Apostolic Nunciature to Armenia explained

Apostolic Nunciature to Armenia
Address:	Northern Avenue 10/1, suite 17, 0010
Location:	Yerevan, Armenia
Ambassador:	José Avelino Bettencourt

The Apostolic Nunciature to Armenia (Armenian: Առաքելական նունսիատուրա Հայաստանին|translit=Arrak’elakan nunsiatura Hayastanin) is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Armenia. It is a diplomatic mission of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. The title Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia is held by the prelate appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia; he resides in Georgia.

History

Armenia and the Holy See established diplomatic relations on 20 September 1992.^[1]

The Holy See, represented by Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, inaugurated a new building in central Yerevan to house the nunciature in October 2021.^[2]

Representatives of the Holy See to Armenia

Apostolic nuncios

• Jean-Paul Gobel (7 December 1993^[3] – 6 December 1997)^[4]
• Peter Stephan Zurbriggen (13 June 1998^[5] – 25 October 2001)^[6]
• Claudio Gugerotti (7 December 2001^[7] – 15 July 2011)^[8]
• Marek Solczyński (15 December 2011^[9] – 25 April 2017)^[10]
• José Avelino Bettencourt (1 March 2018^[11] – 30 August 2023)^[12]
• Ante Jozić (28 June 2024^[13] – present)

See also

• Catholic Church in Armenia
• Foreign relations of Armenia
• Foreign relations of the Holy See
• List of diplomatic missions of the Holy See

External links

• Apostolic Nunciature to Armenia on Twitter

Notes and References

1. News: Zenit . 13 August 2019 . Armenia: 'No Alternative to Peace,' says Card. Sandri .
2. 28 October 2021 . 27 October 2021 . Holy See Press Office . Addresses of the Substitute for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State at the Inauguration of the Pontifical Representation Headquarters in Armenia (Yerevan, 27-29 October 2021), 27.10.2021 .
3. Book: 109 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1994 . LXXXVI . 19 December 2019 .
4. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 66. 1997. LXXXIX . 6 December 2019 .
5. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 558 . 1998 . XC . 6 December 2019 .
6. it . 13 August 2019 . . Rinunce e Nomine, 25.10.2001 . 25 October 2001.
7. Rinunce e Nomine, 07.12.2001 . it . Holy See Press Office . 13 August 2019 . 7 December 2001 .
8. Rinunce e Nomine, 15.07.2011 . it . Holy See Press Office . 13 August 2019 . 15 July 2011 .
9. it . 13 August 2019 . Rinunce e Nomine, 15.12.2011. Holy See Press Office . 15 December 2011.
10. Rinunce e Nomine, 25.04.2017. Holy See Press Office . 25 April 2017. 13 August 2019 . it.
11. 1 March 2018. Resignations and Appointments, 01.03.2018. Holy See Press Office. 13 August 2019 .
12. News: Resignations and Appointments, 30.08.2023 . August 30, 2023.
13. News: Rinunce e nomine, 28.06.2024 . June 28, 2024.