Apostolic Nunciature to Ivory Coast

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

Representatives of the Holy See to Ivory Coast

Apostolic Pro-Nuncios

• Giovanni Mariani (19 June 1972 - 11 January 1975)
• Bruno Wüstenberg (19 December 1973 - 17 January 1979)

Apostolic Nuncios

• Justo Mullor García (22 March 1979 - 3 May 1985)
• Antonio Mattiazzo (16 November 1985[1] - 5 July 1989)[2]
• Janusz Bolonek (25 September 1989[3] - 23 January 1995)[4]
• Luigi Ventura (25 March 1995 - 25 March 1999)
• Mario Zenari (12 July 1999[5] - 10 May 2004)[6]
• Mario Roberto Cassari (31 July 2004[7] - 14 February 2008)[8]
• Ambrose Madtha (8 May 2008[9] – 8 December 2012)[10]
• Joseph Spiteri (1 October 2013[11] - 7 March 2018)[12]
  • Ante Jozić was appointed on 2 February 2019, but injuries sustained in a car accident delayed his episcopal consecration and he did not take up the post.[13][lower-alpha 1]
• Paolo Borgia (28 October 2019 [16] – present)

See also

• Holy See–Ivory Coast relations
• Foreign relations of the Holy See
• List of diplomatic missions of the Holy See

Notes

1. Pope Francis named Ante Jozić Apostolic Nuncio to the Ivory Coast on 2 February 2019. His consecration as bishop, scheduled for 1 May, was postponed after Jozić was seriously injured in a car accident in Croatia on 7 April.[14][15]

References

1. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXVII. 1985. p. 1193. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
2. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXI. 1989. p. 1077. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
3. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXI. 1989. p. 1272. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
4. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXVII. 1995. p. 327. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
5. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXXI. 1999. p. 920.
6. "Rinunce e Nomine, 10.05.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 10 May 2004. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
7. "Rinunce e Nomine, 31.07.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 31 July 2004. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
8. "Rinunce e Nomine, 14.02.2008" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
9. "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.05.2008" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
10. "Archbishop Ambrose Madtha killed in accident". The Times of India. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
11. "Rinunce e Nomine, 01.10.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
12. "Resignations and Appointments, 07.03.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
13. "Rinunce e nomine, 02.02.2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
14. "Former Hong Kong Holy See official badly hurt in car crash". UCA News. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
15. "Mons. Ante Jozić se oporavlja: Posjetio ga papin tajnik Parolin" [Mons. Ante Jozic Recovers: visited by Papal Secretary Parolin] (in Croatian). 24 sara. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
16. "Resignations and Appointments, 28.10.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.