Recent Appointments

Archbishop Marek Solczyński was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Azerbaigian

Archbishop Santo Rocco Gangemi was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Papua New Guinea

Archbishop Mario Roberto Cassari was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Lesotho

Archbishop Mario Roberto Cassari, Apostolic Nuncio of Croatia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Botswana and Apostolic Nuncio of Namibia and Apostolic Nuncio of South Africa and Apostolic Nuncio of Swaziland

Archbishop James Patrick Green resigned as Apostolic Nuncio of Namibia and Apostolic Nuncio of South Africa and Apostolic Nuncio of Lesotho and Apostolic Nuncio of Swaziland and Apostolic Nuncio of Botswana

Archbishop Luciano Russo was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Rwanda

Archbishop Giovanni D’Aniello, Apostolic Nuncio of Cambodia and Apostolic Nuncio of Thailand and Apostolic Delegate of Laos and Apostolic Delegate of Myanmar, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Brazil

Msgr. Santo Rocco Gangemi was elected Titular Archbishop of Umbriatico and Apostolic Nuncio of Solomon Islands

Msgr. Julio Murat was elected Titular Archbishop of Orange and Apostolic Nuncio of Zambia

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò was appointed as Permanent Observer of Organization of American States (OAS)

Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig, Apostolic Nuncio of Denmark and Apostolic Nuncio of Finland and Apostolic Nuncio of Iceland and Apostolic Nuncio of Norway and Apostolic Nuncio of Sweden, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Argentina

Archbishop Nicola Girasoli was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Barbados and Apostolic Nuncio of Trinidad and Tobago

Msgr. Luc De Maere, Delegate of International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM), passed away at the age of 55

Archbishop François Robert Bacqué resigned as Apostolic Nuncio of Netherlands

Archbishop André Dupuy, Apostolic Nuncio of European Communities and Apostolic Nuncio of Monaco, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Netherlands

Archbishop Marek Solczyński was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Armenia

Msgr. Marek Solczyński was elected Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Mauretania and Apostolic Nuncio of Georgia

Msgr. Charles John Brown, Adjunct Secretary of International Theological Commission, was elected Titular Archbishop of Aquileia and Apostolic Nuncio of Ireland

Archbishop Adriano Bernardini, Apostolic Nuncio of Argentina, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Italy and Apostolic Nuncio of San Marino

Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla, Apostolic Nuncio of Solomon Islands and Apostolic Nuncio of Papua New Guinea, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Tanzania

Archbishop Nicola Girasoli, Apostolic Nuncio of Malawi and Apostolic Nuncio of Zambia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Antigua and Barbuda and Apostolic Nuncio of Bahamas and Apostolic Nuncio of Dominica and Apostolic Nuncio of Jamaica and Apostolic Nuncio of Grenada and Apostolic Nuncio of Guyana and Apostolic Nuncio of Saint Kitts and Nevis and Apostolic Nuncio of Saint Lucia and Apostolic Nuncio of Saint Vincent and Grenadines and Apostolic Nuncio of Suriname and Apostolic Delegate of Antille

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of United States of America

Archbishop James Patrick Green was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Peru

Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello, Apostolic Nuncio of Italy and Apostolic Nuncio of San Marino, was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State and President of Governorate of the Vatican City State

Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza, Apostolic Nuncio of Ireland, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Czech Republic

Archbishop Joseph Chennoth, Apostolic Nuncio of Tanzania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Japan

Archbishop Bruno Musarò, Apostolic Nuncio of Peru, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Cuba

Archbishop Pietro Sambi, Apostolic Nuncio of United States of America, Permanent Observer of Organization of American States (OAS), passed away at the age of 73

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Uzbekistan

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Delegate of Malaysia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Malaysia

Archbishop Martin Vidović resigned as Apostolic Nuncio of Belarus

Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, Apostolic Nuncio of Armenia and Apostolic Nuncio of Georgia and Apostolic Nuncio of Azerbaigian, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Belarus

Archbishop Ivo Scapolo, Apostolic Nuncio of Rwanda, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Chile

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Archbishop Alberto Bottari de Castello, Apostolic Nuncio of Japan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Hungary

Archbishop Francesco Canalini resigned as Apostolic Nuncio of Liechtenstein and Apostolic Nuncio of Switzerland

Archbishop Diego Causero, Apostolic Nuncio of Czech Republic, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Liechtenstein and Apostolic Nuncio of Switzerland

Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson, Apostolic Nuncio of Bahamas and Apostolic Nuncio of Dominica and Apostolic Nuncio of Saint Kitts and Nevis and Apostolic Nuncio of Saint Lucia and Apostolic Nuncio of Saint Vincent and Grenadines and Apostolic Nuncio of Trinidad and Tobago and Apostolic Delegate of Antille and Apostolic Nuncio of Antigua and Barbuda and Apostolic Nuncio of Barbados and Apostolic Nuncio of Jamaica and Apostolic Nuncio of Guyana and Apostolic Nuncio of Suriname and Apostolic Nuncio of Grenada, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Ukraine

Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu, Apostolic Nuncio of Cuba, was appointed as Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State

Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, Apostolic Nuncio of Chile, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Philippines

Archbishop Janusz Bolonek was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Macedonia

Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Indonesia

Archbishop Luigi Gatti resigned as Apostolic Nuncio of Greece

Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams, Apostolic Nuncio of Philippines, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Greece

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Apostolic Nuncio of Ukraine, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Russian Federation

Archbishop Juliusz Janusz, Apostolic Nuncio of Hungary, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Slovenia and Apostolic Delegate of Kosovo

Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Pakistan

Archbishop Santos Abril y Castelló, Apostolic Nuncio of Macedonia and Apostolic Nuncio of Slovenia, was appointed as Vice-Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio of Indonesia, was appointed as Apostolic Delegate of Malaysia and Apostolic Nuncio of Singapore and Apostolic Delegate of Brunei and Pontifical Representative of Vietnam

Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri resigned as Apostolic Nuncio of Brazil

Archbishop Luigi Travaglino was appointed as Permanent Observer of Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Msgr. Renato Volante resigned as Permanent Observer of Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Archbishop Antonio Mennini, Apostolic Nuncio of Russian Federation and Apostolic Nuncio of Uzbekistan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Great Britain

Archbishop Faustino Sainz Muñoz resigned as Apostolic Nuncio of Great Britain

Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, Apostolic Nuncio of Pakistan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Democratic Republic of Congo

Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Nepal

Archbishop Giovanni D’Aniello, Apostolic Nuncio of Democratic Republic of Congo, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Cambodia and Apostolic Nuncio of Thailand and Apostolic Delegate of Laos and Apostolic Delegate of Myanmar

Msgr. Giorgio Lingua was elected Titular Archbishop of Tuscania and Apostolic Nuncio of Jordan and Apostolic Nuncio of Iraq

Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt, Apostolic Nuncio of Jordan and Apostolic Nuncio of Iraq, was appointed as Permanent Observer of United Nations Office (UN)

Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Permanent Observer of United Nations Office (UN), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Poland

Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, Apostolic Nuncio of Cambodia and Apostolic Nuncio of Singapore and Apostolic Nuncio of Thailand and Apostolic Delegate of Brunei and Apostolic Delegate of Laos and Apostolic Delegate of Malaysia and Apostolic Delegate of Myanmar, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of India

Archbishop Józef Kowalczyk, Titular Archbishop of Eraclea and Apostolic Nuncio of Poland, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland)

Archbishop Petar Rajič was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Yemen and Apostolic Nuncio of United Arab Emirates

Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugent was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Mauritius and Apostolic Nuncio of Seychelles

Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Angola

Archbishop Alessandro D’Errico was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Montenegro

Archbishop Angelo Mottola resigned as Apostolic Nuncio of Montenegro

Msgr. Eugene Martin Nugent was elected Titular Archbishop of Domnach Sechnaill and Apostolic Nuncio of Madagascar and Apostolic Delegate of Comoro Islands

Msgr. Novatus Rugambwa, Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, was elected Titular Archbishop of Tagaria and Apostolic Nuncio of São Tomé and Príncipe

Archbishop Augustine Kasujja, Apostolic Nuncio of Madagascar and Apostolic Nuncio of Seychelles and Apostolic Delegate of Comoro Islands and Apostolic Nuncio of Mauritius, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Nigeria

Msgr. Piero Pioppo was elected Titular Archbishop of Torcello and Apostolic Nuncio of Cameroon and Apostolic Nuncio of Equatorial Guinea

Archbishop Pedro López Quintana, Apostolic Nuncio of India and Apostolic Nuncio of Nepal, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Canada

Msgr. Petar Rajič was elected Titular Archbishop of Sarsenterum and Apostolic Nuncio of Bahrain and Apostolic Nuncio of Kuwait and Apostolic Nuncio of Qatar and Apostolic Delegate of Arabic Peninsula

Archbishop Paul-Mounged El-Hachem resigned as Apostolic Nuncio of Bahrain and Apostolic Nuncio of Kuwait and Apostolic Nuncio of Qatar and Apostolic Nuncio of Yemen and Apostolic Delegate of Arabic Peninsula and Apostolic Nuncio of United Arab Emirates