Nunciature to Iraq

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Bishop(s) Francis Assisi Chullikatt, Apostolic Nuncio

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Nunciature Erected: 17 December 1832 Diplomatic Post Country: Iraq Mailing Address: Baghdad, P.O. Box 2090, Saadoun Street 904/2/46 Telephone: (964-1)719.51.83 Fax: 719.65.20

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Henri-Marie Amanton † (10 Mar 1857 Appointed - 27 Mar 1865 Resigned)
• Eugène-Louis-Marie Lion † (13 Mar 1874 Appointed - 8 Aug 1883 Died)
• Henri-Victor Altamayer, O.P. † (27 Mar 1884 Appointed - 28 Aug 1902 Resigned)
• Désiré-Jean Drure, O.C.D. † (5 Mar 1904 Appointed - 27 May 1917 Died)
• François de Berré, O.P. † (19 Sep 1922 Appointed - 4 May 1929 Died)
• Antonin-Fernand Drapier, O.P. † (23 Nov 1929 Appointed - 19 Nov 1936 Appointed, Apostolic Delegate to Indochina)
• Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d'Ardoye, M.E.P. † (16 Oct 1938 Appointed - 6 Jul 1947 Appointed, Apostolic Delegate to Indonesia)
• Armand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D. † (20 Nov 1948 Appointed - 17 Sep 1964 Retired)
• Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin † (31 Jul 1965 Appointed - 16 Jan 1970 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Gurza)
• Paolo Mosconi † (11 Apr 1970 Appointed - May 1971 Resigned)
• Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp † (8 May 1971 Appointed - 1978 Appointed, Official of the Secretariat of State)
• Antonio del Giudice † (22 Dec 1978 Appointed - 20 Aug 1982 Died)
• Luigi Conti (19 Nov 1983 Appointed - 17 Jan 1987 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador)
• Marian Oles † (28 Nov 1987 Appointed - 9 Apr 1994 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan)
• Giuseppe Lazzarotto (23 Jul 1994 Appointed - 11 Nov 2000 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland)
• Fernando Filoni (17 Jan 2001 Appointed - 25 Feb 2006 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines)
• Francis Assisi Chullikatt (29 Apr 2006 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
17 December 1832	Erected		Nunciature to Iraq (erected)

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Francis Assisi Chullikatt (Apostolic Nuncio: 29 Apr 2006)
• Luigi Conti (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 19 Nov 1983 to 17 Jan 1987)
• Fernando Filoni (Apostolic Nuncio: 17 Jan 2001 to 25 Feb 2006)
• Giuseppe Lazzarotto (Apostolic Nuncio: 23 Jul 1994 to 11 Nov 2000)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Henri-Victor Altamayer, O.P. † (Apostolic Delegate: 27 Mar 1884 to 28 Aug 1902)
• Henri-Marie Amanton † (Apostolic Delegate: 10 Mar 1857 to 27 Mar 1865)
• François de Berré, O.P. † (Apostolic Delegate: 19 Sep 1922 to 4 May 1929)
• Armand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D. † (Apostolic Delegate: 20 Nov 1948 to 17 Sep 1964)
• Antonio del Giudice † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 22 Dec 1978 to 20 Aug 1982)
• Antonin-Fernand Drapier, O.P. † (Apostolic Delegate: 23 Nov 1929 to 19 Nov 1936)
• Désiré-Jean Drure, O.C.D. † (Apostolic Delegate: 5 Mar 1904 to 27 May 1917)
• Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d'Ardoye, M.E.P. † (Apostolic Delegate: 16 Oct 1938 to 6 Jul 1947)
• Eugène-Louis-Marie Lion † (Apostolic Delegate: 13 Mar 1874 to 8 Aug 1883)
• Paolo Mosconi † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 11 Apr 1970 to May 1971)
• Marian Oles † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 28 Nov 1987 to 9 Apr 1994)
• Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin † (Apostolic Delegate: 31 Jul 1965; Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 14 Oct 1966 to 16 Jan 1970)
• Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 8 May 1971 to 1978)