Apostolic Nunciature to Guinea-Bissau

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

List of papal representatives to Guinea-Bissau[]

Apostolic Delegates

Luigi Barbarito (5 April 1975 - 10 June 1978)
Luigi Dossena (24 October 1978^[1] - 30 December 1985)^[2]
Pablo Puente Buces (15 March 1986 - 31 July 1989)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio

Antonio Maria Vegliò (21 October 1989^[3] - 2 October 1997)^[4]

Apostolic Nuncios

Jean-Paul Gobel (6 December 1997^[5] - 31 October 2001)^[6]
Giuseppe Pinto (5 March 2002^[7] - 6 December 2007)^[8]
Luis Mariano Montemayor (17 September 2008^[9] – 22 June 2015)^[10]
Michael Banach (22 August 2016^[11] – present)

References[]

^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXVIII. 1986. p. 1000. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXVIII. 1986. p. 131.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXI. 1989. p. 1273. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXIX. 1997. p. 733. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXIX. 1997. p. 66. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 31.10.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 31 October 2001. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 05.03.2002" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 5 March 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 06.12.2007" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 6 December 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 17.09.2008" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 September 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 22.06.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
^ "Rinunce e nomine, 22.08.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. August 22, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2019.

[1] Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXVIII. 1986. p. 1000. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

[2] Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXVIII. 1986. p. 131.

[3] Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXI. 1989. p. 1273. Retrieved 8 December 2019.

[4] Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXIX. 1997. p. 733. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

[5] Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXIX. 1997. p. 66. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

[6] "Rinunce e Nomine, 31.10.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 31 October 2001. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

[7] "Rinunce e Nomine, 05.03.2002" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 5 March 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2019.

[8] "Rinunce e Nomine, 06.12.2007" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 6 December 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2019.

[9] "Rinunce e Nomine, 17.09.2008" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 September 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2018.

[10] "Rinunce e Nomine, 22.06.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2018.

[11] "Rinunce e nomine, 22.08.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. August 22, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2019.

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