Nunciature to Guinea-Bissau

Historical Details

• Delegation to Guinea-Bissau
  • Established: 30 December 1974
  • Diplomatic Post
  • Country: Guinea-Bissau

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Luigi Barbarito † (5 Apr 1975 Appointed - 10 Jun 1978 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Australia)
• Luigi Dossena † (24 Oct 1978 Appointed - 30 Dec 1985 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Peru)
• Pablo Puente Buces † (15 Mar 1986 Appointed - 31 Jul 1989 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon)
• Antonio Maria Vegliò (21 Oct 1989 Appointed - 2 Oct 1997 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon)
• Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel (6 Dec 1997 Appointed - 31 Oct 2001 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua)
• Giuseppe Pinto (5 Mar 2002 Appointed - 6 Dec 2007 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile)
• Luis Mariano Montemayor (17 Sep 2008 Appointed - 22 Jun 2015 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of)
• Michael Wallace Banach (22 Aug 2016 Appointed - 3 May 2022 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary)
• Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag (6 Sep 2022 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Affiliated People, Living

• Michael Wallace Banach (Apostolic Nuncio: 22 Aug 2016 to 3 May 2022)
• Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel (Apostolic Nuncio: 6 Dec 1997 to 31 Oct 2001)
• Luis Mariano Montemayor (Apostolic Nuncio: 17 Sep 2008 to 22 Jun 2015)
• Giuseppe Pinto (Apostolic Nuncio: 5 Mar 2002 to 6 Dec 2007)
• Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag (Apostolic Nuncio: 6 Sep 2022)
• Antonio Maria Vegliò (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 21 Oct 1989; Apostolic Nuncio: Dec 1994 to 2 Oct 1997)

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Affiliated People, Deceased

• Luigi Barbarito † (Apostolic Delegate: 5 Apr 1975 to 10 Jun 1978)
• Luigi Dossena † (Apostolic Delegate: 24 Oct 1978 to 30 Dec 1985)
• Pablo Puente Buces † (Apostolic Delegate: 15 Mar 1986; Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 29 May 1987 to 31 Jul 1989)

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