Apostolic Nunciature to the Czech Republic
| Apostolic Nunciature to the Czech Republic | |
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| Location | Prague, Czech Republic. |
| Address | Voršilská 140, 110 00 Nové Město, Prague, Czech Republic. |
| Coordinates | 50°04′52.0″N 14°25′00.0″E / 50.081111°N 14.416667°E |
| Apostolic Nuncio | Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo |
The Apostolic Nunciature to the Czech Republic (Czech: Apoštolská nunciatura v České republice) the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to the Czech Republic. It is located in Prague. The current Apostolic Nuncio is Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, who was named to the position by Pope Francis on 1 May 2022.
The nunciature is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic, with the rank of an embassy. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Holy See to the President of the Czech Republic, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in the Czech Republic and the pope.
Nuncios
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] – 19 May 2001)[3]
- Erwin Josef Ender (19 May 2001[3] – 25 November 2003)[4]
- Diego Causero (10 January 2004[5] – 28 May 2011)[6]
- Giuseppe Leanza (15 September 2011[7] – 21 September 2018)[8]
- Charles Daniel Balvo (21 September 2018[8] – 17 January 2022)[9]
- Jude Thaddeus Okolo (1 May 2022[10] – present)
See also
- Apostolic Nunciature to Slovakia
- Apostolic Nunciature to Czechoslovakia
- List of diplomatic missions of the Holy See
- List of diplomatic missions in the Czech Republic
- Foreign relations of the Holy See
- Roman Catholicism in the Czech Republic
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 "Rinunce e Nomine, 19.05.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 19 May 2001. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 25.11.2003" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 25 November 2003. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 10.01.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 10 January 2004. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 28.05.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.09.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Rinunce e nomine, 21.09.2018" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 17.01.2022" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 01.05.2022" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
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