Apostolic Nunciature to Qatar

The Apostolic Nunciature to Qatar is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Qatar. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. The Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, who resides in Kuwait City, also serves as the Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar.

Before the Holy See and Qatar established diplomatic relations, the Holy See represented its interests in Qatar through delegations with regional responsibilities, first the Apostolic Delegation to the Red Sea Region established by Pope Paul VI on 3 July 1969{{cite book | title= Acta Apostolicae Sedis | access-date = 4 January 2020 | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-62-1970-ocr.pdf | date= 1970| volume = LXII | pages= 90–1 }} and then the Apostolic Delegation to the Arabian Peninsula established by Pope John Paul II on 26 March 1992.{{cite book | title= Acta Apostolicae Sedis | access-date = 4 January 2020 | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-84-1992-ocr.pdf | date= 1992 | volume = LXXXIV | pages= 496–7}} The Holy See and Qatar established diplomatic relations on 18 November 2002.{{cite web | access-date = 6 January 2020 | url = https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/documents/rc_seg-st_20010123_holy-see-relations_it.html | language = it | publisher = Secretariat of State | title = Relazioni Bilaterali della Santa Sede }}

Papal representatives to Qatar

Giuseppe De Andrea (29 November 2003{{cite press release | language = it | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2003/11/29/0601/01869.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 29.11.2003 | date = 29 November 2003 | access-date = 16 October 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}} – 27 August 2005)
Paul-Mounged El-Hachem (27 August 2005{{cite press release | language = it | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2005/08/27/0440/01029.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 27.08.2005 | date = 27 August 2005 | access-date = 16 October 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}} – 2 December 2009){{cite press release | access-date = 15 June 2019 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2009/12/02/0757/01793.html | language = it | date= 2 December 2009 |title= Rinunce e Nomine, 02.12.2009 | publisher = Holy See Press Office }}
Petar Rajič (2 December 2009{{cite press release | access-date = 15 June 2019 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2009/12/02/0757/01793.html | language = it | date= 2 December 2009 |title= Rinunce e Nomine, 02.12.2009 | publisher = Holy See Press Office }} – 15 June 2015){{cite press release | access-date = 15 June 2019 | url =http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2015/06/15/0469/01027.html | language = it | date= 15 June 2015 |title= Rinunce e Nomine, 15.06.2015 | publisher = Holy See Press Office }}
Francisco Montecillo Padilla (6 May 2017{{cite press release |title= Rinunce e nomine, 06.05.2017 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2017/05/06/0303/00684.html | publisher = Holy See Press Office | date = 6 May 2017 | access-date = 7 June 2019 | language = it}} – 17 April 2020){{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 17 April 2020 | date= 17 April 2020| url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2020/04/17/200417a.html | title = Resignations and Appointments, 17.04.2020 }}
Eugene Nugent (7 January 2021{{cite press release | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2021/01/07/0011/00019.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 7 January 2021 | date= 7 January 2021 | title= Rinunce e nomine, 07.01.2021 }} – present)

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