Apostolic Nunciature to Italy
The Apostolic Nunciature to Italy is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Italy. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.
Apostolic Nuncios to Italy[edit]
All the apostolic nuncios were Italian until the 2017 appointment of Emil Paul Tscherrig, who is Swiss.[1]
- Francesco Borgongini Duca (30 June 1929 - 12 January 1953)
- Giuseppe Fietta (26 January 1953 - 15 December 1958)
- Carlo Grano (15 December 1958 - 26 June 1967)
- Egano Righi-Lambertini (8 July 1967 - 23 April 1969)
- Romolo Carboni (26 April 1969 - 19 April 1986)
- Luigi Poggi (19 April 1986 - 9 April 1992)
- Carlo Furno (15 April 1992 - 26 November 1994)
- Francesco Colasuonno (12 November 1994 - 21 February 1998)
- Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (7 March 1998 - 17 April 2001)[2]
- Paolo Romeo (17 April 2001[2] - 19 December 2006)
- Giuseppe Bertello (19 December 2006[3] - 1 October 2011)[4]
- Adriano Bernardini (15 November 2011[5] - 12 September 2017)[6]
- Emil Paul Tscherrig (12 September 2017[6] - 11 March 2024)[7]
- Petar Rajič (11 March 2024[7] - present)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Gagliarducci, Andrea (13 September 2017). "For the first time, the papal nuncio to Italy is not Italian". Crux. Catholic News Agency. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Rinunce e Nomine, 17.04.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 April 2002. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.01.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 03.09.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 3 September 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 15.11.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Rinunce e Nomine, 12.09.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ a b Resignations and Appointments, 11.03.2024
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