Apostolic Delegation to the Antilles

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The Apostolic Delegation to the Antilles represents the interests of the Holy See to officials of the Catholic Church, civil society, and government offices in several nations in the region with which the Holy See has not established diplomatic relations. The position of Apostolic Delegate is not a diplomatic one, though the Delegate is a member of the diplomatic service of the Holy See.

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On 7 December 1925 Pope Pius XI established a Delegation to the Antilles seated in Havana with responsibility for the greater and lesser Antilles. [1] After thirteen years the Holy See determined that no one individual could be expected to visit the remote locations of the Antilles by boat and divided responsibly for the Greater and Lesser Antilles among several nunciatures and delegations. On 10 August 1938, the Holy See suppressed the Delegation to the Antilles and divided responsibility with the following assignments: Jamaica and British Honduras to the Nunciature to Cuba; Barbados and the islands belonging to Venezuela to the Nunciature to Venezuela; the rest of the Lesser Antilles and the island of Puerto Rico and its associated territories to the jointly led Nunciatures to the Dominican Republic and Haiti; Bermuda to the Delegation to Canada and Newfoundland; and the Bahamas to the Delegation to the United States. [2] [lower-alpha 1]

On 19 March 1975, Pope Paul VI established the Delegation to the Antilles once more, this time seated in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. [4] Its area of competence has grown ever smaller with the establishment of nunciatures in countries in the Antilles, including Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.

The title Apostolic Delegate to the Antilles is held by the prelate appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago; he resides in Trinidad and Tobago.

Papal representatives to Antilles

Notes

  1. ↑ The clear misreading of the 1938 decree that asserts that responsibility for the Antilles was assigned to the Nunciatures to Cuba and Haiti originates in 1957 with De Marchi's Nunziature Apostoliche. [3] Those two nunciatures were never led by the same diplomat. By contrast, the 1938 decree assigned territories to the joint control of the Nunciatures to the Dominican Republic and Haiti, which were led by the same appointees at the time and for another fifteen years: Giuseppe Fietta (1930–36), Maurilio Silvani (1936–42); Alfredo Pacini (1946–49); Francesco Lardone (1949–53).

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References

  1. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XVIII. 1926. p. 90. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXX. 1938. pp. 296–7. Retrieved 8 July 2020. Nuntiaturae Apostolicae penes Rempublicam Cubanam assignantur: Iamaica insula cum territoriis ei annexis et Honduras Britannicum. / Apostolicae Nuntiaturae penes Respublicas de Haiti et Dominicanam addicuntur etiam Insula de Puerto Rico cum territoriis ei annexis, omnes parvae Antillae, exceptis insula de Barbados et insulis Poederatis Venezuelas Civitatibus annexis, quae ad Apostolicam Nuntiaturam de Caracas pertinent. / Insulae denique Bermudenses pergunt sub ditione Apostolicae Delegationis Canadensis et Terrae Novae esse, insulae autem de Bahama sub ditione Apostolicae Delegationis Foederatarum in America septentrionali Civitatum.
  3. ↑ De Marchi, Giuseppe (1957). Le Nunziature Apostoliche dal 1800 al 1956 (in Italian). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. p. 107n. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXVII. 1975. pp. 247, 387. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  5. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XVIII. 1926. pp. 148, 253. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  6. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXVII. 1975. pp. 495, 507. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  7. 1 2 Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXII. 1980. pp. 254, 365. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  8. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXVI. 1984. p. 934. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  9. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXVII. 1985. pp. 346, 443. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  10. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXII. 1990. p. 1021. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  11. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXIII. 1991. p. 247. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  12. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 26.04.2000" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 26 April 2000. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  13. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.07.2000" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 8 July 2000. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 22.05.2004" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 22 May 2004. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  15. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine, 02.10.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 2 October 2004. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  16. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine, 22.05.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  17. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 29.10.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  18. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 16.06.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  19. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 04.11.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  20. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 17.12.2021" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  21. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 30.07.2022" . Retrieved July 30, 2022.
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