Apostolic Nunciature to South Africa

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Apostolic Nunciature to South Africa
Location Pretoria, South Africa
Address4 Argo Street, Waterkloof Ridge 0181, Waterkloof 0145, Pretoria, South Africa
Coordinates 25°47′04.5″S28°13′47.2″E / 25.784583°S 28.229778°E / -25.784583; 28.229778
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The Apostolic Nunciature to South Africa the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to South Africa. It is located Pretoria. The current Apostolic Nuncio is Archbishop Henryk Jagodzinski , who was named to the position by Pope Francis on 9 February 2016.

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The Apostolic Nunciature to the Republic of South Africa is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in South Africa, with the rank of an embassy. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Holy See to the President of South Africa, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in South Africa and the Pope. The nuncio is currently also accredited to Lesotho.

History

It was established on 25 June 1994. Until then the Holy See maintained its representation through a series of delegations with increasingly narrow jurisdiction: the Delegation to Africa, the Delegation to Southern Africa, and the Delegation to South Africa.

List of papal representatives to South Africa

Apostolic Delegates to Southern Africa
Apostolic Nuncios to South Africa

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