Apostolic Nunciature to Iran explained

The Apostolic Nunciature to Iran is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Iran. 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

Apostolic Delegate to Persia

• Augustin-Pierre Cluzel (30 May 1874 - 12 August 1882 Died)
• Jacques-Hector Thomas (4 May 1883 - 9 September 1890)
• Hilarion Joseph Montéty Pailhas (13 February 1891 - April 1896)
• François Lesné (20 April 1896 - 11 February 1910)^[1]
• (13 July 1910 - 27 July 1918)^[2]
• Adriaan Smets (13 January 1922^[3] - 1930)
• Egidio Lari (1 June 1931^[4] - March 1936)
• Alcide Marina (7 March 1936^[5] - 18 April 1945)

Apostolic Delegates to Iran

• Paolo Pappalardo (7 August 1948^[6] - 19 March 1953)^[6]

Apostolic Internuncios to Iran

• Raffaele Forni (31 July 1953 - 24 September 1955)
• Giuseppe Paupini (2 February 1956 - 25 February 1957)
• Vittore Ugo Righi (14 October 1961 - 1 February 1964)
• Salvatore Asta (23 March 1964^[7] - 7 June 1969)^[8]

Apostolic Pro-Nuncios to Iran

• Paolino Limongi (9 July 1969 - March 1971)
• Ernesto Gallina (15 March 1971^[9] - 4 January 1976)
• Annibale Bugnini (4 January 1976 - 3 July 1982)^[10]
• Giovanni De Andrea (26 January 1983 - 22 November 1986)
• John Bulaitis (11 July 1987 - 30 November 1991)
• Romeo Panciroli (18 March 1992 - 1 February 1995)

Apostolic Nuncios to Iran

• Romeo Panciroli (1 February 1994 - April 1999)
• Angelo Mottola (16 July 1999^[11] - 25 January 2007)^[12]
• Jean-Paul Gobel (10 October 2007^[13] - 5 January 2013)^[14]
• Leo Boccardi (11 July 2013^[15] - 11 March 2021)^[16]
• Andrzej Józwowicz (28 June 2021^[17] – present)

See also

• Foreign relations of the Holy See
• List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See

Notes and References

1. Book: 212 . Annales de la propagation de la foi . fr . 82 . 490. May 1910 .
2. Web site: 27 August 2019 . Il y a un siècle, ce prêtre donnait sa vie pour les Assyro-Chaldéens . fr . 17 July 2018 . Aleteia . Sylvain . D’orient.
3. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis. 26 August 2019 . 47 . 1922. XIV.
4. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis. 26 August 2019 . 102. 1932 . XXIV.
5. Web site: 26 August 2019 . 30 October 2018 . Mons. Marina, Alcide G. . it . Roman Province of the Congregation of the Missions of Saint Vincent de Paul . Giovanni Felice . Rossi .
6. Web site: 25 August 2019 . 10 March 2008 . Mons. Paolo Pappalardo . Diocese of Noto . it . 29 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151029144636/http://www.diocesinoto.it/diocesi_di_noto/la_diocesi/00022107_Mons._Paolo_Pappalardo.html . dead .
7. Book: 26 December 2019 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1964. LVI . 608.
8. Book: 26 December 2019 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1969. LXI . 471 .
9. Book: 331 . 10 May 2020 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis. 1971. LXIII .
10. News: Papal Nuncio Bugnini Dies; Figure in Iran Hostage Crisis . Associated Press . . 4 July 1982 . 14 January 2016.
11. News: 16 August 2019 . it . 27 January 2007 . Il prelato Aversano Angelo Mottola ambasciatore in Montenegro . Corriere fi Aversa e Guiliano.
12. 27 August 2019 . Holy See Press Office . Rinunce e Nomine, 25.01.2007. 25 January 2007. it.
13. Rinunce e Nomine, 10.10.2007. Holy See Press Office . it . 27 August 2019 . 10 October 2007 .
14. Rinunce e Nomine, 05.01.2013. . it . 27 August 2019 . 5 January 2013 .
15. it. Rinunce e Nomine, 11.07.2013 . 27 August 2019 . 11 July 2013 . Holy See Press Office.
16. it. Rinunce e Nomine, 11.03.2021. 11 March 2021 . 11 March 2021. Holy See Press Office.
17. Rinunce e nomine, 28 June 2021 . it . Holy See Press Office . 28 June 2021 . 28 June 2021 .