| LC control no. | n 81029146 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Fitzgerald, Michael, 1937- |
| Variant(s) | Fitzgerald, Michael L. Fitzgerald, Michael L. (Michael Louis), 1937- |
| Associated place | Rome (Italy) Kampala (Uganda) Jerusalem |
| Birth date | 1937-08-17 |
| Place of birth | Walsall (England) |
| Field of activity | Christianity and other religions--Islam Islam--Relations--Christianity |
| Affiliation | White Fathers Makerere University Catholic Church. Pontificium Consilium pro Dialogo Inter Religiones Pontificio Istituto di studi arabi Catholic Church. Apostolic Nunciature (Egypt) |
| Profession or occupation | Bishops Missionaries Clergy Papal nuncios |
| Found in | Moslems und Christen, Partner? 1976. Information from 678 converted Jan. 5, 2015 (Priester, Gesellschaft der Missionare von Afrika) Wikipedia, viewed June 30, 2015: (Michael Louis Fitzgerald; born August 17, 1937, in Walsall, United Kingdom; joined the junior seminary of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) at age twelve; made novitiate in Netherlands, 1956-1957; pursued theological studies from 1957-1961 in Tunisia; ordained priest on Feb. 3, 1961 as member of Society of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers). Lecturer at Institut pontifical d'eĢtudes arabes in 1968; appointed lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies at University of Makerere, Kampala, Uganda, in 1969. 1972-1978, Director of Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies; 1972 became consultor of Secretariat for Non-Christians, later named Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue; 1980 elected to General Council of the Missionaries of Africa in Rome; 1987, appointed Secretary of the Secretariat for Non-Christians (renamed in 1988 Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue); became President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue in October, 2002; appointed titular bishop of Nepte, Tunisia, in 1991; raised to Archbishop in October, 2002; appointed Apostlic Nuncio to Egypt and Delegate to the League of Arab States on February 15, 2006; retired in 2012 and will stay at the Missionaries of Africa in Jerusalem) Signs of dialogue, 1992: t.p. (Michael L. Fitzgerald) p. 2 of cover (Sec. of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Vatican; RC bishop) Biographical resource center, October 16, 2008 (Michael Louis Fitzgerald; born August 17, 1937, Walsall, England; archbishop; apostolic nuncio Egypt and del. League of Arab States, Pontifical Coun. Inter-Religious Dialogue, 2006; ordained priest, 1961) |
| Invalid LCCN | no 96068870 |
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