Apostolic Nunciature to Australia
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| Location | Canberra |
| Address | 2 Vancouver St., Canberra, Australia |
| Apostolic Nuncio | Charles Daniel Balvo |
The Apostolic Nunciature to Australia is an ecclesiastical office of the
Roman Catholic Church in Australia. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio to Australia with the rank of an ambassador. The office of the nunciature is located in Manuka
, Canberra.
The mission was established as the Apostolic Delegation to Australasia by Pope Pius X on 15 April 1914 and given responsibility for Australia, Tasmania,[a] and New Zealand.[1] Bonaventura Cerretti was named its first head on 10 May.[2] It was renamed the Delegation to Australia, New Zealand and Oceania on 8 June 1947.[3] On 1 November 1968, that was divided into two delegations: the Delegation to Australia and Papua New Guinea and the Delegation to New Zealand and Pacific Islands.[4] The Apostolic Nunciature to Australia was established by Pope Paul VI on 5 March 1973.[5] Charles Daniel Balvo was appointed nuncio in January 2022 by Pope Francis.[6]
Papal representatives to Australia
- Apostolic Delegates to Australasia
- Bonaventura Cerretti (10 May 1914[2] – 6 May 1917)[7]
- Bartolomeo Cattaneo (16 May 1917[8] - January 1933)
- Filippo Bernardini (13 March 1933[9] – 10 October 1935)
- Giovanni Panico (17 October 1935 – 28 September 1948)
- Apostolic Delegates to Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania
- Paolo Marella (27 October 1948[10] – 15 April 1953)
- Romolo Carboni (28 September 1953 – 2 September 1959)
- Maximilien de Fürstenberg(21 November 1959 – 28 April 1962)
- Domenico Enrici (1 October 1962 – 26 April 1969)
- Apostolic Delegates to Australia and Papua New Guinea
- Apostolic Pro-Nuncios
- Gino Paro (4 July 1973[12] – 10 June 1978)
- Luigi Barbarito (10 June 1978 – 21 January 1986)
- Franco Brambilla (22 February 1986 – 3 December 1998)[13]
- Apostolic Nuncios
- Francesco Canalini (5 December 1998[13][14] - 8 September 2004)[15]
- Ambrose De Paoli (18 December 2004[16] - 10 October 2007)[17]
- Giuseppe Lazzarotto (22 December 2007[18] - 18 August 2012)[19]
- Paul Gallagher (11 December 2012[20] - 8 November 2014)[21]
- Adolfo Tito Yllana (17 February 2015[22] – 3 June 2021)[23]
- Charles Daniel Balvo (22 January 2022[24] – present)
See also
- List of diplomatic missions of the Holy See
- List of diplomatic missions in Australia
- Foreign relations of the Holy See
- Catholic Church in Australia
Notes
- Commonwealth of Australiasince 1901.
References
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. VI. 1914. pp. 223–4. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ a b Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. VI. 1914. p. 380. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXXIX. 1947. p. 501. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXI. 1969. pp. 158–60. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXV. 1973. p. 237. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 17.01.2022" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. IX. 1917. p. 301. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. IX. 1917. pp. 300, 343. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXV. 1933. pp. 123, 505. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
Delegatum Apostolicum in Australasia
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XLI. 1949. p. 299. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXI. 1969. p. 352. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ a b Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXV. 1973. p. 414.
- ^ a b "30Giorni in breve". 30 Giorni (in Italian). December 1998. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XCI. 1999. p. 127. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 08.09.2004" (Press release). Vatican Press Office. 8 September 2004. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 18.12.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 December 2004. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ "Nuncio Dies in U.S." Catholic News (Australia). 8 October 2007. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 22.12.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 December 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 18.08.2012" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 11.12.2012" (Press release). Vatican Press Office. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ "Archbishop Gallagher: A priest and a diplomat". Vatican Radio. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 17.02.2015" (Press release). Vatican Press Office. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 03.06.2021" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 17.01.2022" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
External links
- Nunciature to Australia page at catholic-hierarchy.org [self-published]
- Apostolic Nunciature of Australia page at gcatholic.org [self-published]
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