Apostolic Nunciature to the Central African Republic
{{Short description|Diplomatic post of the Holy See}}
The Apostolic Nunciature to the Central African Republic is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in the Central African Republic. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. The nuncio resides in Bangui, the capital city. The Apostolic Nuncio to the Central African Republic is usually also the Apostolic Nuncio to Chad upon his appointment to said nation.
The Holy See represented its interests in the region through its Delegation to Central Africa erected on 3 April 1965.{{cite book | access-date = 30 November 2019 | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-57-1965-ocr.pdf | date =1965 | volume = LVII | page= 578 }} With the decolonization of Africa in the mid-20th century, it established relationships with the new independent countries of that continent. The Central African Republic gained its independence from France in 1960. The Holy See established its Nunciature to Malawi and named its first pro-nuncio on 4 November 1967.{{cite book | access-date = 30 November 2019 | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-60-1968-ocr.pdf | date =1968 | volume = LX | pages= 14–5 }}
List of papal representatives to the Central African Republic
;Apostolic Delegate to Central Africa
- Luigi Poggi (3 April 1965{{cite book | access-date = 30 November 2019 | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-57-1965-ocr.pdf | date =1965 | volume = LVII | pages= 541, 550}} – 4 November 1967)
;Apostolic Pro-Nuncio
- Luigi Poggi (4 November 1967{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | access-date = 24 November 2019 | page= 59 | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-60-1968-ocr.pdf | date= 1968 | volume= LX }} – 21 May 1969){{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | access-date = 24 November 2019 | page= 352 | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-61-1969-ocr.pdf | date= 1969 | volume= LXI }}
- Mario Tagliaferri (5 March 1970{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis| access-date = 8 September 2019 |page= 189 | date=1970 | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-62-1970-ocr.pdf| volume = LXII }} – 25 June 1975){{cite web |date = 21 May 1999| website = Conference of French Bishops | url = https://eglise.catholique.fr/espace-presse/communiques-de-presse/369105-rappel-a-dieu-de-mgr-mario-tagliaferri/ |title = Rappel à Dieu de Mgr Mario Tagliaferri | access-date = 8 September 2019 | language =fr }}
- Oriano Quilici (15 November 1975{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis| access-date = 2 December 2019 |page= 684 | date=1975 | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-67-1975-ocr.pdf | volume = LXVII }} – 26 June 1981)
- John Bulaitis (21 November 1981 – 11 July 1987)
;Apostolic Nuncios
- Diego Causero (1 February 1993{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | access-date = 29 November 2019 |page= 307 | date= 1993 | volume = LXXXV| url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-85-1993-ocr.pdf }} – 31 March 1999){{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | access-date = 29 November 2019 |page= 479 | date= 1999 | volume = XCI| url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-91-1999-ocr.pdf }}
- Joseph Chennoth (24 August 1999{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | access-date = 29 November 2019 |page= 1005 | date= 1999 | volume = XCI| url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-91-1999-ocr.pdf }} – 15 June 2005){{cite press release | language =it | access-date = 3 May 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2005/06/15/0327/00748.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 15.06.2005 | date = 15 June 2005}}
- Pierre Nguyên Van Tot (24 August 2005{{cite press release |language= it | access-date = 9 June 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2005/08/24/0435/01003.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 24.08.2005 | date= 24 August 2005}} – 13 May 2008){{cite press release |language= it | access-date = 9 June 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2008/05/13/0318/00726.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 13.05.2008 | date= 13 May 2008}}
- Jude Thaddeus Okolo (2 August 2008{{cite press release| publisher= Holy See Press Office | access-date= 16 May 2019 | title= Rinunce e Nomine, 02.08.2008 |language=it | url= http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2008/08/02/0502/01186.html | date= 2 August 2008 }} – 7 October 2013){{cite press release| publisher= Holy See Press Office | access-date= 16 May 2019 | title= Rinunce e Nomine, 07.10.2013 |date= 7 October 2013 |language=it | url= http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2013/10/07/0637/01428.html }}
- Franco Coppola (31 January 2014{{cite press release | access-date = 30 November 2019 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2014/01/31/0074/00153.html | date = 31 January 2014| language= it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title= Rinunce e Nomine, 31.01.2014 }} – 9 July 2016){{cite press release |url =http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2016/07/09/160709e.html | title= Other Pontifical Acts, 09.07.2016 | publisher = Holy See Press Office |access-date = 13 October 2019| date= 9 July 2016}}
- Santiago de Wit Guzmán (21 March 2017{{cite press release | language =it | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2017/03/21/0170/00398.html | date= 21 March 2017 | title = Rinunce e nomine, 21.03.2017| publisher = Holy See Press Office}} – 30 July 2022) {{cite news |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2022/07/30/220730a.html |title=Resignations and Appointments, 30.07.2022 |accessdate=July 30, 2022}}
- Giuseppe Laterza (5 January 2023{{cite news |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/01/05/2301015c.html |title=Resignations and Appointments, 05.01.2023 |accessdate=January 5, 2023}} – present)
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