Apostolic Nunciature to Mexico

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

Before 1992 the office was an Apostolic Delegation, without diplomatic status: its head was accredited to the Catholic Church in the country but not to the government. Pope John Paul II established the Nunciature to Mexico on 22 September 1992.[1]

Papal representatives to Mexico

Apostolic Delegates

• Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. (6 January 1904 – 2 March 1912)
• Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. (10 January 1912 – 1919)
• Pietro Benedetti (10 March 1921 – 22 July 1921)
• Ernesto Eugenio Filippi (22 July 1921[2] – 31 March 1923)[3]
• Serafino Cimino, O.F.M. (18 December 1924 – May 1925)
• George J. Caruana (22 December 1925[4] – 1929)
• Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres (10 October 1929[5] – 1937)[6]
• Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B. (13 April 1951[lower-alpha 1] – 27 September 1956)[8]
• Luigi Raimondi (15 December 1956[9] – 30 June 1967)[10]
• Guido Del Mestri (9 September 1967[11] – 20 June 1970)[12]
• Carlo Martini (6 July 1970 – 2 June 1973 )
• Mario Pio Gaspari (6 June 1973 – 16 November 1977 )
• Sotero Sanz Villalba (24 November 1977 – 17 January 1978 )
• Girolamo Prigione (7 February 1978 – 2 April 1997 )
  • Became nuncio on 12 October 1992[13]

Apostolic Nuncios

• Justo Mullor García (2 April 1997 – 11 February 2000)
• Leonardo Sandri (1 March 2000 – 16 September 2000 )
• Giuseppe Bertello (27 December 2000 – 11 January 2007)
• Christophe Pierre (22 March 2007 – 12 April 2016)
• Franco Coppola (2 July 2016 – present)

See also

• Bilateral relations between Mexico and the Holy See (1821-1855)
• Holy See–Mexico relations

Notes

1. Piani is identified as Delegate to Mexico on 31 June 1951.[7]

References

1. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXV. 1993. p. 127. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
2. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XIII. 1921. pp. 383, 402, 526. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
3. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XV. 1923. p. 239. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
4. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XVIII. 1926. pp. 148, 253. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
5. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XXI. 1929. p. 645. Retrieved 19 May 2020. Delegato Apostolico nel Messico
6. De Marchi, Giuseppe (1957). Le nunziature apostoliche dal 1800 al 1956 (in Italian). Ed. di Storia e Letteratura. p. 173.
7. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XLIV. 1952. p. 16. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
8. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XLVIII. 1956. p. 740. Retrieved 19 May 2020. Delegato Apostolico nel Messico
9. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XLVIII. 1956. p. 224. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
10. Fiske, Edward B. (1 July 1967). "Delegate to U.S. is Named by Pope". New York Times. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
11. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LX. 1968. p. 126. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
12. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXII. 1970. p. 474. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
13. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXIV. 1992. p. 1095.