Apostolic Nunciature to Barbados explained

The Apostolic Nunciature to Barbados is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Barbados. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. The title Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados is held by the prelate appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago; he resides in Trinidad and Tobago..

List of papal representatives to Barbados

Apostolic Pro-Nuncios

• Paul Fouad Naïm Tabet (9 February 1980^[1] - 8 September 1984)^[2]
• Manuel Monteiro de Castro (16 February 1985^[3] - 21 August 1990)^[4]
• Eugenio Sbarbaro (7 February 1991 - 26 April 2000)^[5]

Apostolic Nuncios

• Emil Paul Tscherrig (20 January 2001^[6] - 22 May 2004)^[7]
• Thomas Edward Gullickson (15 December 2004^[8] – 21 May 2011)^[9]
• Nicola Girasoli (21 December 2011^[10] - 16 June 2017)^[11]
• Fortunatus Nwachukwu (4 November 2017^[12] – 17 December 2021)^[13]
• Santiago de Wit Guzmán (12 November 2022^[14] – present)

See also

• Apostolic Delegation to the Antilles

Notes and References

1. Book: 8 December 2019 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 254, 365 . 1980. LXXII .
2. Book: 8 December 2019 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 934 . 1984. LXXVI .
3. Book: 8 December 2019 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 346, 443 . 1985. LXXVII .
4. Book: 8 December 2019 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1021 . 1990 . LXXXII .
5. it . 14 June 2019 . 26 April 2000 . Rinunce e Nomine, 26.04.2000 . .
6. Holy See Press Office . 3 May 2019 . 20 January 2001 . Rinunce e Nomine, 20.01.2001.
7. Holy See Press Office . 3 May 2019 . 22 May 2004 . Rinunce e Nomine, 22.05.2004.
8. it . Rinunce e nomine, 15.12.2004 . December 15, 2004. December 8, 2019 . Holy See Press Office.
9. News: 21 May 2011 . Religious Information Service of Ukraine. Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson Named Nuncio in Ukraine.
10. Rinunce e Nomine, 21.12.2011 . Holy See Press Office . 28 January 2019 . 21 December 2011. it .
11. Rinunce e Nomine, 16.06.2017 . Holy See Press Office . 28 January 2019 . 16 June 2017. it .
12. 11 June 2019 . 4 November 2017 . Holy See Press Office . Resignations and Appointments, 04.11.2017 .
13. Resignations and Appointments, 17.12.2021 . 17 December 2021 . 17 December 2021 . Holy See Press Office .
14. News: Resignations and Appointments, 12.11.2022 . November 12, 2022.