Apostolic Nunciature to Poland

The Apostolic Nuncio to Poland is one of the oldest nuncios, appointed by the Pope as apostolic representative to the Roman Catholic Church in Poland. Three nuncios to Poland went on to be elected pope. Three were cardinals at the time of their appointment as nuncio, and the rest—with the sole exception of Filippo Cortesi—were elevated afterwards.^[1]^[2]

List

To the Kingdom of Poland

Luigi Lippomano (1555-1557)
Camillo Mentovato (1558-1560)
Berardo Bongiovanni (1560–1563)
Giovanni Francesco Commendone (September 1563-December 1565)

To the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Vincenzo Lauro (June 1, 1573 – April 9, 1578)
Alberto Bolognetti (Alberto Bolognetto) (April 12, 1581-February 1585)
Claudio Rangoni (bishop of Reggio Emilia) (20 Oct 1598 - 16 Sep 1606 Resigned)^[3]
Francesco Simonetta(16 Sep 1606 - 19 Jan 1612 Died)
Lelio Ruini (13 Sep 1612 - Sep 1614 Resigned)
Francesco Diotallevi (25 Aug 1614 - 1621 Resigned)
Cosimo de Torres (21 May 1621 - 2 Dec 1622 Resigned)
Antonio Santacroce (16 Apr 1627 - 10 Mar 1631 Appointed, Archbishop of Chieti)
Mario Filonardi (15 Mar 1635 - 19 Aug 1644 Died)
Pietro Vidoni (May 28, 1652 – April 5, 1660)
Antonio Pignatelli, future Pope Innocent XII (May 21, 1660-March 1668)
Galeazzo Marescotti (March 10, 1668 – August 13, 1670)
Francesco Nerli (iuniore) (June 27, 1670 – December 22, 1670)
Angelo Maria Ranuzzi (May 13, 1671 – 1675)
Francesco Buonvisi (July 20, 1673 – July 28, 1675)
Francesco Martelli (September 20, 1675-?)
Opizio Pallavicini (September 30, 1680 – September 2, 1686)
Giacomo Cantelmi (October 23, 1688 – 1689)
Andrea Santacroce (January 7, 1690-?)
Gianantonio Davia (February 2, 1696 – March 10, 1698)
Michelangelo Conti, future Pope Innocent XIII (March 24, 1698-?)
Francesco Pignatelli (March 20, 1700 – February 19, 1703)
Orazio Filippo Spada (November 17, 1703 – December 15, 1704)
Giulio Piazza (July 15, 1706 – December 15, 1709)
Nicolò Spinola (September 6, 1707-circa 1715)
Vincenzo Bichi (September 14, 1709-circa 1712)
Benedetto Odescalchi-Erba (January 25, 1712 – October 5, 1712)
Girolamo Grimaldi (December 20, 1712 – 1719/20)
Alberico Archinto (1746-1754)
Antonio Eugenio Visconti (22 February 1760 – 22 November 1766)
Giovanni Andrea Archetti (September 18, 1775-?)
Lorenzo Litta (1793-?)
Angelo Maria Durini (ante 1795)

To the Second Republic

Achille Ratti, future Pope Pius XI (July 3, 1919 – June 13, 1921)
Lorenzo Lauri (May 25, 1921 – December 20, 1926)
Francesco Marmaggi (February 13, 1928 – December 16, 1935)
Filippo Cortesi (December 24, 1936 – February 1, 1947)
- Cesare Orsenigo, nuncio to Germany, had his authority formally extended to Poland on November 1, 1939, due to the exile of Cortesi.
- Alfredo Pacini, chargé d'affaires to the Polish government-in-exile in Paris until 1940
- William Godfrey, chargé d'affaires to the government-in-exile in London from 1940

Delegation Chiefs to the People's Republic of Poland

The Polish Provisional Government declared the Concordat of 1925 null and void in 1945 due to what they perceived as its wartime abrogation. No Apostolic Nuncio was appointed between 1947 and 1989. Two Delegation Chiefs partially filled this role:

Luigi Poggi (7 February 1975 – 19 April 1986)
Francesco Colasuonno (9 April 1986-15 March-1990)

To the Third Republic (modern Poland)

Józef Kowalczyk (26 August 1989 – 8 May 2010)
Celestino Migliore (30 June 2010 – 28 May 2016)
Salvatore Pennacchio (since 6 August 2016)

References

^ Cheney, David M. "Nunciature to Poland". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[self-published]}
^ Chow, Gabriel. "Apostolic Nunciature Poland". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[self-published]}
^ "Bishop Claudio Rangoni" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016

External links

[CathHierNunPoland-1] Cheney, David M. "Nunciature to Poland". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[self-published]}

[GCathNunPoland-2] Chow, Gabriel. "Apostolic Nunciature Poland". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[self-published]}

[CathHierClaudRang-3] "Bishop Claudio Rangoni" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016

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