Apostolic Nuncio in Canada - Diplomatic Representative of the Holy See in Canada. This diplomatic post is held by the church-diplomatic representative of the Vatican as an ambassador . The Apostolic Nunciature in Canada was established on an ongoing basis in 1899. Its headquarters is in Ottawa .
Currently, the Apostolic Nuncio in Canada is Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi , appointed by Pope Francis on December 18, 2013 .
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History
The Apostolic Delegation in Canada and Newfoundland was established by Pope Leo XIII with the Apostolic Letter Antiquissimi moris on August 3, 1899. [one]
In 1949, the name was changed to the Apostolic Delegate in Canada .
On October 16, 1969, the Apostolic Delegate in Canada was elevated to the rank of Apostolic Nunciature according to the “ Quam multum ” log of Pope Paul VI . [2] .
The Apostolic Nuncio in Canada also serves as the apostolic delegate to the French archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon .
Apostolic Nuncies in Canada
Apostolic Delegates in Canada and Newfoundland
- George Michael Conroy - (April 10, 1877 - August 4, 1878);
- Rafael Merry del Val y Sulueta - (March 10, 1897 - October 21, 1899 - appointed president of the Pontifical Church Academy );
- Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennario Falconio , OFM - (August 3, 1899 - September 30, 1902 - appointed apostolic delegate to the United States );
- Donato Raffaele Sbarretti Tazza - (December 26, 1902 - October 29, 1910 - appointed Secretary of the Holy Congregation for the Religious Affairs );
- Pellegrino Francesco Stagni, OSM - (November 3, 1910 - June 19, 1918);
- Pietro di Maria - (June 11, 1918 - June 3, 1926 - appointed apostolic nuncio in Switzerland );
- Andrea Cassulo - (May 7, 1927 - June 14, 1936 - appointed apostolic nuncio in Romania ).
Apostolic Delegates in Canada
- Ildebrando Antoniutti - (July 14, 1938 - October 21, 1953 - appointed apostolic nuncio in Spain );
- Giovanni Panico - (November 14, 1953 - January 24, 1959 - appointed apostolic nuncio in Portugal );
- Sebastiano Baggio - (March 12, 1959 - May 26, 1964 - appointed apostolic nuncio in Brazil );
- Sergio Pinedoli - (June 1, 1964 - June 10, 1967 - Secretary of the Holy Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples ).
Apostolic pro-nuncios
- Emanuele Clarizio - (June 12, 1967 - March 19, 1970 - appointed pro-chairman of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Wanderers );
- Guido del Mestre - (June 20, 1970 - August 12, 1975 - appointed apostolic nuncio in Germany );
- Angelo Palmas - (September 2, 1975 - March 10, 1990);
- Carlo Kuris - (March 28, 1990 - September 2, 1994 - elevated to the rank of apostolic nuncio).
Apostolic Nuncii
- Carlo Kuris - (September 2, 1994 - February 4, 1999);
- Paolo Romeo - (February 5, 1999 - April 17, 2001 - appointed apostolic nuncio in Italy );
- Luigi Ventura - (June 22, 2001 - September 22, 2007 - appointed apostolic nuncio in France );
- Pedro Lopez Quintana - (December 10, 2009 - December 19, 2013);
- Luigi Bonazzi - (December 18, 2013 - present).
See also
- Catholicism in Canada .
Links
- Apostolic Nunciature in Canada at gcatholic.org ;
- Apostolic letter Antiquissimi moris , in Analecta ecclesiastica VIII, 1900, p. 399;
- Bream Quam multum , AAS 62 (1970), p. 96.
Notes
- ↑ Letter of Antiquissimi moris , in Analecta ecclesiastica VIII, 1900, p. 399.
- ↑ Bream of Quam multum , AAS 62 (1970), p. 96.