Recent Appointments

Archbishop Andrzej Józwowicz, Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Iran

Msgr. Visvaldas Kulbokas was elected Titular Archbishop of Martana and Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Permanent Observer to Office of the United Nations and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG), Permanent Observer to World Trade Organization (WTO) and Representative to International Organization for Migration (IOM), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Canada

Archbishop Francisco Escalante Molina, Apostolic Nuncio to Republic of Congo and Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti

Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易えき福ぶく霖), Apostolic Nuncio to Australia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus, Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine

Archbishop Aldo Giordano, Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to European Union

Msgr. Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez was elected Titular Archbishop of Virunum and Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea

Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean, Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga, Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa and Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Island, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Israel, Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine and Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to India

Archbishop Leo Boccardi, Apostolic Nuncio to Iran, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Japan

Archbishop Martin Krebs, Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein and Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

Archbishop-elect Mark Gerard Miles, Apostolic Nuncio to Benin, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Togo

Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugent, Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait and Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain

Msgr. Mark Gerard Miles, Permanent Observer to Organization of American States (OAS), was elected Titular Archbishop of Città Ducale and Apostolic Nuncio to Benin

Msgr. Juan Antonio Cruz Serrano was appointed as Permanent Observer to Organization of American States (OAS)

Archbishop Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal, Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia

Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean, Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga and Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Island

Archbishop Giovanni D’Aniello, Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan

Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugent, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait and Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar

Archbishop Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal, Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria

Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein and Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi, Apostolic Nuncio to Canada, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Albania

Archbishop Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to European Union

Archbishop Wojciech Załuski, Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia, Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste and Apostolic Delegate to Brunei

Archbishop Charles John Brown, Apostolic Nuncio to Albania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines

Msgr. Giovanni Gaspari was elected Titular Archbishop of Alba marittima, Apostolic Nuncio to Angola and Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe

Archbishop Joseph Chennoth (車くるま納おさめ德とく), Titular Archbishop of Milevum and Apostolic Nuncio to Japan, passed away at 76

Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro, Apostolic Nuncio to India and Apostolic Nuncio to Nepal, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

Archbishop Luciano Russo, Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria and Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Panama

Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain

Archbishop Brian Udaigwe, Apostolic Nuncio to Benin and Apostolic Nuncio to Togo, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka

Archbishop Giovanni D’Aniello, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation

Archbishop-elect Ante Jozić was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus

Msgr. Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński was elected Titular Archbishop of Limosano and Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana

Msgr. Mitja Leskovar was elected Titular Archbishop of Beneventum and Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq

Archbishop-elect Michael Francis Crotty, Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Niger

Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla, Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain, Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates, Apostolic Nuncio to Yemen and Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala

Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean, Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru and Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa

Fr. Luís Miguel Muñoz Cárdaba was elected Titular Archbishop of Nasai, Apostolic Nuncio to Eritrea and Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan

Archbishop Mirosław Adamczyk, Apostolic Nuncio to Panama, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

Fr. Michael Francis Crotty was elected Titular Archbishop of Lindisfarne and Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso

Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain

Archbishop Paolo Rudelli was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe

Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation and Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to France

Archbishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka

Archbishop Luigi Ventura resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to France

Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean, Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands and Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru and Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga

Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office (UN)

Archbishop Gábor Pintér, Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras

Archbishop Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin, Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS)

Archbishop Antoine Camilleri was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia, Apostolic Nuncio to Djibouti, Apostolic Delegate to Somalia and Special Representative to African Union (AUえーゆー)

Archbishop Paolo Borgia was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cote d’Ivoire

Archbishop Giampiero Gloder, President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and Vice-Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba

Archbishop Joseph Salvador Marino, Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia, Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste and Apostolic Delegate to Brunei, was appointed as President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Archbishop Alberto Ortega Martín, Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan and Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Chile

Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza, Permanent Observer to United Nations Office (UN), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain

Msgr. Marco Ganci was appointed as Permanent Observer to Council of Europe

Msgr. Paolo Rudelli, Permanent Observer to Council of Europe and Observer to International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS), was elected Titular Archbishop of Mesembria

Msgr. Mark Gerard Miles was appointed as Permanent Observer to Organization of American States (OAS)

Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza resigned as Permanent Observer to Organization of American States (OAS)

Archbishop Bruno Musarò, Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica

Archbishop Ivo Scapolo, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Msgr. Slađan Ćosić (高德こうとく隆たかし) resigned as Pro-Chargé d’affaires in China

Msgr. Arnaldo Catalan (佳けい安やす道どう) was appointed as Chargé d’affaires in China

Archbishop Petar Rajič, Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia

Archbishop Giorgio Lingua, Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia

Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia

Archbishop Renzo Fratini resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain

Archbishop Rino Passigato resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal