Apostolic Nunciature to Syria explained

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

Apostolic Delegates

• Aloisio Gandolfi (11 August 1815 - 13 January 1818)
• Jean-Baptiste Auvergne (29 March 1833 - 7 September 1836)
• Giuseppe Angelo di Fazio (5 December 1837 - 13 December 1838)
• Francisco Villardel (8 March 1839 - 19 June 1852)
• Serafino Milani (23 January 1874 - 21 December 1874)
• Luigi Piavi (14 November 1876 - 28 August 1889)
• Gaudenzio Bonfigli (19 Aug 1890 - 25 February 1896)
• Pierre-Gonzalès-Charles Duval (25 February 1896 - 31 July 1904)
• Frediano Giannini (20 January 1905 - 12 February 1936)
• Rémy-Louis Leprêtre (18 March 1936 - 7 May 1947)

Apostolic Internuncios

• Paolo Pappalardo (19 March 1953 - 1958)
• Luigi Punzolo (10 January 1962 - 17 June 1967)
  • became Apostolic Pro-Nuncio on 2 February 1966^[1]

Apostolic Pro-Nuncios

• Raffaele Forni (17 June 1967 - 19 September 1969)
• Achille Glorieux (19 September 1969^[2] - 3 August 1973)
• Amelio Poggi (26 September 1973^[3] - 23 December 1974)
• Angelo Pedroni (15 March 1975^[4] - 6 July 1983)^[5]
• Nicola Rotunno (30 August 1983^[6] - 8 December 1987)

Apostolic Nuncios

• Luigi Accogli (17 June 1988^[7] - 11 February 1993)
• Pier Giacomo De Nicolò (11 February 1993^[8] - 21 January 1999)^[9]
• Diego Causero (31 March 1999^[10] - 10 January 2004)^[11]
• Giovanni Battista Morandini (6 March 2004^[12] - 21 September 2008)
• Mario Zenari (30 December 2008^[13] – present)

Notes and References

1. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 253 . 1966 . LVIII . 3 December 2019 .
2. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 693 . 1969 . LXI . 3 December 2019 .
3. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 519 . 1973 . LXV . 3 December 2019.
4. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 232 . 1975 . LXVII . 3 December 2019 .
5. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 671 . 1983 . LXXV .
6. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 785 . 1983 . LXXV .
7. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1063 . 1988 . LXXX.
8. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 307 . 1993 . LXXXV .
9. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 239 . 1999 . XCI .
10. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 29 November 2019 . 479 . 1999 . XCI.
11. it. 29 November 2019. Rinunce e nomine, 10.01.2004. Holy See Press Office . 10 January 2004 .
12. Holy See Press Office . 2 May 2019 . 6 March 2004 . it. Rinunce e Nomine, 06.03.2004.
13. it . Rinunce e Nomine, 30.12.2008. 30 December 2008. 6 July 2019 . Holy See Press Office .