# Albert Levame
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{{Short description|Monagasque prelate}}{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Archbishop
| name = Albert Levame
| title = Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
| church = [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church)
| term = 16 June 1954 – 5 December 1958
| archdiocese = [Archdiocese of Chersonesus in Zechia](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Chersonesus_in_Zechia)
| predecessor = [Gerald O'Hara](/source/Gerald_O'Hara)
| successor = [Antonio Riberi](/source/Antonio_Riberi)
| other_post = [Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Chersonesus_in_Zechia) (1933-1958)
| previous_post = [Apostolic Internunico to Egypt](/source/Apostolic_Nunciature_to_Egypt) (1949-1954)
[Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay](/source/Apostolic_Nunciature_to_Uruguay) (1939-1949)
[Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay](/source/Apostolic_Nunciature_to_Paraguay) (1939-1941)
[Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala](/source/Apostolic_Nunciature_to_Guatemala) (1936-1939)
[Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador](/source/Apostolic_Nunciature_to_El_Salvador) (1933-1939)
[Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras](/source/Apostolic_Nunciature_to_Honduras) (1933-1938)
Apostolic Delegate to Guatemala (1933-1936)
| ordination = 21 May 1905
| consecration = 4 February 1934
| consecrated_by = [Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli](/source/Eugenio_Maria_Giuseppe_Giovanni_Pacelli)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1881|1|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Monaco](/source/Monaco)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1958|12|5|1881|1|19|df=y}}
| death_place = [Dublin](/source/Dublin), [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland)
}}
'''Albert Levame''' (19 January 1881 – 5 December 1958) was a Monagasque prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
==Biography==
Albert Levame was born in Monaco on 19 January 1881. He studied at the Jesuit College of the Visitation there and then at the [Pontifical Gregorian University](/source/Pontifical_Gregorian_University) in Rome. He was ordained a priest on 21 May 1905.
To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the [Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy](/source/Pontifical_Ecclesiastical_Academy) in 1907.[{{cite web|publisher=[Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy](/source/Pontifical_Ecclesiastical_Academy)|language =it|access-date = 28 August 2019 | title = Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1900 – 1949 |url = https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdeccles/documents/1900-1949.htm }}] His early postings included stints in Vienna, Prague, Buenos Aires, and Paris.[
On 21 December 1933, [Pope Pius XI](/source/Pope_Pius_XI) named him a titular archbishop of [Chersonesus in Zechia](/source/Chersonesus) and Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and to Honduras.][{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | access-date = 17 December 2019 | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-26-1934-ocr.pdf | date= 1934 | volume = XXVI | pages= 10, 203}}] He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal [Eugenio Pacelli](/source/Eugenio_Pacelli) on 4 February 1934.
On 12 November 1939, [Pope Pius XII](/source/Pope_Pius_XII) named him nuncio to Uruguay and to Paraguay.[{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | access-date = 17 December 2019 | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-31-1939-ocr.pdf | date= 1939 | volume = XXXI | pages= 721}}] He resigned from the Paraguay position in 1941.
On 3 October 1949, Pope Pius appointed him Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt.[{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | access-date = 27 January 2020 | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-41-1949-ocr.pdf | date= 1949 | volume = XXXXI | pages= 574}}] There he took part in the negotiations that resolved the controversy over the teaching of the Christian religion in schools.[{{cite news | work = Catholic Herald | access-date = 28 August 2019 | url = http://archive-uat.catholicherald.co.uk/article/12th-december-1958/1/government-white-paper | title = Government White Paper | date = 12 December 1958 | archive-date = 28 August 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190828210758/http://archive-uat.catholicherald.co.uk/article/12th-december-1958/1/government-white-paper | url-status = dead }}]
He was named Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland on 16 June 1954.
He died in the nunciature in Dublin on 5 December 1958. He had been ill for several months.[{{cite news | work=The New York Times | date= 6 December 1958 | title = Archbishop Albert Levame Dies at 77; Papal Nuncio to Ireland since 1954 | access-date = 28 August 2019 | url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1958/12/06/83429547.html?pageNumber=23 }}]
==References==
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==External links ==
*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bleva.html Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Albert Levame]
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Category:Apostolic nuncios to El Salvador
Category:Apostolic nuncios to Honduras
Category:Apostolic nuncios to Egypt
Category:Apostolic nuncios to Uruguay
Category:Apostolic nuncios to Paraguay
Category:Apostolic nuncios to Ireland
Category:1958 deaths
Category:1881 births
Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Pius XI
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