Apostolic Nunciature to the Nordic countries

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The Holy See established what has evolved into its Apostolic Nunciature to the Nordic Countries on 16 March 1960 under the title Apostolic Delegation to Scandinavia with responsibility for representing the interests of the pope and the Catholic Church in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. [1] It was originally located in Vedbæk, Denmark; since 2002 its office has been in Djursholm, Sweden, [2] a suburb of Stockholm. The Holy See now has diplomatic relations with each of those countries and the Holy See appoints a nuncio, to date always the same person, to each of them.

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The representative of the Holy See holds an ecclesiastical office, but the title varies according to the office's relationship to governments. The original title "Delegate" is used for an envoy whose relationship to the government has not received diplomatic statues. It usually evolves to Pro-Nuncio and then Nuncio as diplomatic relations are established and a formal agreement is reached between the Holy See and its counterpart. In the case of the Nordic Countries, the first Apostolic Delegate was appointed on 7 March 1960, [3] though he had by then already, under the title "Apostolic Visitor", visited the reigning monarchs of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and announced plans to visit the president of Finland. [4] The delegate received the additional titles Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Finland on 16 February 1966 and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iceland on 8 October 1976. On 2 October 1982 the Delegation was reorganized into country-specific nunciatures in anticipation of the establishment of diplomatic relations with each of them. All were first led by a Pro-Nuncio.

Since 1959, all the titles associated with the Nordic Countries, whatever their number, have been held by a single Vatican diplomat, though at times his appointment to all these offices have not occurred at the same time, as diplomatic assignments required the approval of the host country.

The nuncio resides in Sweden.

List of papal representatives

Notes

  1. ↑ He retired in February 2017 for health reasons after a private audience with Pope Francis. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Apostolic Visitator [sic] for Scandinavia". Catholic News Service. 26 June 1959. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "The Nunciature". Apostolic Nunciature to the Nordic Countries. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. 1 2 Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LII. 1960. p. 365.
  4. ↑ "Sweden's King Visited by Pope's Representative". Catholic News Service. 25 January 1960. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Delegate is Named for Scandinavia". Catholic News Service. 16 November 1961. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  6. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LVIII. 1966. p. 253.
  7. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXVIII. 1976. p. 683.
  8. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXXI. 1999. p. 408.
  9. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 16.10.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 16 October 2004. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  10. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 16.10.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 16 October 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  11. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 18.10.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  12. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 26.01.2008" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 26 January 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  13. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 05.01.2012" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 5 January 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 28.06.2012" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  15. ↑ "Audiences, 23.02.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  16. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 06.10.2012" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  17. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 06.04.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  18. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 13.06.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  19. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 12.10.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  20. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 18.10.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  21. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine, 09.11.2022" . Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  22. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 25.01.2023" . Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  23. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 07.03.2023" . Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  24. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 16.03.2023" . Retrieved March 16, 2023.
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