Apostolic Nunciature to Trinidad and Tobago explained

The Apostolic Nunciature to Trinidad and Tobago is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Trinidad and Tobago. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. The Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago is usually also the Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and the Apostolic Delegate to the Antilles upon his appointment to said nations. The nuncio resides in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

List of papal representatives to Trinidad and Tobago

Apostolic Pro-Nuncios

• Paul Fouad Naïm Tabet (9 February 1980^[1] - 8 September 1984)^[2]
• Manuel Monteiro de Castro (16 February 1985^[3] - 21 August 1990)^[4]

Apostolic Nuncios

• Eugenio Sbarbaro (7 February 1991 - 26 April 2000)^[5]
• Emil Paul Tscherrig (8 July 2000^[6] - 22 May 2004)^[7]
• Thomas Edward Gullickson (2 October 2004^[8] - 21 May 2011)^[9]
• Nicola Girasoli (21 December 2011^[10] - 16 June 2017)^[11]
• Fortunatus Nwachukwu (4 November 2017^[12] – 17 December 2021)^[13]
• Santiago de Wit Guzmán (30 July 2022 ^[14] – present)

See also

• Apostolic Delegation to the Antilles
• Catholic Church in Trinidad and Tobago

Notes and References

1. Book: 8 December 2019 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 254, 365 . 1980. LXXII .
2. Book: 8 December 2019 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 934 . 1984. LXXVI .
3. Book: 8 December 2019 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 346, 443 . 1985. LXXVII .
4. Book: 8 December 2019 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1021 . 1990 . LXXXII .
5. it . 14 June 2019 . 26 April 2000 . Rinunce e Nomine, 26.04.2000 . .
6. . 3 May 2019 . 8 July 2000 . Rinunce e Nomine, 08.07.2000.
7. Holy See Press Office . 3 May 2019 . 22 May 2004 . Rinunce e Nomine, 22.05.2004.
8. it . Rinunce e nomine, 02.10.2004 . October 2, 2004. December 8, 2019 . Holy See Press Office.
9. News: 21 May 2011 . Religious Information Service of Ukraine. Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson Named Nuncio in Ukraine.
10. Rinunce e Nomine, 21.12.2011 . Holy See Press Office . 28 January 2019 . 21 December 2011. it .
11. Rinunce e Nomine, 16.06.2017 . Holy See Press Office . 28 January 2019 . 16 June 2017. it .
12. 11 June 2019 . 4 November 2017 . Holy See Press Office . Resignations and Appointments, 04.11.2017 .
13. Resignations and Appointments, 17.12.2021 . 17 December 2021 . 17 December 2021 . Holy See Press Office .
14. News: Resignations and Appointments, 30.07.2022 . July 30, 2022.