Apostolic Nunciature to Thailand

Diplomatic Mission of the Holy See in Thailand

13°43′10.3″N 100°31′23.3″E / 13.719528°N 100.523139°E / 13.719528; 100.523139Apostolic NuncioArchbishop Peter Bryan Wells

The Apostolic Nunciature to Thailand the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to Thailand. It is located in Sathon District, Bangkok. The current Apostolic Nuncio is Archbishop Peter Bryan Wells, who was named to the position by Pope Francis on 8 February 2023.

The Apostolic Nunciature to the Kingdom of Thailand is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Thailand, with the rank of an embassy. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Holy See to the King of Thailand, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in Thailand and the Pope.

Papal representatives to Thailand

Apostolic Delegates to Thailand, Laos, and the Malacca Peninsula

John Gordon (10 February 1962^[1] – 27 February 1965)^[2]
Angelo Pedroni (7 April 1965^[3] - 1967)
Jean Jadot (28 February 1968^[4] – 15 May 1971)^[5]

Apostolic Pro-Nuncios to Thailand

Giovanni Moretti (9 September 1971^[6] – 13 March 1978)
Silvio Luoni (15 May 1978^[7] - 1980)
Renato Raffaele Martino (14 September 1980^[8] – 3 December 1986)^[9]
Alberto Tricarico (28 February 1987^[10] – 26 July 1993)^[11]

Apostolic Nuncios to Thailand

Luigi Bressan (26 July 1993^[12] – 25 March 1999)^[13]
Adriano Bernardini (24 July 1999^[14] – 26 April 2003)^[15]
Salvatore Pennacchio (20 September 2003^[16] – 8 May 2010)^[17]
Giovanni d'Aniello (22 September 2010^[18] - 10 February 2012)^[19]
Paul Tschang In-Nam (4 August 2012^[20] - 16 July 2022)^[21]
Peter Bryan Wells (8 February 2023^[22] – present)

References

^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LIV. 1962. pp. 188, 205. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LVII. 1965. p. 550. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LVII. 1965. pp. 541, 680. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LX. 1968. p. 365. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXIII. 1971. p. 398. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXIII. 1971. p. 719. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXX. 1978. p. 380. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXII. 1980. pp. 977, 1160. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^ "Former Observers". The Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXIX. 1987. p. 359. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXV. 1993. p. 868. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXV. 1993. p. 868. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
^ "S.E.R. Mons. Luigi Bressan" (in Italian). Chiesa Cattolica Italiana. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XCI. 1999. p. 1004. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
^ "Rinunce e nomine, 26.04.2003" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 26 April 2003. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
^ "Rinunce e nomine, 20.09.2003" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 20 September 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
^ "Rinunce e nomine, 08.05.2010" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 22.09.2010" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 10.02.2012" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 10 February 2012.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 04.08.2012" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^ "220716b, 16.07.2022". Retrieved 16 July 2022.
^ "Resignations and Appointments, 08.02.2023". Retrieved 8 February 2023.