Apostolic Nunciature to Iran
The Apostolic Nunciature to Iran is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Iran. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.
List of papal representatives
- Apostolic Delegate to Persia
- Augustin-Pierre Cluzel (30 May 1874 - 12 August 1882 Died)
- Jacques-Hector Thomas (4 May 1883 - 9 September 1890)
- Hilarion Joseph Montéty Pailhas (13 February 1891 - April 1896)
- François Lesné (20 April 1896 - 11 February 1910)[1]
- Jacques-Émile Sontag (13 July 1910 - 27 July 1918)[2]
- Adriaan Smets (13 January 1922[3] - 1930)
- Egidio Lari (1 June 1931[4] - March 1936)
- Alcide Marina (7 March 1936[5] - 18 April 1945)
- Apostolic Delegates to Iran
- Paolo Pappalardo (7 August 1948[6] - 19 March 1953)[6]
- Apostolic Internuncios to Iran
- Raffaele Forni (31 July 1953 - 24 September 1955)
- Giuseppe Paupini (2 February 1956 - 25 February 1957)
- Vittore Ugo Righi (14 October 1961 - 1 February 1964)
- Salvatore Asta (23 March 1964[7] - 7 June 1969)[8]
- Apostolic Pro-Nuncios to Iran
- Paolino Limongi (9 July 1969 - March 1971)
- Ernesto Gallina (15 March 1971[9] - 4 January 1976)
- Annibale Bugnini (4 January 1976 - 3 July 1982)[10]
- Giovanni De Andrea (26 January 1983 - 22 November 1986)
- John Bulaitis (11 July 1987 - 30 November 1991)
- Romeo Panciroli (18 March 1992 - 1 February 1995)
- Apostolic Nuncios to Iran
- Romeo Panciroli (1 February 1994 - April 1999)
- Angelo Mottola (16 July 1999[11] - 25 January 2007)[12]
- Jean-Paul Gobel (10 October 2007[13] - 5 January 2013)[14]
- Leo Boccardi (11 July 2013[15] - present)
See also
References
- ^ Annales de la propagation de la foi (in French). Vol. 82. May 1910. p. 212.
- ^ D’orient, Sylvain (17 July 2018). "Il y a un siècle, ce prêtre donnait sa vie pour les Assyro-Chaldéens". Aleteia (in French). Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XIV. 1922. p. 47. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXIV. 1932. p. 102. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ Rossi, Giovanni Felice (30 October 2018). "Mons. Marina, Alcide G." Roman Province of the Congregation of the Missions of Saint Vincent de Paul (in Italian). Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Mons. Paolo Pappalardo". Diocese of Noto (in Italian). 10 March 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LVI. 1964. p. 608. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXI. 1969. p. 471. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXIII. 1971. p. 331. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ "Papal Nuncio Bugnini Dies; Figure in Iran Hostage Crisis". The New York Times. Associated Press. 4 July 1982. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ "Il prelato Aversano Angelo Mottola ambasciatore in Montenegro". Corriere fi Aversa e Guiliano (in Italian). 27 January 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 25.01.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 25 January 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 10.10.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 10 October 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 05.01.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.07.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
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