The Apostolic Nunciature to Paraguay is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Paraguay. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.
List of papal representatives edit
- Apostolic Delegates
- Vincenzo Massoni (26 September 1856 – 3 June 1857)
- Marino Marini (14 August 1857 – 27 March 1865)
- Angelo Di Pietro (31 December 1877 – 30 September 1879)
- Luigi Matera (19 September 1879 – 14 October 1884)
- Antonio Sabatucci (24 October 1900 – 9 November 1906)
- Apostolic Internuncios
- Alberto Vassallo di Torregrossa (5 January 1920 – 14 July 1922)
- Title is Nuncio as of 6 August 1920
- Apostolic Nuncios
- Beda Giovanni Cardinale (16 October 1922 – 29 August 1925)
- Filippo Cortesi (14 June 1928 – 4 June 1936)
- Giuseppe Fietta (11 December 1936 – 12 November 1939)[1]
- Albert Levame (12 November 1939[1] – 17 December 1941)
- Liberato Tosti (5 September 1946 – 4 October 1948)
- Federico Lunardi (8 July 1949[2] – 9 November 1954)[3]
- Luigi Punzolo (7 December 1954 – 12 December 1957)
- Carlo Martini (25 March 1958 – 29 November 1963)
- Vittore Ugo Righi (1 February 1964 – 1967)
- Antonio Innocenti (15 December 1967 – 26 February 1973)
- Joseph Mees (11 July 1973[4] – 19 January 1985)
- Giorgio Zur (3 May 1985[5] – 13 August 1990)[6]
- José Sebastián Laboa Gallego (21 August 1990 – 18 March 1995)
- Lorenzo Baldisseri (6 April 1995[7] – 19 June 1999)[8]
- Antonio Lucibello (27 July 1999[9] – 27 August 2005)[10]
- Orlando Antonini (16 November 2005[11] – 8 August 2009)[12]
- Eliseo Antonio Ariotti (5 November 2009[13] – 29 December 2023)[14]
- Vincenzo Turturro (29 December 2023[14] – present)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXXI. 1939. p. 721. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XLI. 1949. p. 431. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Msgr. Federico Lunardi". New York Times. 11 November 1954. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXIII. 1965. p. 414. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXVII. 1985. p. 677. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXII. 1990. p. 927. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXVII. 1995. p. 535. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XCI. 1999. p. 845. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XCI. 1999. p. 1004.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 27.07.2005" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 27 August 2005. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 16.11.2005" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 16 November 2005. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.08.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 05.11.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ a b Resignations and Appointments, 29.12.2023