Romolo Carboni was born on 9 May 1911 in
Fano, Italy. He was ordained a priest on 31 March 1934. To prepare for a diplomatic career, he entered the
Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1934. He joined the diplomatic service on 15 September 1937. His early assignments included postings in Haiti, the United States, and in Rome from 1945 to 1953. On 28 September 1953,
Pope Pius XII named him titular archbishop of
Sidon and
Apostolic Delegate to Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania. He received his episcopal consecration on 25 October 1953 from Cardinal
Pietro Fumasoni Biondi. In 1961, a collection of speeches he gave while in this post was published in English as
An Apostolic Delegate Speaks, with a book jacket that said "An alert, progressive Catholic archbishop speaks his mind". He was a forceful orator and fluent in English. In Australia, he was a very public advocate for lay Catholic political organisations, On 2 September 1959,
Pope John XXIII named him
Apostolic Nuncio to Peru. His support for political and Church conservatives proved controversial. On 23 April 1969,
Pope Paul VI appointed him
Apostolic Nuncio to Italy. He retired upon the appointment of his successor,
Luigi Poggi, on 19 April 1986. He died on 2 September 1999. ==References ==