Nicaragua (Nunciature) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Type of Jurisdiction: Nunciature
Split: 30 September 1933
Diplomatic Post
Country: Nicaragua
Mailing Address: Apartado Postal 506, Km. 10.800, Cerretera Sur, Managua, D.N., Nicaragua
Telephone: (505)2265.86.57; 2265.80.52
Fax: 2265.74.16

Past and Present Ordinaries

Serafino Vannutelli † (23 Jul 1869 Appointed - 10 Sep 1875 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium)
Mario Mocenni † (14 Aug 1877 Appointed - 28 Mar 1882 Appointed, Apostolic Internuncio to Brazil)
Carlo Chiarlo † (28 Jan 1932 Appointed - 1940 Appointed, Official of the Secretariat of State)
Luigi Centoz † (3 Dec 1941 Appointed - 4 Oct 1948 Resigned)
Liberato Tosti † (4 Oct 1948 Appointed - 1949 Resigned)
Antonio Taffi † (9 Jan 1950 Appointed - 1958 Resigned)
Sante Portalupi † (29 Jan 1959 Appointed - 27 Sep 1967 Appointed, Apostolic Delegate to Other)
Lorenzo Antonetti † (24 Feb 1968 Appointed - 29 Jun 1973 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of)
Gabriel Montalvo Higuera † (14 Jun 1974 Appointed - 18 Mar 1980 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Algeria)
Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (25 Oct 1980 Appointed - 1 Apr 1986 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay)
Paolo Giglio (4 Apr 1986 Appointed - 25 Mar 1995 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of)
Luigi Travaglino (2 May 1995 Appointed - 30 Oct 2001 Appointed, Official of the Secretariat of State)
Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel (31 Oct 2001 Appointed - 10 Oct 2007 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Iran)
Henryk Józef Nowacki (28 Nov 2007 Appointed - 28 Jun 2012 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden)
Fortunatus Nwachukwu (12 Nov 2012 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
30 September 1933	Split	Nunciature to Central America	Nunciature to Costa Rica Nunciature to Guatemala Nunciature to Honduras Nunciature to Nicaragua Nunciature to Panama Nunciature to El Salvador

Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (Apostolic Nuncio: 25 Oct 1980 to 1 Apr 1986)
Paolo Giglio (Apostolic Nuncio: 4 Apr 1986 to 25 Mar 1995)
Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel (Apostolic Nuncio: 31 Oct 2001 to 10 Oct 2007)
Henryk Józef Nowacki (Apostolic Nuncio: 28 Nov 2007 to 28 Jun 2012)
Fortunatus Nwachukwu (Apostolic Nuncio: 12 Nov 2012)
Luigi Travaglino (Apostolic Nuncio: 2 May 1995 to 30 Oct 2001)

Lorenzo Antonetti † (Apostolic Nuncio: 24 Feb 1968 to 29 Jun 1973)
Luigi Centoz † (Apostolic Nuncio: 3 Dec 1941 to 4 Oct 1948)
Carlo Chiarlo † (Apostolic Internuncio: 28 Jan 1932; Apostolic Nuncio: 30 Sep 1933 to 1940)
Mario Mocenni † (Apostolic Delegate: 14 Aug 1877 to 28 Mar 1882)
Gabriel Montalvo Higuera † (Apostolic Nuncio: 14 Jun 1974 to 18 Mar 1980)
Sante Portalupi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 29 Jan 1959 to 27 Sep 1967)
Antonio Taffi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 9 Jan 1950 to 1958)
Liberato Tosti † (Apostolic Nuncio: 4 Oct 1948 to 1949)
Serafino Vannutelli † (Apostolic Delegate: 23 Jul 1869 to 10 Sep 1875)