Apostolic Nunciature to Burkina Faso

Diplomatic post of the Holy See

12°23′53″N 1°31′10″W / 12.39807°N 1.51948°W / 12.39807; -1.51948 The Apostolic Nunciature to Burkina Faso is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Burkina Faso. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.

The nunciature's new building was inaugurated on 30 January 2015.^[1]

The Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso is Michael Francis Crotty.

List of papal representatives

Apostolic Delegates

Luigi Dossena (24 October 1978^[2] - 2 May 1979)^[3]

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio

Justo Mullor García (2 May 1979^[3] - 3 May 1985)
Antonio Mattiazzo (16 November 1985^[4] - 5 July 1989)^[5]
Janusz Bolonek (18 November 1989^[6] - 23 January 1995)^[7]

Apostolic Nuncio

Luigi Ventura (25 March 1995 - 25 March 1999)
Mario Zenari (12 July 1999^[8] - 10 May 2004)^[9]
Mario Roberto Cassari (31 July 2004^[10] - 12 June 2007)^[11]
Vito Rallo (12 June 2007^[11] - 24 April 2015)^[12]
Piergiorgio Bertoldi (24 April 2015^[12] - 19 March 2019)^[13]
Michael Francis Crotty (1 February 2020^[14] – present)

References

^ "Architetti di pace" (in Italian). 2 February 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXVIII. 1986. p. 1000. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXI. 1979. p. 1056. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXVII. 1985. p. 1193. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXI. 1989. p. 1077. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXI. 1989. p. 1384. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXVII. 1995. p. 327. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXXI. 1999. p. 920.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 10.05.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 10 May 2004. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 31.07.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 31 July 2004. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Rinunce e Nomine, 12.06.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Rinunce e Nomine, 24.04.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 10.03.2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ "Rinunce e nomine, 01.02.2020" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.