Apostolic Nunciature to Lithuania

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Apostolic Nunciature to Lithuania
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The Apostolic Nunciature in Vilnius
Apostolic Nunciature to Lithuania
Location Vilnius, Lithuania
AddressT. Kosciuškos g. 28
Apostolic Nuncio Georg Gänswein

The Apostolic Nunciature to Lithuania is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Lithuania. [1] It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. The Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania is usually also the Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia and Latvia upon his appointment to said nations.

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Representatives of the Holy See

Apostolic delegates to the Baltic States
Apostolic internuncios
Apostolic nuncios

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References

  1. ↑ "Apaštališkoji nunciatūra Lietuvoje". Lietuvos Vyskupu Konferencija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XIV. 1922. p. 594. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XIX. 1927. p. 164. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Schröder, Ingo W.; Ališauskiene, Milda, eds. (2013). "The History of Religion in Lithuania since the Nineteenth Century". Religious Diversity in Post-Soviet Society: Ethnographies of Catholic Hegemony and the New Pluralism in Lithuania. Ashgate Publishing. p. 43. ISBN   9781409481706 . Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXXII. 1940. p. 214. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Dunn, Dennis J. (1973). "Stalinism and the Catholic Church during the Era of World War II". The Catholic Historical Review. 59 (3): 404–28, esp. 410. JSTOR   25019367.
  7. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 19.05.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 19 May 2001. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 25.10.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 25 October 2001. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 14.01.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 14 January 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  10. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 14.03.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 14 March 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  11. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 18.12.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  12. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.03.2014" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  13. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 04.03.2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  14. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 15.06.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  15. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 11.03.2024" . Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  16. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine, 24.06.2024" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
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