Apostolic Nunciature to Ecuador explained

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

List of papal representatives

• Lorenzo Barili (26 May 1851 – 17 June 1856)
• Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski (17 June 1856 – 25 July 1861)
• Francesco Tavani (25 July 1861 – 18 July 1869)
• Serafino Vannutelli (23 July 1869 – 15 March 1875)
• Mario Mocenni (6 August 1877 – 27 February 1882)
• Cesare Sambucetti (30 March 1882 – 1883)
• Beniamino Cavicchioni (21 March 1884 – 4 August 1889)
• José Macchi (12 April 1889 – 2 August 1897)
• Pietro Gasparri (18 December 1897 – 23 April 1901)
• Alessandro Bavona (13 July 1901 – 13 November 1906)
• Fernando Cento (6 August 1937 – 26 November 1937)
• Efrem Forni (26 November 1937 – 9 November 1953)
• Opilio Rossi (21 November 1953 – 25 March 1959)
• Alfredo Bruniera (25 April 1959^[1] – 23 October 1965)^[2]
• Giovanni Ferrofino (3 November 1965 – 29 September 1970)
• Luigi Accogli (29 September 1970 – 6 July 1979)
• Vincenzo Maria Farano (25 August 1979 – 14 August 1986)
• Luigi Conti (17 January 1987 – 12 April 1991)
• Francesco Canalini (20 July 1991^[3] – 5 December 1998)^[4]
• Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin (7 December 1998 – 14 January 2005)^[5]
• Giacomo Guido Ottonello (26 February 2005^[6] – 1 April 2017)^[7]
• Andrés Carrascosa Coso (22 June 2017^[8] – 23 November 2023)

Notes and References

1. Book: 659 . 1 December 2019. Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1959 . LI .
2. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1023 . 1965 . LVII .
3. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 703 . 23 January 2020 . 1991. LXXXIII.
4. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 127 . 1999 . 23 January 2020 . XCI.
5. 11 June 2019 . . Rinunce e Nomine, 14.01.2005 . it . 14 January 2005 .
6. Holy See Press Office. 9 June 2019 . 26 February 2005. Rinunce e Nomine, 26.02.2005 . it.
7. Holy See Press Office. 9 June 2019 . 1 April 2017. Resignations and Appointments, 01.04.2017.
8. Holy See Press Office . 4 June 2019 . it. Rinunce e Nomine, 22.06.2017. 22 June 2017 .