Conti was born on 2 March 1929 in
Ceprano,
Province of Frosinone, Italy. He early assignments working in the diplomatic service took him to Indonesia, Venezuela, Belgium, and France. In 1971 he became
Permanent Observer of the Holy See to UNESCO in Paris. On 1 August 1975,
Pope Paul VI named him
Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, Apostolic Delegate to the Antilles, and titular archbishop of Gratiana. He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal
Jean-Marie Villot on 5 October. He defended his newly constructed residence when criticized for its extravagance by Cardinal
Aloisio Lorscheider and other prelates who saw it when attending a conference of Latin American bishops in
Port-au-Prince. (The structure survived the
earthquake and tsunami of 2010.) On 19 November 1983, he was named Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq and Kuwait. On 12 April 1991, he was named Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras. On 15 May 1999, he was named
Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey and Turkmenistan. While he was in that position, Pope John Paul II made the first papal reference to the "Armenian genocide". He retired on 5 June 2003. He died on 5 December 2015. ==References==