Apostolic Nunciature to Luxembourg explained

The Apostolic Nunciature to Luxembourg is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Luxembourg. 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 Luxembourg is held by the prelate appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium; he resides in Brussels.

Pope Leo XIII established the Apostolic Internunciature to Luxembourg in January 1891and Pope Pius XII raised it to the status of Apostolic Nunciature to Luxembourg on 24 October 1955.^[1]

Papal representatives to Luxembourg

Apostolic InternunciosAppointments before 1946 are not well documented.

• Fernando Cento (9 March 1946^[2] – 26 October 1953)
• Efrem Forni (9 November 1953 – 19 March 1962)^[3]

Apostolic Nuncios

• Silvio Oddi (17 May 1962^[4] – 28 April 1969)^[5]
• Igino Eugenio Cardinale (9 May 1969^[6] – 24 March 1983)^[7]
• Angelo Pedroni (6 July 1983^[8] – 13 June 1989)
• Giovanni Moretti (15 July 1989^[9] – 3 March 1999)
• Pier Luigi Celata (3 March 1999^[10] – 14 November 2002)^[11]
• Karl-Josef Rauber (22 February 2003^[12] – 24 July 2009)
• Giacinto Berloco (24 July 2009^[13] – September 2016)
• Augustine Kasujja (7 December 2016^[14] – 31 August 2021)^[15]
• Franco Coppola (14 December 2021^[16] – present)

Notes and References

1. Book: 15 January 2020 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 72–3 . 1956 . XXXXVIII .
2. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 164 . 1946 . XXXVIII . 15 January 2020 .
3. News: New York Times . 10 New Cardinals Selected by Pope. 18 February 1962 . 25 October 2017 . Arnaldo . Cortesi .
4. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis. 31 August 2019 . 477 . 1962. LIV .
5. News: New York Times . 31 August 2019 . Names of the 33 Cardinals-Designate. 29 March 1969 .
6. Web site: Apostolic Nunciature to Luxembourg. GCatholic. 2020-05-30.
7. News: New York Times . 23 June 2019 . 26 March 1983. Archbishop Igino Cardinale.
8. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 671 . 1983 . LXXV .
9. Book: 993, 1183 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1989 . 24 December 2019. LXXXI .
10. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 408 . 1999 . LXXXXI .
11. it . . Rinunce e Nomine, 14.11.2002 . 14 November 2002 . 7 March 2019 .
12. Holy See Press Office . 12 August 2019. 22 February 2003. Rinunce e Nomine, 22.02.2003. it .
13. it. Rinunce e nomine, 24.07.2009 . Holy See Press Office . 24 July 2009 . 10 December 2019.
14. Other Pontifical Acts, 07.12.2016 . 7 December 2016. Holy See Press Office . 23 June 2019.
15. Rinunce e nomine, 31.08.2021 . it . 31 August 2021 . 31 August 2021 . Holy See Press Office.
16. Rinunce e nomine, 14.12.2021 . it . 14 December 2021 . 14 December 2021 . Holy See Press Office.