Angelo Rotta

Angelo Rotta (9 August 1872 – 1 February 1965) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. As the Apostolic Nuncio in Budapest at the end of World War II, he was involved in the rescue of the Jews of Budapest from the Nazi Holocaust. He is a significant figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism.

Angelo Rotta
Titular Archbishop of Thebae
Apostolic Nuncio
Orders
Ordination10 February 1895
Consecration1 November 1922
by Pietro Gasparri
Personal details
Born
Angelo Rotta

9 August 1872
Milan, Italy
DiedFebruary 1, 1965(1965-02-01) (aged 92)
Vatican, Italy
NationalityItalian
OccupationCatholic prelate and diplomat
Previous post(s)
  • Apostolic Internuncio to Central America (1922–1923)
  • Apostolic Internuncio to Panama (1923–1925)
  • Apostolic Delegate to Turkey
  • (1925–1930)
  • Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary (1930–1945)
Righteous
Among the Nations
  • The Holocaust
  • Rescuers of Jews
  • Righteousness
  • Seven Laws of Noah
  • Yad Vashem
By country
  • Austrian
  • Croatian
  • German
  • Hungarian
  • Lithuanian
  • Norwegian
  • Polish (list)
  • Romanian
  • Serbian
  • Ukrainian
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