Paolo Marella was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served in the Roman Curia following a career as a delegate of the Holy See, and was elevated to the cardinalate by Pope John XXII
Marella circa 1942.
The relations between the Holy See and Japan were informally established in 1919, when the Japanese government accepted a request by the Holy See to send an apostolic delegate to their country. It was
Paolo Marella
…Confalonieri Successor Sebastiano Baggio Other post Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1972–84) Previous posts Titular Archbishop of Doclea (1933–59) Apostolic Delegate to Japan (1933–48) Apostolic Delegate to Oceania (1948–53) Apostolic Delegate to Australia (1948–53) Apostolic Delegate to New Zealand (1948–53) Apostolic Nuncio…
Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See in Tokyo
Embassy of Japan to the Holy See in Rome
Japanese depiction of Francis Xavier, 17th century.
Ken Harada, Japan's first special minister to the Holy See.