Apostolic Nunciature to Gabon

The Apostolic Nunciature to Gabon is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Gabon. 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

Apostolic Pro-Nuncios

• Luigi Poggi (31 October 1967 ^[1] – 21 May 1969)
• Ernesto Gallina (16 July 1969 ^[2] - 13 March 1971)
• Jean Jadot (15 May 1971 ^[3] - 23 May 1973)
• Luciano Storero (30 June 1973 - 14 July 1976) ^[4]
• Giuseppe Uhac (15 January 1977 - 3 June 1981)
• Donato Squicciarini (16 September 1981 - 1 July 1989)
• Santos Abril y Castelló (2 October 1989 ^[5] - 24 February 1996) ^[6]

Apostolic Nuncios

• Luigi Pezzuto (7 December 1996 ^[7] - 22 May 1999) ^[8]
• Mario Roberto Cassari (3 August 1999 - 31 July 2004) ^[9]
• Andrés Carrascosa Coso (26 August 2004 ^[10] - 12 January 2009) ^[11]
• Jan Romeo Pawłowski (18 March 2009 ^[12] - 7 December 2015) ^[13]
• Francisco Escalante Molina (21 May 2016 ^[14] – 4 June 2021) ^[15]
• Javier Herrera Corona (2 May 2022 – present)

References

1. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LX. 1968. p. 59. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
2. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXI. 1969. pp. 552, 744. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
3. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXIII. 1971. p. 398. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
4. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXVIII. 1976. p. 539. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
5. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXI. 1989. p. 1272. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
6. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXVIII. 1996. p. 302. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
7. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXIX. 1997. p. 78. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
8. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XCI. 1999. p. 725. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
9. "Rinunce e Nomine, 31.07.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 31 July 2004. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
10. "Rinunce e Nomine, 26.08.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 26 August 2004. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
11. "Rinunce e Nomine, 12.01.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
12. "Rinunce e Nomine, 18.03.2009" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
13. "Rinunce e Nomine, 07.12.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
14. "Rinunce e Nomine, 21.05.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
15. "Rinunce e nomine, 04.06.2021" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.