Apostolic Nunciature to Equatorial Guinea
Appearance
The Apostolic Nunciature to Equatorial Guinea is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Delegate[1].The title Apostolic Nuncio to Equatorial Guinea is held by the prelate appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon; he resides in Yaounde.
Pope Paul VI established the Apostolic Delegation to Equatorial Guinea in 1971[2] and Pope John Paul II created the Apostolic Nunciature to Equatorial Guinea on 28 December 1981.[3]
Papal representatives to Equatorial Guinea
[edit]- Apostolic Delegates
- Jean Jadot (15 May 1971[4] - 23 May 1973)
- Luciano Storero (30 June 1973[5] - 14 July 1976)[6]
- Giuseppe Uhac (7 October 1976 - 3 June 1981)
- Apostolic Pro-Nuncios
- Donato Squicciarini (16 September 1981 - 1 July 1989)
- Santos Abril y Castelló (2 October 1989[7] - 24 February 1996)[8]
- Apostolic Nuncios
- Félix del Blanco Prieto (28 June 1996[9] - 5 June 2003)[10]
- Eliseo Antonio Ariotti (5 August 2003 [11] - 5 November 2009)[12]
- Piero Pioppo (25 January 2010[13] - 8 September 2017)[14]
- Julio Murat (29 March 2018[15] - 9 November 2022)[16]
- José Avelino Bettencourt (30 August 2023[17] - present)
References
[edit]- ^ "The Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations". The Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ "Apostolic Nunciature to Equatorial Guinea". GCatholic. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXIV. 1982. p. 266. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXIII. 1971. p. 398. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXV. 1973. p. 414. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXVIII. 1976. p. 539. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXI. 1989. p. 1272. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXVIII. 1996. p. 302. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXVIII. 1996. p. 677. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 05.06.2003" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 5 June 2003. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 05.08.2003" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 5 August 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 05.11.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 25.01.2010" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.09.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 29.03.2018" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 09.11.2022". Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 30.08.2023". Retrieved August 30, 2023.