Apostolic Nunciature to Iran

Apostolic Nunciature to Iran
Apostolic Nunciature to Iran
Location	Tehran
Apostolic Nuncio	Archbishop Leo Boccardi

The Apostolic Nunciature to Iran is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Iran. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.

List of papal representatives

Apostolic Delegate to Persia

Augustin-Pierre Cluzel (30 May 1874 - 12 August 1882 Died)
Jacques-Hector Thomas (4 May 1883 - 9 September 1890)
Hilarion Joseph Montéty Pailhas (13 February 1891 - April 1896)
François Lesné (20 April 1896 - 11 February 1910)^[1]
Jacques-Émile Sontag [fr] (13 July 1910 - 27 July 1918)^[2]
Adriaan Smets (13 January 1922^[3] - 1930)
Egidio Lari (1 June 1931^[4] - March 1936)
Alcide Marina (7 March 1936^[5] - 18 April 1945)

Apostolic Delegates to Iran

Paolo Pappalardo (7 August 1948^[6] - 19 March 1953)^[6]

Apostolic Internuncios to Iran

Raffaele Forni (31 July 1953 - 24 September 1955)
Giuseppe Paupini (2 February 1956 - 25 February 1957)
Vittore Ugo Righi (14 October 1961 - 1 February 1964)
Salvatore Asta (23 March 1964^[7] - 7 June 1969)^[8]

Apostolic Pro-Nuncios to Iran

Paolino Limongi (9 July 1969 - March 1971)
Ernesto Gallina (15 March 1971^[9] - 4 January 1976)
Annibale Bugnini (4 January 1976 - 3 July 1982)^[10]
Giovanni De Andrea (26 January 1983 - 22 November 1986)
John Bulaitis (11 July 1987 - 30 November 1991)
Romeo Panciroli (18 March 1992 - 1 February 1995)

Apostolic Nuncios to Iran

Romeo Panciroli (1 February 1994 - April 1999)
Angelo Mottola (16 July 1999^[11] - 25 January 2007)^[12]
Jean-Paul Gobel (10 October 2007^[13] - 5 January 2013)^[14]
Leo Boccardi (11 July 2013^[15] - 11 March 2021)^[16]
Andrzej Józwowicz (28 June 2021^[17] – present)

References

^ Annales de la propagation de la foi (in French). Vol. 82. May 1910. p. 212.
^ D’orient, Sylvain (17 July 2018). "Il y a un siècle, ce prêtre donnait sa vie pour les Assyro-Chaldéens". Aleteia (in French). Retrieved 27 August 2019.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XIV. 1922. p. 47. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXIV. 1932. p. 102. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ Rossi, Giovanni Felice (30 October 2018). "Mons. Marina, Alcide G." Roman Province of the Congregation of the Missions of Saint Vincent de Paul (in Italian). Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Mons. Paolo Pappalardo". Diocese of Noto (in Italian). 10 March 2008. Archived from the original on 29 October 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LVI. 1964. p. 608. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXI. 1969. p. 471. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXIII. 1971. p. 331. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
^ "Papal Nuncio Bugnini Dies; Figure in Iran Hostage Crisis". The New York Times. Associated Press. 4 July 1982. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
^ "Il prelato Aversano Angelo Mottola ambasciatore in Montenegro". Corriere fi Aversa e Guiliano (in Italian). 27 January 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 25.01.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 25 January 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 10.10.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 10 October 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 05.01.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.07.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.03.2021" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
^ "Rinunce e nomine, 28 June 2021" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

[1] Annales de la propagation de la foi (in French). Vol. 82. May 1910. p. 212.

[2] D’orient, Sylvain (17 July 2018). "Il y a un siècle, ce prêtre donnait sa vie pour les Assyro-Chaldéens". Aleteia (in French). Retrieved 27 August 2019.

[3] Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XIV. 1922. p. 47. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

[4] Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXIV. 1932. p. 102. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

[rcm-5] Rossi, Giovanni Felice (30 October 2018). "Mons. Marina, Alcide G." Roman Province of the Congregation of the Missions of Saint Vincent de Paul (in Italian). Retrieved 26 August 2019.

[noto-6] "Mons. Paolo Pappalardo". Diocese of Noto (in Italian). 10 March 2008. Archived from the original on 29 October 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2019.

[7] Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LVI. 1964. p. 608. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

[8] Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXI. 1969. p. 471. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

[9] Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXIII. 1971. p. 331. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

[10] "Papal Nuncio Bugnini Dies; Figure in Iran Hostage Crisis". The New York Times. Associated Press. 4 July 1982. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

[11] "Il prelato Aversano Angelo Mottola ambasciatore in Montenegro". Corriere fi Aversa e Guiliano (in Italian). 27 January 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2019.

[12] "Rinunce e Nomine, 25.01.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 25 January 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

[13] "Rinunce e Nomine, 10.10.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 10 October 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

[14] "Rinunce e Nomine, 05.01.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

[15] "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.07.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

[16] "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.03.2021" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

[17] "Rinunce e nomine, 28 June 2021" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

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