The Apostolic Nunciature to Switzerland is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Switzerland.[1][2] It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio, with the rank of an ambassador. The nunciature is located in the capital of Bern.
| Apostolic Nunciature to Switzerland | |
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| Location | Bern |
| Apostolic Nuncio | Archbishop Martin Krebs |
The Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland is usually also the Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein upon his appointment to said nation.
List of papal representatives to Switzerland
edit- Antonio Pucci (1517 - 1521)
- Paolo Odescalchi (1553 - 15 June 1560)
- Ottaviano della Raverta (1553 - 1560)
- Giovanni Antonio Volpi (25 March 1560 – July 1579)
- Giovanni Francesco Bonomi (27 May 1579 – 16 September 1581)
- Giovanni Battista Santorio (17 August 1586 – 15 August 1587)
- Ottavio Paravicini (August 1587 – 20 June 1591)
- Owen Lewis (20 June 1591 – 14 October 1595)
- Giovanni della Torre (10 November 1595 – 10 June 1606)
- Fabrizio Verallo (10 June 1606 – 24 June 1608)
- Ladislao d'Aquino (1608 - 15 September 1613)
- Ludovico Sarego (15 September 1613 – 15 April 1621)
- Alessandro Scappi (15 April 1621 – 28 June 1628)
- Ciriaco Rocci (28 June 1628 – 18 May 1630)
- Ranuccio Scotti Douglas (22 May 1630 – 4 May 1639)
- Girolamo Farnese (4 May 1639 – 28 October 1643)
- Lorenzo Gavotti, C.R. (28 October 1643 – 7 November 1646)
- Alfonso Sacrati (7 November 1646 – 14 September 1647)
- Francesco Boccapaduli (14 September 1647 – September 1652)
- Jost Knab (September 1652 – April 1653)
- Carlo Carafa della Spina, C.R. (1 February 1653 – November 1654)
- Federico Borromeo (iuniore) (28 November 1654 – 20 August 1665)
- Federico Baldeschi Colonna (15 July 1665 – March 1668)
- Rodolpho Acquaviva (15 April 1668 – August 1670)
- Odoardo Cibo (11 August 1670 - 1679)
- Giacomo Cantelmo (18 April 1685 – 10 December 1687)
- Bartolomeo Menatti (12 February 1689 – March 1692)
- Marcello d'Aste (23 February 1692 – May 1695)
- Michelangelo dei Conti (26 June 1695 – November 1697)
- Giulio Piazza (25 January 1698 – 4 June 1703)
- Vincenzo Bichi (5 January 1703 – 2 December 1709)
- Giacomo Caracciolo (10 May 1710 – 25 November 1716)
- Giuseppe Firrao (20 October 1716 – 15 November 1720)
- Domenico Silvio Passionei (30 July 1721 – 28 October 1730)
- Giovanni Battista Barni (22 February 1731 – 1 April 1739)
- Carlo Francesco Durini (1 August 1739 – 29 March 1744)
- Filippo Acciaioli (22 January 1744 – 25 April 1754)
- Girolamo Spínola (25 February 1754 – 24 August 1754)
- Giovanni Ottavio Bufalini (19 December 1754 – 4 November 1759)
- Niccolò Oddi, S.J. (21 December 1759 – January 1764)
- Giambattista Donati (February 1764 – November 1764)
- Luigi Valenti Gonzaga (18 August 1764 – November 1773)
- Giovanni Battista Caprara (6 September 1775 – 7 May 1785)
- Giuseppe Vinci (6 July 1785 – January 1794)
- Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri ( 1794 - 1795)
- Pietro Gravina (20 September 1794 – 1 March 1803)
- Fabrizio Sceberras Testaferrata (20 September 1803 - 1815)
- Carlo Zen (13 March 1816 – 27 August 1817)
- Vincenzo Macchi (8 August 1818 – 22 November 1819)
- Ignazio Nasalli-Ratti (21 January 1820 – 25 June 1827)
- Pietro Ostini (30 January 1827 – 17 July 1829)
- Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi (21 August 1827 – 15 September 1828)
- Filippo de Angelis (23 April 1830 – 15 February 1838)
- Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi (31 May 1839 – 23 April 1841)
- Girolamo d'Andrea (30 July 1841 – 30 August 1845)
- Alessandro Macioti (21 October 1845 – 11 April 1856)
- Luigi Maglione (1 September 1920 – 24 May 1926)
- Pietro di Maria (3 June 1926 – 1 September 1935)
- Filippo Bernardini (10 October 1935 – 15 January 1953)
- Gustavo Testa (6 March 1953 - 1959)
- Alfredo Pacini (4 February 1960 - 1967)
- Ambrogio Marchioni (30 June 1967 – September 1984)
- Edoardo Rovida (26 January 1985[3] – 15 March 1993)[4]
- Karl-Josef Rauber (16 March 1993[4] – 25 April 1997)[5]
- Oriano Quilici (8 July 1997[6] – 2 November 1998)[7]
- Pier Giacomo De Nicolò (21 January 1999[8] – 8 September 2004)[9]
- Francesco Canalini (8 September 2004[9] – April 2011)
- Diego Causero (28 May 2011[10] – 5 September 2015)[11]
- Thomas Gullickson (5 September 2015[11] - 31 December 2020)[12]
- Martin Krebs (3 March 2021[13] – 19 April 2024)[14]
References
edit- ^ Cheney, David M. "Nunciature to Switzerland". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
- ^ Chow, Gabriel. "Apostolic Nunciature Switzerland". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXVII. 1985. p. 181. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ a b Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXV. 1993. p. 395. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXIX. 1997. p. 312. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "Svizzera: Mons. Oriano Quilici Nuovo Nunzio Apostolico" (in Italian). ADN Agenzia. 8 July 1997. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "E morto il nunzio in Svizzera Oriano Quilici". Il Terreno (in Italian). 3 November 1998. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XCI. 1999. p. 239. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Rinunce e nomine, 08.09.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 September 2004. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 28.05.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Rinunce e nomine, 05.09.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 31.12.2020" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
- ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 03.03.2021" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 19.04.2024". Retrieved April 19, 2024.