Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq
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The Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq is the representative of the Holy See
in Iraq
. He is appointed by the Pope
, currently Benedict XVI, and represents all Catholics in the country, both Latin Rite and Eastern Catholic, on behalf of the pope. Since 1966 the government of Iraq has had full diplomatic relations with the Holy See and as such the papal representative is titled Nuncio. During the 2003 Iraq War, the Holy See was the only sovereign state to keep its ambassador in Iraq.
Holy See
The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...
in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. He is appointed by the Pope
Pope
The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
, currently Benedict XVI, and represents all Catholics in the country, both Latin Rite and Eastern Catholic, on behalf of the pope. Since 1966 the government of Iraq has had full diplomatic relations with the Holy See and as such the papal representative is titled Nuncio. During the 2003 Iraq War, the Holy See was the only sovereign state to keep its ambassador in Iraq.
Apostolic Delegates and Nuncios
- Henri-Marie Amanton † (10 Mar 1857 - 27 Mar 1865 )
- Eugène-Louis-Marie Lion † (13 Mar 1874 - 8 Aug 1883 Died)
- Henri-Victor Altamayer, O.P. † (27 Mar 1884 - 28 Aug 1902 )
- Désiré-Jean Drure, O.C.D. † (5 Mar 1904 - 27 May 1917 )
- François de Berré, O.P. † (19 Sep 1922 - 4 May 1929)
- Antonin-Fernand Drapier, O.P.Antonin DrapierArchbishop Antonin-Fernand Drapier was born April 28, 1891 in Creuë-en-Woëvre, France and died on July 30, 1967. He was a Dominican order archbishop and Apostolic Delegate to Indochina...
† (23 Nov 1929 - 19 Nov 1936) - Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye, M.E.P. † (16 Oct 1938 - 6 Jul 1947)
- Armand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D. † (20 Nov 1948 - 17 Sep 1964 )
- Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin † (31 Jul 1965 - 16 Jan 1970)
- Paolo Mosconi † (11 Apr 1970 - May 1971)
- Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp † (8 May 1971 - 1978)
- Antonio del Giudice † (22 Dec 1978 - 20 Aug 1982)
- Luigi Conti (19 Nov 1983 - 17 Jan 1987)
- Marian Oles † (28 Nov 1987 - 9 Apr 1994)
- Giuseppe LazzarottoGiuseppe LazzarottoGiuseppe Lazzarotto JCD was born in Carpanè, Italy on 24 May 1942. He studied for the priesthood in the Diocese of Padua, being ordained a priest on 1 April 1967. He undertook post-graduate studies in diplomacy at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome, while at the same time completing his...
(23 Jul 1994 - 11 Nov 2000) - Fernando FiloniFernando FiloniFernando Filoni is a Roman Catholic Archbishop and current Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples with the Roman Curia since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 10 May 2011. Msgr. Filoni is an expert in Chinese affairs and on the Middle East. -Education and early...
(17 Jan 2001 - 25 Feb 2006) - Francis ChullikattFrancis ChullikattFrancis Assisi Chullikatt JCD is the current Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 17 July 2010. He had previously served as Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and Jordan....
(29 Apr 2006 - 17 Jul 2010) - Giorgio LinguaGiorgio LinguaGiorgio Lingua is the current Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and Jordan since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 4 September 2010....
(4 Sept 2010 - present)