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Archbishop Bonazzi was born in Gazzaniga, Italy, in 1948 and was ordained a priest in 1973 for the Diocese of Bergamo.

After obtaining a doctorate in education, he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1980. He previously served in the diplomatic missions of the Holy See in Cameroon, Trinidad and Tobago, Malta, Mozambique, Spain, the U.S., and Italy.

In 1999, Archbishop Bonazzi was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, after which he was named Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba in 2004. He was named Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania and Estonia as of March 14, 2009, and to Latvia as of March 25, 2009.