Apostolic Nunciature to Slovakia

Diplomatic mission of the Holy See in Europe

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

Apostolic Nuncios to Slovakia

Archbishop Giovanni Coppa was named Apostolic Nuncio to Czechoslovakia on 30 June 1990. With the division on that country into Slovakia and the Czech Republic on 1 January 1993, Coppa became nuncio to each of them, based in Prague.^[1]

Giovanni Coppa (1 January 1993^[2] – 2 March 1994)^[3]
Luigi Dossena (2 March 1994^[3] – 8 February 2001)^[4]
Henryk Józef Nowacki 8 February 2001^[4] – 28 November 2007)^[5]
Mario Giordana (15 March 2008^[6] – 1 April 2017)^[7]
Giacomo Guido Ottonello (1 April 2017^[7] – 31 October 2021)^[8]
Nicola Girasoli (2 July 2022^[9] – present)

References

^ "Apoštolská nunciatúra: Diplomatické styky SR s Vatikánom". Katolícka Cirkev na Slovensku (in Slovak).
^ "E' morto il cardinale Giovanni Coppa, diplomatico e grande latinista. Aveva 91 anni". Faro di Roma (in Italian). 16 May 2016. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Zomrel prvý apoštolský nuncius v SR Luigi Dossena" (in Slovak). SME. 9 September 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.02.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 February 2001. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 28.11.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 November 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.03.2008" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 March 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Resignations and Appointments, 01.04.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
^ "Rinunce e nomine, 31.10.2021" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
^ "Resignations and Appointments, 02.07.2022". Retrieved 2 July 2022.

Diplomatic missions of the Holy See

Africa

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Asia

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Organizations

Former

v t e Diplomatic missions in Slovakia
Americas	United States
Asia	India Japan Taiwan
Europe	Holy See Ukraine United Kingdom

v t e Foreign relations of the Holy See
Africa	Algeria Central African Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Ivory Coast Republic of the Congo
Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Cuba Mexico Nicaragua Peru United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Bangladesh China Georgia India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan Jordan Kurdistan Region Lebanon Malaysia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Palestine Philippines Saudi Arabia South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Turkey United Arab Emirates Vietnam
Europe	Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia France Germany Greece Ireland Italy North Macedonia Monaco Poland Romania Russia Serbia Spain Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom
Oceania	Papua New Guinea
Former	Soviet Union Yugoslavia
Multilateral relations	Council of Europe European Union Organization of American States United Nations Observer to the UN Observer to the UN in Geneva
Related topics	Apostolic nunciature Cardinal Secretary of State Concordats Diplomatic missions: of the Holy See/to the Holy See Heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See Legal status of the Holy See Multilateral foreign policy of the Holy See Secretariat of State Section for Relations with States (Roman Curia)