Apostolic Nunciature to the Czech Republic

The Apostolic Nuncio to the Czech Republic is an ecclesiastical office of the Roman Catholic Church. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. The office of the nunciature is located in Prague.

Nuncios

Archbishop Giovanni Coppa was named Apostolic Nuncio to Czechoslovakia on 30 June 1990. With the division on that country into Slovakia and the Czech Republic on 1 January 1993, Coppa became nuncio to each of them, based in Prague.[1]

• Giovanni Coppa (1 January 1993 – 19 May 2001)[2]
• Erwin Josef Ender (19 May 2001[2] – 25 November 2003)[3]
• Diego Causero (10 January 2004[4] – 28 May 2011)[5]
• Giuseppe Leanza (15 September 2011[6] – 21 September 2018)[7]
• Charles Daniel Balvo (21 September 2018[7] –present)

See also

• Apostolic Nunciature to Slovakia
• Apostolic Nunciature to Czechoslovakia
• List of diplomatic missions of the Holy See
• List of diplomatic missions in the Czech Republic
• Foreign relations of the Holy See
• Roman Catholicism in the Czech Republic

References

1. "Apoštolská nunciatúra: Diplomatické styky SR s Vatikánom". Katolícka Cirkev na Slovensku (in Slovak).
2. "Rinunce e Nomine, 19.05.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 19 May 2001. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
3. "Rinunce e Nomine, 25.11.2003" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 25 November 2003. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
4. "Rinunce e Nomine, 10.01.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 10 January 2004. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
5. "Rinunce e Nomine, 28.05.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
6. "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.09.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
7. "Rinunce e nomine, 21.09.2018" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2019.