Apostolic Nunciature to Turkey

Diplomatic mission of the Holy See in Western Asia

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

Papal representation in the area that later became Turkey was initiated with the creation of the Apostolic Delegation to Constantinople in 1868, at a time when the Holy See had largely ceded the management of Church affairs in the region to the French Catholic Church. It was renamed the Apostolic Delegation to Turkey in 1930. In anticipation of the establishment of diplomatic relations, Pope John XXIII created the Apostolic Internunciature to Turkey on 29 February 1960.[1] Pope Paul VI raised it to the full status of Apostolic Nunciature on 30 August 1966.[2]

## Representatives of the Holy See[edit]

Apostolic delegates to Constantinople

* Augusto Bonetti (6 May 1887 - 19 August 1904)
* Giovanni Tacci Porcelli (19 December 1904 – 31 December 1907)
* Vincenzo Sardi di Rivisondoli (6 April 1908[3] – 1914)
* Angelo Maria Dolci (10 June 1914[4] – December 1922)[5]
* Ernesto Eugenio Filippi (31 March 1923[6] \- 6 April 1925)[7]
* Angelo Rotta (9 May 1925[8] – February/March 1930)[9]
* Carlo Margotti (8 March 1930[10] – 25 July 1934)[11]

Apostolic delegates to Turkey

* Angelo Roncalli (30 November 1934[12] \- 22 December 1944)
* Alcide Marina (18 April 1945 - 22 March 1947)
* Andrea Cassulo (3 June 1947 - 9 January 1952)
* Paolo Bertoli (24 March 1952 - 7 May 1953)
* Giacomo Testa (18 June 1953 - 1959)

Apostolic delegate and internuncio to Turkey

* Francesco Lardone (30 June 1959[13] \- 1966)
* He became Internuncio with the erection of the Apostolic Internunciature to Turkey on 29 February 1960.[1]

Apostolic pro-nuncios to Turkey

* Saverio Zupi (30 August 1966[14] \- 17 May 1969)[15]
* Salvatore Asta (7 June 1969[16] \- 21 July 1984)[17]

Apostolic nuncios to Turkey

* Sergio Sebastiani (8 January 1985[18] \- 15 November 1994)
* Pier Luigi Celata (6 February 1995[19] \- 3 March 1999)[20]
* Luigi Conti (15 May 1999[21] \- 8 August 2001)[22]
* Edmond Farhat (11 December 2001[23] \- 26 July 2005)[24]
* Antonio Lucibello (27 August 2005[25] \- 2015)
* Paul Fitzpatrick Russell (19 March 2016[26] \- 22 October 2021)
* Marek Solczyński (2 Feb 2022 - present)

## See also[edit]

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LII. 1960. p. 338. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
2. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LVIII. 1966. p. 874. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
3. ^ Rybolt, John E. (2014). The Vincentians: A General History of the Congregation of the Mission: Volume 5 - An Era of Expansion: 1878-1919. New City Press. ISBN 9781565486386. Retrieved 28 April 2020. "The matter reached a crisis when an antagonistic and unpopular non-French apostolic delegate was appointed for Constantinople. Vincenzo Sardi di Rivisondoli arrived in 1908 and attempted to separate the Church from the French state in this matter. Everything fell to pieces, of course, with the First World War."[page needed]
4. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. VI. 1914. p. 406. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
5. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXII. 1930. p. 330. Retrieved 29 April 2020. Dolci was named Apostolic Nuncio to Romania on 30 May 1923.
6. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XV. 1923. p. 239. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
7. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XVII. 1925. pp. 192, 649. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
8. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XVII. 1925. p. 332. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
9. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXII. 1930. p. 330. Retrieved 29 April 2020. Rotta was named Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary on 20 March 1930.
10. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXII. 1930. pp. 167, 305, 330. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
11. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXVI. 1934. p. 557, 608. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
12. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXVII. 1935. pp. 10, 136. Retrieved 28 April 2020. Roncalli was also appointed Apostolic Delegate to Greece.
13. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LI. 1959. p. 780. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
14. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LVIII. 1966. p. 925. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
15. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LVIII. 1966. p. 352. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
16. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXI. 1969. p. 471. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
17. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXVI. 1984. p. 748. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
18. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXVII. 1985. p. 181. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
19. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXVII. 1995. p. 327. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
20. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXXI. 1999. p. 408.
21. ^ "Rappresentanze Ponteficie, 1998" (in Italian). Retrieved 25 July 2019.
22. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.08.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 August 2001. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
23. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.12.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 December 2001. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
24. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 26.07.2005" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 26 July 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
25. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 27.08.2005" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
26. ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 19.03.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

## External links[edit]

* "List of the Papal Representatives". Holy Spirit Cathedral, Istanbul. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020.

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Catholic Church in Turkey

Episcopal Conference of Turkey

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* Latin:
* Archdiocese of Izmir
* Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia
* Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul
* Armenian:
* Archeparchy of Istanbul
* Chaldean:
* Archeparchy of Diarbekir
* Greek Byzantine:
* Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul
* Syriac:
* Patriarchal Exarchate of Turkey

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* St. John's Cathedral, Izmir
* Cathedral of the Annunciation, İskenderun
* Co-Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua, Mersin
* Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Istanbul
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* St. Mary of Sakızağaç Cathedral, Istanbul
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* Holy Trinity Greek Catholic Cathedral, Istanbul
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* St. Mary's Cathedral, Diyarbakır

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* St. Anthony of Padua Basilica, Istanbul
* Saint Paul Church, Adana
* St. Térèse Church, Ankara
* Church of Saint Benoit, Istanbul
* Church of St. Mary Draperis, Istanbul
* Church of SS Peter and Paul, Istanbul
* Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Bornova
* Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Konak
* Saint Polycarp Church, Izmir
* St. Helena Church, Karşıyaka
* House of the Virgin Mary
* Armenian:
* Surp Yerrortutyun Armenian Catholic Church
* Surp Yerrortutyun Armenian Church

Relations|

* Apostolic Nunciature to Turkey
* Holy See–Turkey relations

Popes from Anatolia|

* Pope John VI
* Pope Conon

See also|

* Polonezköy
* Pangaltı Catholic Cemetery
* Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople
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