Apostolic Nunciature to Madagascar

The Apostolic Nunciature to Madagascar is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Madagascar. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. The nuncio resides in Antananarivo.

Pope John XXIII established the Delegation to Madagascar on 3 May 1960 to represent its interests there to both Catholic Church and government officials. The Delegate had no diplomatic status.[1] Pope Paul VI created the Nunciature on 9 January 1967.[2]

Apostolic Nuncios to Madagascar

Mgr Kasujja

Apostolic Delegates

• Felice Pirozzi (19 September 1960[3] - 9 January 1967)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncios

• Paolo Mosconi (9 November 1967[4] - 1969)
• Michele Cecchini (1 March 1969[5] - 18 June 1976)[6]
• Sergio Sebastiani (27 September 1976 - 8 January 1985)
• Agostino Marchetto (31 August 1985 - 7 December 1990)
• Blasco Francisco Collaço (28 February 1991[7] - 13 April 1996)[8]

Apostolic Nuncios

• Adriano Bernardini (15 June 1996[9] - 24 July 1999)[10]
• Bruno Musarò (25 September 1999[11] - 10 February 2004)[12]
• Augustine Kasujja (22 April 2004[13] - 2 February 2010)[14]
• Eugene Martin Nugent (13 February 2010 - 10 January 2015)[15]
• Paolo Rocco Gualtieri (13 April 2015[16] – present)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Madagascar

References

1. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LII. 1960. p. 1001. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
2. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LIX. 1967. p. 221. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
3. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LII. 1960. p. 994. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
4. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LX. 1968. p. 117, 126. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
5. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXI. 1969. p. 208. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
6. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXVIII. 1976. p. 427. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
7. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXIII. 1991. p. 374. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
8. "Rinunce e Nomine, 24.06.2000" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 24 June 2000. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
9. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXVIII. 1996. p. 677. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
10. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXXI. 1999. p. 1004. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
11. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXXI. 1999. p. 1005. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
12. "Rinunce e Nomine, 10.02.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 10 February 2004. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
13. "Renunce e Nomine, 22.04.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 April 2004. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
14. "Renunce e Nomine, 02.02.2010" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 2 February 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
15. "Rinunce e Nomine, 10.01.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 10 January 2015.
16. "Rinunce e nomine, 13.04.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2019.