in bergamo in 1971. he completed his studies at the pontifical ecclesiastical academy entering the diplomatic service of the holy see in 1979. he was appointed apostolic nuncio consecrated a bishop in 1996 as the titular archbishop vibo valencia he led the nunciatures of souta may in principal 1996 angola 1997 chile 2001 colombia 2007 libya and malta 2013 the netherlands 2015 and was a permanent representative to the chemical weapons prohibition organizations since 2015. on may 15 he was received in an audience by pope francis the duty of apostolic visitor specified by the vatican press office at the time of archbishop hosa's appointment has an exclusively pastoral character he irresponsibility is constant and continuous accompaniment of the parish community of this small town in bosnia and hurts a governor and the numerous believers who come there on pilgrimages a shrine of such importance requires special attention he has a pastoral role therefore that does not call into question the authenticity of the marian apparitions that madugoria seers claim to have had since june 24 1981 in may 2019 pope francis approved pilgrimages to madugoria but have since been officially organized in dioceses and parishes and no longer only privately thank you for supporting my channel may god bless you and keep you