Apostolic Nunciature to Kuwait

Diplomatic post of the Holy See

The Apostolic Nunciature to Kuwait is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Kuwait. 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 Pro-Nuncios
  • Alfredo Bruniera (7 July 1969[1] – 4 March 1975)
  • Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp (4 March 1975[2] - 13 July 1978)
  • Antonio del Giudice (22 December 1978 - 20 August 1982)[3]
  • Luigi Conti (19 November 1983 - 17 January 1987)
  • Marian Oleś (28 November 1987 - 1991)
Apostolic Nuncios
  • Pablo Puente Buces (25 May 1993[4] - 31 July 1997)
  • Antonio Maria Vegliò (2 October 1997 - 13 December 1999)
  • Giuseppe De Andrea (28 June 2001[5] - 27 August 2005)[6]
  • Paul-Mounged El-Hachem (27 August 2005[6] - 2 December 2009)[7]
  • Petar Rajič (2 December 2009[7] - 15 June 2015)[8]
  • Francisco Montecillo Padilla (5 April 2016[9] – 17 April 2020)[10]
  • Eugene Nugent (7 January 2021[11] – present)

See also

References

  1. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXI. 1969. p. 552.
  2. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXVII. 1975. p. 386. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  3. ^ Pesce, Giuseppe (13 April 2013). "L'arcivescovo Del Giudice un agente 007 del Vaticano". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  4. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXV. 1993. p. 547. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 28.06.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 June 2001. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Rinunce e Nomine, 27.08.2005" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 27 August 2005. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Rinunce e Nomine, 02.12.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.06.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 05.04.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 17.04.2020" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 07.01.2021" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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