Apostolic Nunciature to Côte d'Ivoire explained

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

Representatives of the Holy See to Côte d'Ivoire

Apostolic Pro-Nuncios

• Giovanni Mariani (19 June 1972 - 11 January 1975)
• Bruno Wüstenberg (19 December 1973 - 17 January 1979)

Apostolic Nuncios

• Justo Mullor García (22 March 1979 - 3 May 1985)
• Antonio Mattiazzo (16 November 1985^[1] - 5 July 1989)^[2]
• Janusz Bolonek (25 September 1989^[3] - 23 January 1995)^[4]
• Luigi Ventura (25 March 1995 - 25 March 1999)
• Mario Zenari (12 July 1999^[5] - 10 May 2004)^[6]
• Mario Roberto Cassari (31 July 2004^[7] - 14 February 2008)^[8]
• Ambrose Madtha (8 May 2008^[9] – 8 December 2012)^[10]
• Joseph Spiteri (1 October 2013^[11] - 7 March 2018)^[12]
  • Ante Jozić was appointed on 2 February 2019, but injuries sustained in a car accident delayed his episcopal consecration and he did not take up the post.^[13]
• Paolo Borgia (28 October 2019 ^[14] – 24 September 2022)^[15]
• Mauricio Rueda Beltz (16 June 2023^[16] – present)

See also

• Holy See–Ivory Coast relations
• Foreign relations of the Holy See
• List of diplomatic missions of the Holy See

Notes and References

1. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 25 April 2020. 1985 . LXXVII . 1193 .
2. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 27 April 2020. 1989. LXXXI. 1077 .
3. Book: 13 January 2020 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1272 . 1989 . LXXXI .
4. Book: 13 January 2020 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 327 . 1995. LXXXVII .
5. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1999 . LXXXXI . 920 .
6. it . Rinunce e Nomine, 10.05.2004. 10 May 2004. 6 July 2019 . Holy See Press Office .
7. 30 April 2019 . it . 31 July 2004 . Rinunce e Nomine, 31.07.2004 . .
8. 30 April 2019 . it . 14 February 2008. Rinunce e Nomine, 14.02.2008 . Holy See Press Office .
9. it . Rinunce e Nomine, 08.05.2008. 8 May 2008. 6 July 2019 . Holy See Press Office .
10. News: The Times of India . 12 August 2019 . Archbishop Ambrose Madtha killed in accident . 10 December 2012 .
11. it . Rinunce e Nomine, 01.10.2013. 1 October 2013 . 24 June 2019 . .
12. Resignations and Appointments, 07.03.2018 . 7 March 2018 . 24 June 2019 . Holy See Press Office.
13. 12 August 2019 . Rinunce e nomine, 02.02.2019 . Holy See Press Office . it . 2 February 2019 .
14. 28 October 2019 . 28 October 2019 . Holy See Press Office . Resignations and Appointments, 28.10.2019.
15. News: Rinunce e nomine, 24.09.2022 . September 24, 2022.
16. News: Resignations and Appointments, 16.06.2023 . June 16, 2023.