Apostolic Nunciature to Paraguay explained

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

• Vincenzo Massoni (26 September 1856 – 3 June 1857)
• Marino Marini (14 August 1857 – 27 March 1865)
• Angelo Di Pietro (31 December 1877 – 30 September 1879)
• Luigi Matera (19 September 1879 – 14 October 1884)
• Antonio Sabatucci (24 October 1900 – 9 November 1906)

Apostolic Internuncios

• Alberto Vassallo di Torregrossa (5 January 1920 – 14 July 1922)
  • Title is Nuncio as of 6 August 1920

Apostolic Nuncios

• Beda Giovanni Cardinale (16 October 1922 – 29 August 1925)
• Filippo Cortesi (14 June 1928 – 4 June 1936)
• Giuseppe Fietta (11 December 1936 – 12 November 1939)
• Albert Levame (12 November 1939^[1] – 17 December 1941)
• Liberato Tosti (5 September 1946 – 4 October 1948)
• Federico Lunardi (8 July 1949^[2] – 9 November 1954)^[3]
• Luigi Punzolo (7 December 1954 – 12 December 1957)
• Carlo Martini (25 March 1958 – 29 November 1963)
• Vittore Ugo Righi (1 February 1964 – 1967)
• Antonio Innocenti (15 December 1967 – 26 February 1973)
• Joseph Mees (11 July 1973^[4] – 19 January 1985)
• Giorgio Zur (3 May 1985^[5] – 13 August 1990)^[6]
• José Sebastián Laboa Gallego (21 August 1990 – 18 March 1995)
• Lorenzo Baldisseri (6 April 1995^[7] – 19 June 1999)^[8]
• Antonio Lucibello (27 July 1999^[9] – 27 August 2005)^[10]
• Orlando Antonini (16 November 2005^[11] – 8 August 2009)^[12]
• Eliseo Antonio Ariotti (5 November 2009^[13] – 29 December 2023)^[14]
• Vincenzo Turturro (29 December 2023^[14] – 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: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 17 December 2019 . 1939 . XXXI . 721.
2. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 431 . 1949 . XLI . 18 December 2019 .
3. News: New York Times . 18 December 2019 . 11 November 1954 . Msgr. Federico Lunardi .
4. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 414 . 1965 . LXXIII. 8 December 2019 .
5. Book: 9 January 2020 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 677 . 1985. LXXVII .
6. Book: 9 January 2020 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 927 . 1990 . LXXXII .
7. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 9 January 2020 . 1995 . LXXXVII . 535 .
8. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 9 January 2020 . 1999. XCI . 845 .
9. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1004. 1999 . XCI .
10. 27 August 2019 . Rinunce e Nomine, 27.07.2005 . 27 August 2005 . it . Holy See Press Office.
11. 27 August 2019 . Rinunce e Nomine, 16.11.2005. 16 November 2005 . it . Holy See Press Office.
12. 27 August 2019 . Rinunce e Nomine, 08.08.2009 . 8 August 2009 . it . Holy See Press Office.
13. 27 August 2019 . Rinunce e Nomine, 05.11.2009 . 5 November 2009 . it . Holy See Press Office.
14. https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/12/29/231229b.html Resignations and Appointments, 29.12.2023