Apostolic Nunciature to Great Britain

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Apostolic Nunciature to Great Britain
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Apostolic Nunciature to Great Britain
Location Wimbledon, London
Address 54 Parkside,
London,
SW19 5NE
Coordinates 51°26′10″N0°13′26″W / 51.4361°N 0.2239°W / 51.4361; -0.2239
Apostolic Nuncio Miguel Maury Buendía

The Apostolic Nunciature to Great Britain is the diplomatic office of the Holy See in Great Britain. It is headed by the Apostolic Nuncio, who has the rank of an ambassador (officially, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Court of St. James's). The parties agreed to exchange representatives at the ambassadorial level and Pope John Paul II erected the Nunciature to Great Britain on 17 January 1982. [1] [2] Before then, the interests of the Holy See in Great Britain had been represented by an Apostolic Delegate since 1938, though not granted diplomatic status until 1979. [3] The decision to designate the nuncio to Great Britain rather than the United Kingdom reflected the complex and frequently antagonistic relationship between the Holy See and the British crown since they severed ties in the sixteenth century. British government sources said it had been agreed that the nuncio in London would concern himself with matters in England, Scotland and Wales, while the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, based in Dublin, would have within his purview the entire island of Ireland. [1]

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The office of the nunciature is in London, at 54 Parkside, in Wimbledon, lying within the Archdiocese of Southwark and overlooking Wimbledon Common. It was the only diplomatic mission in London located south of the river Thames until the United States Embassy opened its new premises in Vauxhall in 2018. The Nuncio to Great Britain is also the papal representative to Gibraltar. [4]

The current nuncio as of April 2023 is Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía. [5]

History

Formal diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and the Holy See resumed in 1914 and an Apostolic Delegation to Great Britain was established on 21 November 1938. [6] The Apostolic Delegation to Great Britain was promoted to the rank of an Apostolic Nunciature by Pope John Paul II in 1982. [7]

List of office holders

OfficeFromUntilPost HolderNotes
Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain21 November 193810 November 1953 William Godfrey Previously, a priest in Liverpool. Left after being appointed Archbishop of Liverpool
8 June 195416 July 1963 Gerald Patrick Aloysius O'Hara Previously, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland. Died in office
4 October 196319 April 1969 Igino Eugenio Cardinale Left after being appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
26 April 196916 July 1973 Domenico Enrici Previously, Apostolic Delegate to Australia. Left after being appointed an official of the Secretariat of State
16 July 197322 February 1982 Bruno Bernard Heim Previously Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to the Arab Republic of Egypt. Retired
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Great Britain22 February 1982July 1985
21 January 198613 April 1993 Luigi Barbarito Previously, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Australia. Retired
Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain13 April 199331 July 1997
31 July 1997 [8] 23 October 2004 Pablo Puente Buces Previously, Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait. Retired.
11 December 20045 December 2010 Faustino Sainz Muñoz Previously, Apostolic Nuncio to European Community. Retired.
18 December 20101 March 2017 Antonio Mennini Previously, Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan. Subsequently appointed an official of the Secretariat of State
8 April 201731 January 2020 [9] Edward Joseph Adams Previously, Apostolic Nuncio to Greece. Retired.
4 July 2020 [10] mid-January 2023 [11] Claudio Gugerotti Previously, Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine. Subsequently appointed Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
13 April 2023 [5] Miguel Maury Buendía Previously, Apostolic Nuncio to Romania and Moldova.

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References

  1. 1 2 Apple, R.W. (7 February 1982). "Pope Sees Hope of Unity in Renewed Ties to Britain". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 June 2018. Northern Ireland also caused some soul-searching, Government sources said. In the end it was decided that the Vatican would in future deal with Northern Ireland through the nuncio in Dublin and with England, Scotland and Wales through the pro-nuncio in London.
  2. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXIV. 1982. pp. 379–80. In Magna Britannia Apostolica Nuntiatura constituitur.
  3. ↑ "Papal Envoy in Britain Is Received by Queen". The New York Times. Associated Press. 19 March 1982. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Matthew Bunson (2008). Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Almanac 2009 . Our Sunday Visitor Publishing. pp.  256. ISBN   978-1-59276-441-9.
  5. 1 2 "Appointment of apostolic nuncio in Great Britain - Resignations and Appointments, 13.04.2023" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Nunciature to Great Britain". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  7. ↑ Nunciature to Great Britain at GCatholic.org. Retrieved on 11 June 2013.
  8. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXXIX. 1997. p. 671. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 31.01.2020" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine, 04.07.2020" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments (continued), 21.11.2022" . Retrieved 21 November 2022.

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