Apostolic Nunciature to Equatorial Guinea explained

The Apostolic Nunciature to Equatorial Guinea is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Delegate^[1] .The title Apostolic Nuncio to Equatorial Guinea is held by the prelate appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon; he resides in Yaounde.

Pope Paul VI established the Apostolic Delegation to Equatorial Guinea in 1971^[2] and Pope John Paul II created the Apostolic Nunciature to Equatorial Guinea on 28 December 1981.^[3]

Papal representatives to Equatorial Guinea

Apostolic Delegates

• Jean Jadot (15 May 1971^[4] - 23 May 1973)
• Luciano Storero (30 June 1973^[5] - 14 July 1976)^[6]
• Giuseppe Uhac (7 October 1976 - 3 June 1981)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncios

• Donato Squicciarini (16 September 1981 - 1 July 1989)
• Santos Abril y Castelló (2 October 1989^[7] - 24 February 1996)^[8]

Apostolic Nuncios

• Félix del Blanco Prieto (28 June 1996^[9] - 5 June 2003)^[10]
• Eliseo Antonio Ariotti (5 August 2003 ^[11] - 5 November 2009)^[12]
• Piero Pioppo (25 January 2010^[13] - 8 September 2017)^[14]
• Julio Murat (29 March 2018^[15] - 9 November 2022)^[16]
• José Avelino Bettencourt (30 August 2023^[17] - present)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations. The Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations. 2020-05-30.
2. Web site: Apostolic Nunciature to Equatorial Guinea. GCatholic. 2020-05-30.
3. Book: 25 November 2019 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 266 . 1982 . LXXIV .
4. Book: 13 January 2020 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 398 . 1971. LXIII .
5. Book: 10 January 2020 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1973 . LXV . 414 .
6. Book: 10 January 2020 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1976 . LXVIII. 539 .
7. Book: 25 November 2019 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1272 . 1989. LXXXI .
8. Book: 25 November 2019 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 302 . 1996 . LXXXVIII .
9. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 677 . 1996 . LXXXVIII . 6 December 2019 .
10. 10 June 2019 . Rinunce e Nomine, 05.06.2003 . 5 June 2003 . it . Holy See Press Office.
11. 12 January 2020 . Rinunce e Nomine, 05.08.2003 . 5 August 2003 . it . Holy See Press Office.
12. 10 June 2019 . Rinunce e Nomine, 05.11.2009 . 5 November 2009 . it . Holy See Press Office.
13. 13 October 2019 . Rinunce e Nomine, 25.01.2010 . it . 25 January 2010 . Holy See Press Office.
14. Rinunce e Nomine, 08.09.2017. it . 8 September 2017 . Holy See Press Office. 13 October 2019 .
15. Holy See Press Office . Rinunce e Nomine, 29.03.2018. 12 January 2020 . 29 March 2018 . it .
16. News: Rinunce e nomine, 09.11.2022 . November 9, 2022.
17. News: Resignations and Appointments, 30.08.2023 . August 30, 2023.