Apostolic Nunciature to Albania explained

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

After a gap of several decades Pope John Paul II established the Nunciature to Albania on 7 September 1991.^[1]

Representatives of the Holy See to Albania

Apostolic delegates

• Ernesto Cozzi (12 November 1920 – 23 February 1926)^[2]
• Giovanni Battista della Pietra (3 March 1927 – 1934)
• Ildebrando Antoniutti (19 May 1936 – August 1936)
• Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris (18 August 1938^[3] – 1947)

Apostolic Nuncios

• Ivan Dias (28 October 1991 – 8 November 1996)^[4]
• John Bulaitis (25 March 1997 – 26 July 2008)
• Ramiro Moliner Inglés (26 July 2008^[5] – 1 September 2016)
• Charles John Brown (9 March 2017^[6] – 28 September 2020)^[7]
• Luigi Bonazzi (10 December 2020^[8] – present)

See also

• Foreign relations of the Holy See
• List of diplomatic missions of the Holy See

Notes and References

1. Book: 12 December 2019 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1992 . LXXXIV . 10–1.
2. Book: Elsie, Robert . 90 . A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History . 213 . I.B. Tauris. 9781780764313.
3. Book: 320–1 . 18 May 2020 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1938 . XXX. Delegato Apostolico in Albania .
4. News: L'Osservatore Romano . 15 August 2019 . Cardinal Ivan Dias of Bombay passes away . 20 June 2017.
5. it . Rinunce e Nomine, 26.07.2008 . 15 June 2019 . 26 July 2008 . Holy See Press Office.
6. Resignations and Appointments, 09.03.2017 . 28 September 2017 . 9 March 2017 . Holy See Press Office.
7. it . Rinunce e Nomine, 28.09.2020 . 28 September 2020 . 28 September 2020 . Holy See Press Office.
8. Rinunce e Nomine, 10.12.2020. 10 December 2020 . 10 December 2020 . it . Holy See Press Office.