Apostolic Nunciature to Italy

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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[]

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 (11 January 2007[3] - 1 October 2011)[4]
  • Adriano Bernardini (15 November 2011[5] - 12 September 2017)[6]
  • Emil Paul Tscherrig (12 September 2017[6] - present)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Rinunce e Nomine, 17.04.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 April 2002. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.01.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 03.09.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 3 September 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 15.11.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Rinunce e Nomine, 12.09.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
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