Apostolic Nunciature to Ukraine

Diplomatic Mission of the Holy See in Ukraine

Diplomatic mission

Apostolic Nunciature to Ukraine

Location| Kyiv
Address| Turhenivska Street 40, 01901, Kyiv, Ukraine
Coordinates| 50°27′06″N 30°29′34″E﻿ / ﻿50.4518°N 30.4927°E﻿ / 50.4518; 30.4927
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

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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.[1]

The Holy See and Ukraine established diplomatic relations on 8 February 1992,[2] and Pope John Paul II issued the brief «Ucrainam Nationem» that founded the Apostolic Nunciature to Ukraine that same day.

## Apostolic Nuncios

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* Antonio Franco (28 March 1992[3] – 6 April 1999)[4]
* Nikola Eterović (22 May 1999[5] – 11 February 2004)[6]
* Ivan Jurkovič (22 April 2004[7] – 19 February 2011)
* Thomas Gullickson (21 May 2011[8] – 5 September 2015)[9][10]
* Claudio Gugerotti (13 November 2015[11] – 4 July 2020)[12]
* Visvaldas Kulbokas (15 June 2021 – present)

## See also

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* Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv
* Holy See–Ukraine relations
* List of diplomatic missions of the Holy See
* Foreign relations of Ukraine
* Diplomatic missions in Ukraine
* Diplomatic missions of the Holy See

## References

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1. ^ "Apostolic Nunciature in Ukraine". Religious Information Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
2. ^ "Relazioni Bilaterali della Santa Sede" (in Italian). Secretariat of State. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
3. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXIV. 1992. p. 412. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
4. ^ Ynet, 15/4/07: Vatican agrees to attend Holocaust memorial service
5. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXXI. 1999. p. 721. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
6. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.02.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 February 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
7. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 22.04.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 April 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
8. ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 22.05.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. May 22, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
9. ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 05.09.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
10. ^ "Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson Named Nuncio in Ukraine". Religious Information Service of Ukraine. 2011-05-23.
11. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 13.11.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
12. ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 04.07.2020" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

## External links

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* Official website
* Catholic Hierarchy: Nunciature to Ukraine [self-published]

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