The Apostolic Nunciature to Syria is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Syria. 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 to Syria edit
- Apostolic Delegates
- Aloisio Gandolfi (11 August 1815 - 13 January 1818)
- Jean-Baptiste Auvergne (29 March 1833 - 7 September 1836)
- Giuseppe Angelo di Fazio (5 December 1837 - 13 December 1838)
- Francisco Villardel (8 March 1839 - 19 June 1852)
- Serafino Milani (23 January 1874 - 21 December 1874)
- Luigi Piavi (14 November 1876 - 28 August 1889)
- Gaudenzio Bonfigli (19 Aug 1890 - 25 February 1896)
- Pierre-Gonzalès-Charles Duval (25 February 1896 - 31 July 1904)
- Frediano Giannini (20 January 1905 - 12 February 1936)
- Rémy-Louis Leprêtre (18 March 1936 - 7 May 1947)
- Apostolic Internuncios
- Paolo Pappalardo (19 March 1953 - 1958)
- Luigi Punzolo (10 January 1962 - 17 June 1967)
- became Apostolic Pro-Nuncio on 2 February 1966[1]
- Apostolic Pro-Nuncios
- Raffaele Forni (17 June 1967 - 19 September 1969)[2]
- Achille Glorieux (19 September 1969[2] - 3 August 1973)
- Amelio Poggi (26 September 1973[3] - 23 December 1974)
- Angelo Pedroni (15 March 1975[4] - 6 July 1983)[5]
- Nicola Rotunno (30 August 1983[6] - 8 December 1987)
- Apostolic Nuncios
- Luigi Accogli (17 June 1988[7] - 11 February 1993)[8]
- Pier Giacomo De Nicolò (11 February 1993[8] - 21 January 1999)[9]
- Diego Causero (31 March 1999[10] - 10 January 2004)[11]
- Giovanni Battista Morandini (6 March 2004[12] - 21 September 2008)
- Mario Zenari (30 December 2008[13] – present)
References edit
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LVIII. 1966. p. 253. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ a b Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXI. 1969. p. 693. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXV. 1973. p. 519. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXVII. 1975. p. 232. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXV. 1983. p. 671.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXV. 1983. p. 785.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXX. 1988. p. 1063.
- ^ a b Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXV. 1993. p. 307.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XCI. 1999. p. 239.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XCI. 1999. p. 479. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 10.01.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 10 January 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 06.03.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 6 March 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 30.12.2008" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 30 December 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2019.