Apostolic Nunciature to New Zealand

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The Apostolic Nunciature to New Zealand is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in New Zealand. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.

The Holy See represented its interests in the region through its Delegation to Australia established on 15 April 1914 [1] and renamed the Delegation to Australia, New Zealand and Oceania on 8 June 1947. [2] On 1 November 1968, that was divided into two delegations: the Delegation to Australia and Papua New Guinea and the Delegation to New Zealand and Pacific Islands. [3] The Holy See established its Nunciature to New Zealand on 20 June 1973. [4]

The Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand is usually also the Apostolic Nuncio to the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu and Apostolic Delegate to the Pacific Ocean upon his appointment to said nations.

List of papal representatives

Apostolic Delegates to Australia
with responsibility for New Zealand
Apostolic Delegates to Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania
Apostolic Delegate to New Zealand and Pacific Islands
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio
Apostolic Nuncio

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References

  1. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. VI. 1914. pp. 223–4. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  2. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXXIX. 1947. p. 501. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  3. 1 2 Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXI. 1969. pp. 158–60. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXV. 1973. p. 430. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  5. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. VI. 1914. p. 380. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  6. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. IX. 1917. p. 301. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. IX. 1917. pp. 300, 343. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  8. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XLI. 1949. p. 299. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  9. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXII. 1980. pp. 367, 373. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  10. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXI. 1989. p. 1079. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  11. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXI. 1989. p. 1273. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  12. 1 2 Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXVIII. 1996. p. 527. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  13. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 25.01.2005" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 25 January 2005. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  14. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 01.04.2005" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 1 April 2005. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  15. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 17.01.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  16. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.05.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  17. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 16.06.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  18. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 29.03.2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  19. 1 2 Resignations and Appointments, 27.07.2024
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