Callista Gingrich is an American diplomat, author, businesswoman, documentary filmmaker and current United States Ambassador to the Holy See. A role she accepted on December 22, 2017, two months after her appointment, was confirmed by the US Senate.
Gingrich would be the 11th American Ambassador to the Holy See. President Ronald Reagan first established formal relations with the Vatican in 1984. Additionally, Gingrich is the wife of Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the US House of Representatives and 2012 Republican Presidential nominee. Let’s take a look at her details and other fun facts to know more about her.
Who is Callista Gingrich (Newt Gingrich’s wife)
Callista Louise Gingrich was born – Callista LouiseBisek – on March 4, 1966 in Whitehall, Wisconsin, USA to parents Alphonse Emil Bisek and Bernita (Krause) Bisek. Her father, Alphonse, worked in a packaging plant while her mother worked as a secretary. She attended Whitehall Memorial High School, where she graduated as an adjudicator in her class in 1984. She then attended Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, where she received her music degree, graduating with honors in 1988. During her studies she was a member of Pi Kappa Lambda.
In 1988, fresh out of college, Gingrich began working as an intern in Republican Congressman Steve Gunderson’s Washington, DC office. After the internship, she joined Gunderson’s congressional staff, where she remained until 1995. During this time, she began an affair with her current husband, Newt Gingrich. In 1995, she began working as an officer on the House Committee on Agriculture until she left in late 2007.
Since leaving the house in 2007, Gingrich has continued to serve in a variety of roles. That includes serving as President of Gingrich Productions, a multimedia production company she co-founded.
Gingrich Productions has made historical and political documentaries, made speeches, appeared on television and published several books and newsletters. To date, Gingrich Productions has released over nine major documentaries including The First American, Nine Days That Changed the World, Ronald Reagan: Meeting Destiny, Rediscovering God in America, Rediscovering God in America II: Our Inheritance, Divine Mercy: The Sanctification by John Paul II, inter alia A City on a Hill.
Callista Bisek and Newt Gingrich first met in 1993 when she worked in Congressman Steve Gunderson’s office. Newt Gingrich was House Minority Whip at the time. According to sources, the duo began a six-year affair while Newt was still married to his second wife, Marianne. After divorcing Marianne in December 1999, Newt married Callista on August 18, 2000 in a private ceremony in Alexandria, Virginia. Callista’s Catholic beliefs helped convert her husband to Roman Catholicism in 2009. They live together in McLean, Virginia.
Facts about the Ambassador to the Holy See
1. Fortune
There are no sources worth describing their current network. However, if marriage is a factor, then I’m sure you can give her husband’s $9 million net worth credit to her as well. She runs a number of for-profit businesses with her husband. The companies they wholly or partially own are reported to have nearly $100 million in revenue.
2. She is an author
Gingrich is the author of over seven children’s books such as Sweet Land of Liberty and Land of the Pilgrims’ Pride. Both books made the New York Times Best Seller list for children’s books. She also published other successful books such as Yankee Doodle Dandy (2013), From Sea to Shining Sea (2014) and Christmas in America (2015). Hail the Chief (2016) and Remember the Ladies (2017).
3. Height and body measurements
Now in her early fifties, Callista Gingrich maintains that radiant glow and youthful shape. She is 1.75 meters tall and weighs around 65 kg. She has blonde hair and hazel eyes. Unfortunately, there are no verified details on her bra, shoe, and dress sizes. and their body measurements. We’ll post them all for you as soon as we get the details.
4. Things to know
Gingrich is a longtime choir member at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC; where she sings old She also plays french horn with the City of Fairfax Band in Fairfax, Virginia.