Apostolic Nunciature to Nicaragua

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

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The Holy See used a delegate—a member of its diplomatic corps not granted official status by their host country—to represent its interests to church officials, civil society, and the government until it appointed its first Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua in 1933. For fifty years the Nuncio held a second appointment as nuncio, usually to Honduras; since April 1986 the Nuncio to Nicaragua has held only that position.

In 2021, as relations between the Church and the government of Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega deteriorated, the government abolished the title "dean of the diplomatic corps", traditionally held by the representative of the Holy See. In March 2022, it withdrew its acceptance of the apostolic nuncio, Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag, ending his term as nuncio and forcing him to leave the country. The nunciature remains open. [1]

List of papal representatives to Nicaragua

Apostolic Delegates and Internuncios
Apostolic Nuncios

Notes

  1. ↑ The Internunciature to Central America then covered Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. [7]
  2. ↑ Tosti resigned in 1949 at age 65 and died on 20 October 1950.
  3. ↑ Taffi resigned as Nuncio to Honduras and Nicaragua in 1958 at age 60; these were his last positions as nuncio.

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References

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  2. ↑ De Marchi, Giuseppe (1957). Le Nunziature Apostoliche dal 1800 al 1956 (in Italian). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. p. 179. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "To Name Six Cardinals". New York Times. 4 November 1915. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. IX. 1917. p. 158. Retrieved 5 June 2020. Internuncio Apostolico di Costarica, Nicaragua e Honduras
  5. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XIII. 1921. p. 520. Retrieved 5 June 2020. Internunzio Apostolico per Costa Rica, Nicaragua e Honduras
  6. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XIV. 1922. pp. 551, 563. Retrieved 14 July 2020. Internunzio Apostolico nell'America Centrale
  7. ↑ De Marchi, Giuseppe (1957). Le Nunziature Apostoliche dal 1800 al 1956 (in Italian). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. p. 104. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  8. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXXIII. 1941. p. 520. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  9. 1 2 Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XLI. 1949. p. 299. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  10. ↑ "Transferred to Apostolic Delegation in Washington". Catholic News Archive. 13 March 1950. Retrieved 19 December 2019. Archbishop Antonio Taffi, Apostolic Nuncio recently transferred from Cuba, has left Havana and is expected to arrive soon to present his credentials in Nicaragua and Honduras
  11. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LI. 1959. p. 116. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  12. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LX. 1968. p. 225.
  13. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXII. 1980. p. 1069. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  14. 1 2 Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXVIII. 1986. pp. 460, 480. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  15. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXVII. 1995. p. 397. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  16. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXVII. 1995. p. 599. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  17. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 05.01.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  18. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 31.10.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 31 October 2001. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  19. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 10.10.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 10 October 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  20. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 28.11.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 November 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  21. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 28.06.2012" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  22. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 12.11.2012" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  23. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 04.11.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  24. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 15.02.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  25. ↑ "Nuncio Apostólico Waldemar Sommertag se ausenta de Nicaragua, en medio de rumor de supuesta expulsión" (in Spanish). 100% Noticias. March 7, 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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