Apostolic Nunciature to Ukraine
{{Short description|Diplomatic Mission of the Holy See in Ukraine}}
{{Infobox Diplomatic Mission
| name = Apostolic Nunciature to Ukraine
| image = Embassy of Vatican in Kyiv.jpg
| address = Turhenivska Street 40, 01901, Kyiv, Ukraine
| location = Kyiv
| coordinates = {{coord|50.4518|30.4927|type:landmark_region:UA|display=inline,title}}
| apostolic_nuncio = Visvaldas Kulbokas
|website=https://nunciaturekyiv.org/}}
The Apostolic Nunciature to Ukraine is the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to Ukraine. It is located in Kyiv. Visvaldas Kulbokas, an archbishop, was named Apostolic Nuncio by Pope Francis on 15 June 2021.
It is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Ukraine, with the rank of an embassy. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Holy See to the President of Ukraine, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in Ukraine and the Pope.
History
Contacts between the Holy See and the rulers of Ukraine were intermittent and of little consequence before the modern era. The Western Ukrainian People's Republic, created in November 1918, had diplomatic relations with the Holy See before it was annexed to Poland after eight months. Pope Benedict XV received its ambassador, Count Mykhailo Tyshkevych, in May 1919 and the pope in turn named Fr. Giovanni Genocci his apostolic visitator in Ukraine on 23 February 1920. Genocci returned to Rome in December 1921 once the Bolshevik offensive made his continued presence in Ukraine untenable.{{cite web | url = http://risu.org.ua/en/index/reference/major_religions/33663 |title= Apostolic Nunciature in Ukraine |access-date = 26 January 2020 | publisher = Religious Information Service of Ukraine}}
The Holy See and Ukraine established diplomatic relations on 8 February 1992,{{cite web | access-date = 25 January 2020 |language= it |title=Relazioni Bilaterali della Santa Sede | url = https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/documents/rc_seg-st_20010123_holy-see-relations_it.html | publisher = Secretariat of State}} and Pope John Paul II issued the [https://nunciaturekyiv.org/it/storia/ brief] «Ucrainam Nationem» that founded the Apostolic Nunciature to Ukraine that same day.
Apostolic Nuncios
- Antonio Franco (28 March 1992{{cite book |title= Acta Apostolicae Sedis | access-date = 26 January 2020 | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-84-1992-ocr.pdf | date= 1992 | volume = LXXXIV | page= 412 }} – 6 April 1999)Ynet, 15/4/07: [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3388179,00.html Vatican agrees to attend Holocaust memorial service ]
- Nikola Eterović (22 May 1999{{cite book | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-91-1999-ocr.pdf | date= 1999 | volume = LXXXXI | page = 721 | access-date = 26 January 2020 | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis}} – 11 February 2004){{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 26 January 2020 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2004/02/11/0070/00232.html | date= 11 February 2004 | language = it | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 11.02.2004}}
- Ivan Jurkovič (22 April 2004{{cite press release | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2004/04/22/0196/00607.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 5 June 2019 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 22.04.2004 | date= 22 April 2004 }} – 19 February 2011)
- Thomas Gullickson (21 May 2011{{cite press release | language = it | title = Rinunce e nomine, 22.05.2011 |date=May 22, 2011| url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2011/05/21/0312/00774.html | access-date = December 13, 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}} – 5 September 2015){{cite press release | language = it | title = Rinunce e nomine, 05.09.2015 |date=September 5, 2015| url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2015/09/05/0647/01406.html | access-date = June 28, 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}}{{Cite news|date=2011-05-23|publisher=Religious Information Service of Ukraine|title=Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson Named Nuncio in Ukraine|url=http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/vatikan/42447/}}
- Claudio Gugerotti (13 November 2015{{cite press release | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2015/11/13/0882/01969.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 5 June 2019 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 13.11.2015 | date= 13 November 2015 }} – 4 July 2020){{cite press release | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2020/07/04/0372/00857.html | access-date = 4 July 2020 | date = 4 July 2020 | title = Rinunce e nomine, 04.07.2020 | language = it |publisher = Holy See Press Office }}
- Visvaldas Kulbokas (15 June 2021 – present)
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official site| url = https://www.nunciaturekyiv.org}}
- Catholic Hierarchy: [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dxxua.html Nunciature to Ukraine] Wikipedia:SPS
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