Apostolic Nunciature to Paraguay

Diplomatic Mission of the Holy See

The Apostolic Nunciature to Paraguay is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Paraguay. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.

## List of papal representatives

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Apostolic Delegates

* Vincenzo Massoni (26 September 1856 – 3 June 1857)
* Marino Marini (14 August 1857 – 27 March 1865)
* Angelo Di Pietro (31 December 1877 – 30 September 1879)
* Luigi Matera (19 September 1879 – 14 October 1884)
* Antonio Sabatucci (24 October 1900 – 9 November 1906)

Apostolic Internuncios

* Alberto Vassallo di Torregrossa (5 January 1920 – 14 July 1922)
* Title is Nuncio as of 6 August 1920

Apostolic Nuncios

* Beda Giovanni Cardinale (16 October 1922 – 29 August 1925)
* Filippo Cortesi (14 June 1928 – 4 June 1936)
* Giuseppe Fietta (11 December 1936 – 12 November 1939)[1]
* Albert Levame (12 November 1939[1] – 17 December 1941)
* Liberato Tosti (5 September 1946 – 4 October 1948)
* Federico Lunardi (8 July 1949[2] – 9 November 1954)[3]
* Luigi Punzolo (7 December 1954 – 12 December 1957)
* Carlo Martini (25 March 1958 – 29 November 1963)
* Vittore Ugo Righi (1 February 1964 – 1967)
* Antonio Innocenti (15 December 1967 – 26 February 1973)
* Joseph Mees (11 July 1973[4] – 19 January 1985)
* Giorgio Zur (3 May 1985[5] – 13 August 1990)[6]
* José Sebastián Laboa Gallego (21 August 1990 – 18 March 1995)
* Lorenzo Baldisseri (6 April 1995[7] – 19 June 1999)[8]
* Antonio Lucibello (27 July 1999[9] – 27 August 2005)[10]
* Orlando Antonini (16 November 2005[11] – 8 August 2009)[12]
* Eliseo Antonio Ariotti (5 November 2009[13] – 29 December 2023)[14]
* Vincenzo Turturro (29 December 2023[14] – present)

## See also

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* Foreign relations of the Holy See
* List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See

## References

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1. ^ a b Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXXI. 1939. p. 721. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
2. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XLI. 1949. p. 431. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
3. ^ "Msgr. Federico Lunardi". New York Times. 11 November 1954. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
4. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXIII. 1965. p. 414. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
5. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXVII. 1985. p. 677. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
6. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXII. 1990. p. 927. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
7. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXVII. 1995. p. 535. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
8. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XCI. 1999. p. 845. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
9. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XCI. 1999. p. 1004.
10. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 27.07.2005" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 27 August 2005. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
11. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 16.11.2005" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 16 November 2005. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
12. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.08.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
13. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 05.11.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
14. ^ a b Resignations and Appointments, 29.12.2023

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Diplomatic missions of the Holy See

Africa|

* Angola
* Algeria
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Democratic Republic of Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Ivory Coast
* Liberia
* Kenya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Nigeria
* Republic of the Congo
* Rwanda
* Senegal
* South Africa
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Americas|

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Eucador
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Asia|

* Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia)
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Georgia
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kuwait
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Mongolia
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* China (Taiwan)
* Thailand
* Timor-Leste
* Turkey
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan

Europe|

* Albania
* Armenia
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Lithuania
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

Oceania|

* Australia
* Papua New Guinea
* New Zealand

Organizations|

* African Union
* Arab League
* ASEAN
* Council of Europe
* EU
* OAS
* United Nations
* Geneva
* UNEP
* UNESCO

Former|

* Apostolic Nunciature to the Emperor
* Bavaria
* Cologne
* Czechoslovakia
* Flanders
* Florence
* Gratz
* Naples
* Papal apocrisiarius
* Savoy
* Venice
* Yugoslavia

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Foreign relations of the Holy See

Africa|

* Algeria
* Central African Republic
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Ivory Coast
* Mauritius

Americas|

* Argentina
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Cuba
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Peru
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Asia|

* Bangladesh
* China
* Georgia
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kurdistan Region
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Saudi Arabia
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Taiwan
* Turkey
* United Arab Emirates
* Vietnam

Europe|

* Albania
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Ireland
* Italy
* Monaco
* North Macedonia
* Poland
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Spain
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom

Oceania|

* Papua New Guinea

Former|

* Soviet Union
* Yugoslavia

Multilateral relations|

* African Union
* ASEAN
* Arab League
* Council of Europe
* European Union
* Organization of American States
* United Nations
* Observer to the UN
* Observer to the UN in Geneva

Related topics|

* Apostolic nunciature
* Cardinal Secretary of State
* Concordats
* Diplomatic missions: of the Holy See/to the Holy See
* Heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See
* Legal status of the Holy See
* Multilateral foreign policy of the Holy See
* Secretariat of State
* Section for Relations with States (Roman Curia)

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