Apostolic Nunciature to Guatemala explained

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

The Holy See used a delegate—a member of its diplomatic corps not granted official status by their host country—to represent its interests to church officials, civil society, and the government. The Holy See and the government of Guatemala established diplomatic relations and Pope Pius XI created the Nunciature to Guatemala on 15 March 1936.^[1]

List of papal representatives to Guatemala

Apostolic Delegates to Central America

• Giovanni Battista Marenco (15 September 1920^[2] – 22 October 1921)^[3]
• Carlo Chiarlo (28 January 1932 – 30 September 1933)
• Albert Levame (21 December 1933 – 15 March 1936)

Apostolic Nuncios

• Albert Levame (15 March 1936 – 12 November 1939)^[4]
• Giuseppe Beltrami (20 February 1940^[5] – 15 November 1945)
• Giovanni Castellani (18 December 1945^[6] – 23 August 1951)
• Gennaro Verolino (5 September 1951^[7] – 25 February 1957)
• Giuseppe Paupini (25 February 1957^[8] – 23 May 1959)
• Ambrogio Marchioni (1 July 1959 – 1 September 1964)
• Bruno Torpigliani (1 September 1964^[9] – 3 August 1968)^[10]
• Girolamo Prigione (27 August 1968 – 2 October 1973)
• Emanuele Gerada (8 November 1973 – 15 October 1980)
• Oriano Quilici (26 June 1981 – 11 July 1990)
• Giovanni Battista Morandini (12 September 1990^[11] – 23 April 1997)^[12]
• Ramiro Moliner Inglés (10 May 1997^[13] – 17 January 2004)^[14]
• Bruno Musarò (10 February 2004^[15] – 5 January 2009)^[16]
• Paul Richard Gallagher (19 February 2009^[17] – 11 December 2012)^[18]
• Nicolas Thévenin (5 January 2013^[19] – 4 November 2019)^[20]
• Francisco Montecillo Padilla (17 April 2020^[21] – present)

Notes and References

1. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 16 December 2019 . 1936 . XXVIII . 230 .
2. Book: De Marchi, Giuseppe . 104. it . Le nunziature apostoliche dal 1800 al 1956 . Ed. di Storia e Letteratura . 1957 . 14 July 2020.
3. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 5 June 2020 . 1921 . XIII . 520 . Internunzio Apostolico per Costa Rica, Nicaragua e Honduras.
4. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 17 December 2019 . 1939 . XXXI . 721.
5. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 17 December 2019 . 1940. XXXII . 74, 106, 133.
6. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 17 December 2019 . 1946 . XXXVIII . 163 .
7. Book: 22 December 2019 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1951 . XXXXIII . 688.
8. Book: 22 December 2019 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1957. XXXXIX . 432.
9. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 21 April 2020 . 1964 . LVI . 863, 955.
10. Book: 22 April 2020. Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1968 . LX . 544 .
11. Book: 27 November 2019 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1921 . 1990 . LXXXII .
12. Book: 22 April 2020 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 312 . 1997 . LXXXIX .
13. News: Zenit . es . 15 June 2019 . 27 July 2008 . El arzobispo español Ramiro Moliner, nuncio apostólico en Albania.
14. it . Rinunce e Nomine, 17.01.2004 . 15 June 2019 . 17 January 2004 . Holy See Press Office.
15. Holy See Press Office . 1 June 2019 . it . Rinunce e Nomine, 10.02.2004 . 10 February 2004.
16. Holy See Press Office . 1 June 2019 . it . Rinunce e Nomine, 10.02.2004 . 10 February 2004.
17. Holy See Press Office . 31 May 2019 . Rinunce e Nomine, 19.02.2009 . it . 19 February 2009 .
18. Holy See Press Office . 31 May 2019 . Rinunce e Nomine, 19.02.2009 . it . 19 February 2009 .
19. 31 May 2019 . Holy See Press Office . 5 January 2013. Rinunce e Nomine, 05.01.2013. it .
20. Resignations and appointments, 04.11.2019 . 26 October 2019 . 4 November 2019 . Holy See Press Office.
21. Holy See Press Office . 17 April 2020 . 17 April 2020. Resignations and Appointments, 17.04.2020 .