Apostolic Nunciature to Argentina
LocationBuenos Aires
AddressFernández Anchorena Palace, Av. Alvear 1637, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Coordinates34°35′22.5″S 58°23′10.1″W / 34.589583°S 58.386139°W / -34.589583; -58.386139
Apostolic NuncioArchbishop Mirosław Adamczyk

The Apostolic Nunciature to Argentina the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to Argentina. It is located at the Fernández Anchorena Palace, in Buenos Aires. The current Apostolic Nuncio is Archbishop Mirosław Adamczyk, who was named to the position by Pope Francis on 22 February 2020.

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

History

Papal representatives to Argentina

Apostolic Delegates
  • Lodovico Maria Besi (9 July 1850 – 26 May 1851)
  • Lorenzo Barili (26 May 1851 – 17 June 1856)
  • Vincenzo Massoni (26 September 1856 – 3 June 1857)
  • Marino Marini (14 August 1857 – 27 March 1865)
  • Angelo Di Pietro (31 December 1877 – 30 September 1879)
  • Luigi Matera (19 September 1879 – 14 October 1884)
Apostolic Internuncios
Apostolic Nuncios

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Rinunce e Nomine, 04.03.2000" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 4 March 2000. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  2. "Rinunce e Nomine, 09.04.2003" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 9 April 2003. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  3. "Rinunce e nomine, 26.04.2003" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 26 April 2003. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  4. 1 2 Gagliarducci, Andrea (13 September 2017). "For the first time, the papal nuncio to Italy is not Italian". Crux. Catholic News Agency. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  5. "Resignations and Appointments, 17.03.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  6. "Murió León Kalenga, embajador del Vaticano en la Argentina". Clarín (in Spanish). 12 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  7. "Rinunce e nomine, 22.02.2020" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.


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