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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Apostolic delegates to the Baltic States
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