Apostolic Nunciature to Indonesia

The Apostolic Nunciature to Indonesia is a diplomatic position within the Vatican, equivalent to an embassy. It is located at Jalan Merdeka Timur 18, Jakarta-Pusat.

Apostolic Nunciature in Jakarta

The Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to the Republic of Indonesia serves both as the ambassador of the Pope (as head of State of Vatican City) to the President of Indonesia, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in Indonesia and the Pope (as head of the church).[1]

List of papal representatives

Apostolic Delegates

• Georges-Marie de Jonghe d'Ardoye (6 July 1947 – 2 March 1955)

Apostolic Internuncios

• Domenico Enrici (17 September 1955 – 30 January 1958)
• Ottavio De Liva (18 April 1962[2] – 23 August 1965)[3]

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio

• Salvatore Pappalardo (7 December 1965[4] – 7 May 1969)[5]

Apostolic Nuncios

• Joseph Mees (14 June 1969[6] - 10 July 1973)
• Vincenzo Maria Farano (8 August 1973 – 25 August 1979)
• Pablo Puente Buces (18 March 1980 – 15 March 1986)
• Francesco Canalini (28 May 1986[7] – 20 July 1991)[8]
• Pietro Sambi (28 November 1991 – 6 June 1998)
• Renzo Fratini (8 August 1998 – 27 January 2004)[9]
• Malcolm Ranjith (29 April 2004 – 10 December 2005)
• Leopoldo Girelli (13 April 2006[10] – 13 January 2011)
• Antonio Guido Filipazzi (23 March 2011–26 April 2017)[11][12]
• Piero Pioppo (8 September 2017[13][12] – present)

See also

• Holy See–Indonesia relations
• Catholic Church in Indonesia

References

1. "Nunciature to Indonesia". catholic-hierarchy.org. Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
2. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LIV. 1962. p. 412. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
3. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LVII. 1965. p. 752. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
4. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LVIII. 1966. p. 111. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
5. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXI. 1969. p. 353. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
6. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXI. 1969. pp. 471, 743. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
7. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXVIII. 1986. pp. 590, 1066. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
8. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXIII. 1991. p. 703. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
9. "Rinunce e Nomine, 27.01.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 27 January 2004. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
10. "Rinunce e Nomine, 12.04.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 April 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
11. "Paus Benediktus XVI Ganti Dubes Vatikan di Indonesia" (in Indonesian). Tribunnews.com. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
12. "Pope appoints Arch. Pioppo Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia". Vatican Radio. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
13. "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.09.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 September 2017.

External links

• "History of Nunciature Indonesia". Nunciature Indonesia.