Apostolic Nunciature to Armenia
{{Short description|Diplomatic Mission of the Holy See}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox Diplomatic Mission
| name = Apostolic Nunciature to Armenia
| image = File:Apostolic_Nunciature_to_Armenia_logo.jpg
| address = Northern Avenue 10/1, suite 17, 0010
| location = Yerevan, Armenia
| ambassador = José Avelino Bettencourt
| website =
}}
The Apostolic Nunciature to Armenia ({{langx|hy|Առաքելական նունսիատուրա Հայաստանին|translit=Arrak’elakan nunsiatura Hayastanin}}) is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Armenia. It is a diplomatic mission of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. The title Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia is held by the prelate appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia; he resides in Georgia.
History
Armenia and the Holy See established diplomatic relations on 20 September 1992.{{cite news | agency= Zenit | access-date = 13 August 2019 | url = https://zenit.org/articles/armenia-there-is-no-alternative-to-peace-says-card-sandri/ | title = Armenia: 'No Alternative to Peace,' says Card. Sandri }}
The Holy See, represented by Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, inaugurated a new building in central Yerevan to house the nunciature in October 2021.{{cite press release | access-date = 28 October 2021 | date = 27 October 2021 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Addresses of the Substitute for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State at the Inauguration of the Pontifical Representation Headquarters in Armenia (Yerevan, 27-29 October 2021), 27.10.2021 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2021/10/27/211027c.html }}
Representatives of the Holy See to Armenia
;Apostolic nuncios
- Jean-Paul Gobel (7 December 1993{{cite book | page= 109 | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis |url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-86-1994-ocr.pdf| date = 1994 | volume = LXXXVI |access-date = 19 December 2019 }} – 6 December 1997){{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis |url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-89-1997-I-ocr.pdf | page= 66| date= 1997| volume = LXXXIX | access-date = 6 December 2019 }}
- Peter Stephan Zurbriggen (13 June 1998{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-90-1998-I-ocr.pdf | page= 558 | date= 1998 | volume = XC | access-date = 6 December 2019 }} – 25 October 2001){{cite press release | language = it | accessdate = 13 August 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2001/10/25/0586/01718.html| title = Rinunce e Nomine, 25.10.2001 | date= 25 October 2001}}
- Claudio Gugerotti (7 December 2001{{cite press release | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2001/12/07/0664/02017.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 13 August 2019 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 07.12.2001 | date= 7 December 2001 }} – 15 July 2011){{cite press release | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2011/07/15/0435/01093.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 13 August 2019 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 15.07.2011 | date= 15 July 2011 }}
- Marek Solczyński (15 December 2011{{cite press release |language= it | access-date = 13 August 2019 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2011/12/15/0747/01802.html | publisher= Holy See Press Office |title= Rinunce e Nomine, 15.12.2011| date= 15 December 2011}} – 25 April 2017){{cite press release | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2017/04/25/0264/00605.html | title= Rinunce e Nomine, 25.04.2017| publisher = Holy See Press Office | date = 25 April 2017|access-date = 13 August 2019 | language = it}}
- José Avelino Bettencourt (1 March 2018{{cite press release |date= 1 March 2018| url= http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2018/03/01/180301e.html |title= Resignations and Appointments, 01.03.2018|publisher = Holy See Press Office|access-date = 13 August 2019 }} – 30 August 2023){{cite news |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/08/30/230830c.html |title=Resignations and Appointments, 30.08.2023 |accessdate=August 30, 2023}}
- Ante Jozić (28 June 2024{{cite news |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2024/06/28/0539/01114.html |title=Rinunce e nomine, 28.06.2024 |accessdate=June 28, 2024}} – present)
See also
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References
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External links
- [https://twitter.com/nunciatureinarm?lang=en Apostolic Nunciature to Armenia] on Twitter
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