Apostolic Nunciature to Namibia
{{Short description|Diplomatic post of the Holy See}}
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The Apostolic Nunciature to Namibia is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Namibia. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. The title Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia is held by the prelate appointed Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa; he resides in South Africa.
List of papal representatives to Namibia
;Apostolic Delegates
- Ambrose Battista De Paoli (5 March 1994 – 11 November 1997){{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-89-1997-ocr.pdf | page= 815 | date= 1997 | volume = LXXXIX| access-date = 8 December 2019 }}
;Apostolic Nuncios
- Manuel Monteiro de Castro (2 February 1998{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-90-1998-ocr.pdf | page= 245 | date= 1998 | volume = XC| access-date = 8 December 2019 }} – 1 March 2000){{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 25 July 2019 | date = 1 March 2000| url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2000/03/01/0134/00510.html| title = Rinunce e Nomine, 01.03.2000 | language = it}}
- Blasco Francisco Collaço (24 May 2000{{cite press release | access-date = 8 December 2019 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2000/05/24/0325/01198.html | language = it | date= 24 May 2000 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 24.05.2000 }} – August 2006)
- James Patrick Green (17 August 2006{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 30 May 2019 | date= 17 August 2006 | language = it | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 17.08.2006 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2006/08/17/0406/01152.html }} – 15 October 2011){{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 30 May 2019 | date= 15 October 2011| language = it | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 15.10.2011 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2011/10/15/0606/01429.html }}
- Mario Roberto Cassari (10 March 2012{{cite press release | access-date = 30 April 2019 | language = it | date= 10 March 2012| url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2012/03/10/0146/00335.html | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 10.03.2012 }} – 22 May 2015){{cite press release|access-date=30 April 2019|language=it|date= 22 May 2015 | url= http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2015/05/22/0390/00857.html| publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 22.05.2015}}
- Peter Bryan Wells (13 February 2016{{cite press release | access-date = July 25, 2019|url =http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/02/13/0114/00272.html | language = it | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 13.02.2006 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | date = February 23, 2006 }} – 8 February 2023){{cite news |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/02/08/230208b.html |title=Resignations and Appointments, 08.02.2023 |accessdate=February 8, 2023}}
- Henryk Jagodziński (19 July 2024{{cite news |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2024/07/19/240719b.html |title=Resignations and Appointments, 19.07.2024 |accessdate=July 19, 2024}} {{cite news |url=https://www.aciafrica.org/news/11401/apostolic-nuncio-in-south-africa-lesotho-to-extend-his-vatican-diplomatic-role-to-namibia-eswatini |title=Apostolic Nuncio in South Africa, Lesotho to Extend His Vatican Diplomatic Role to Namibia, Eswatini |accessdate=July 19, 2024}} – present)
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