Apostolic Nunciature to Albania

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Apostolic Nunciature to Albania
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LocationTirana
Apostolic NuncioArchbishop Luigi Bonazzi

The Apostolic Nunciature to Albania is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Albania. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.

After a gap of several decades Pope John Paul II established the Nunciature to Albania on 7 September 1991.[1]

Representatives of the Holy See to Albania[]

Apostolic delegates
  • Ernesto Cozzi (12 November 1920 - 23 February 1926)[2]
  • Giovanni Battista della Pietra (3 March 1927 - 1934)
  • Ildebrando Antoniutti (19 May 1936 - August 1936)
  • Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris (18 August 1938[3] - 1947)
Apostolic Nuncios

See also[]

  • Foreign relations of the Holy See
  • List of diplomatic missions of the Holy See

References[]

  1. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXIV. 1992. p. 10–1. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  2. ^ Elsie, Robert (213). A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. I.B. Tauris. p. 90. ISBN 9781780764313.
  3. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XXX. 1938. pp. 320–1. Retrieved 18 May 2020. Delegato Apostolico in Albania
  4. ^ "Cardinal Ivan Dias of Bombay passes away". L'Osservatore Romano. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Rinunce e Nomine, 26.07.2008" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 26 July 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 09.03.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 28.09.2020" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 10.12.2020" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
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