Nunciature to Great Britain
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The Nunciature to Great Britain is an ecclesiastical office of the Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio to the Court of St. James with the rank of an ambassador. The office of the nunciature is located in London, lying within the Archdiocese of Southwark and overlooking Wimbledon Common. The Nuncio to Great Britain is also the papal representative to Gibraltar.[1]
Formal diplomatic relations between the UK and the Holy See began in 1914, as an Apostolic Delegation. The Apostolic Delegation to Great Britain was promoted to the rank of an Apostolic Nunciature by Pope John Paul II in 1982.
The current Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain is His Most Reverend Excellency Antonio Mennini, who was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on 18 December 2010.
List of Apostolic Delegates and Nuncios to Great Britain
- William Godfrey (1938 - 1953)
- Gerald Patrick Aloysius O'Hara (1954 - 1963)
- Igino Eugenio Cardinale (1963 - 1969)
- Domenico Enrici (1969 - 1973)
- Bruno Heim (1973 - 1985)
- Luigi Barbarito (1986 - 1997)
- Pablo Puente Buces (1997 - 2004)
- Faustino Sainz Muñoz (2004 - 18 December 2010)
- Antonio Mennini (18 December 2010 - )
See also
References
- ^ Matthew Bunson (2008). Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Almanac 2009. Our Sunday Visitor Publishing. pp. 256. ISBN 9781592764419.
Coordinates: 51°26′10″N 0°13′26″W / 51.4361°N 0.2239°W / 51.4361; -0.2239
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