Benin (Nunciature) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Type of Jurisdiction: Nunciature
Name Changed: 27 December 1975
Diplomatic Post
Country: Benin
Mailing Address: 08 B.P. 0400, Zone des Ambassades, Quartier Awhouanléko/ Djoméhountin, Boulevard de France, Cotonou, Benin
Telephone: (229)21.30.03.57; 21.30.03.08
Fax: 21.30.03.10

Historical Details

Nunciature to Dahomey
- Established: 1972
- Diplomatic Post
- Country: Benin

Giovanni Mariani † (24 Mar 1972 Appointed - 1973 Resigned)
Bruno Wüstenberg † (19 Dec 1973 Appointed - 17 Jan 1979 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands)
Giuseppe Ferraioli † (25 Aug 1979 Appointed - 21 Jul 1981 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kenya)
Ivan Cornelius Dias † (8 May 1982 Appointed - 20 Jun 1987 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Korea)
Giuseppe Bertello (17 Oct 1987 Appointed - 12 Jan 1991 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda)
Abraham Kattumana † (8 May 1991 Appointed - 16 Dec 1992 Appointed, Official of the Roman Curia - Other)
André Pierre Louis Dupuy (6 Apr 1993 Appointed - 27 Nov 1999 Resigned)
Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt (25 Nov 2002 Appointed - 24 Aug 2005 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic)
Michael August Blume, S.V.D. (24 Aug 2005 Appointed - 2 Feb 2013 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda)
Brian Udaigwe (8 Apr 2013 Appointed - 13 Jun 2020 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka)

Date	Event	From	To
Nunciature to Dahomey
1972	Established	Delegation to Western Africa	Nunciature to Dahomey Nunciature to Côte d’Ivoire
Nunciature to Benin
27 December 1975	Name Changed	Nunciature to Dahomey	Nunciature to Benin

Giuseppe Bertello (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 17 Oct 1987 to 12 Jan 1991)
Michael August Blume, S.V.D. (Apostolic Nuncio: 24 Aug 2005 to 2 Feb 2013)
André Pierre Louis Dupuy (Apostolic Nuncio: 6 Apr 1993 to 27 Nov 1999)
Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt (Apostolic Nuncio: 25 Nov 2002 to 24 Aug 2005)
Brian Udaigwe (Apostolic Nuncio: 8 Apr 2013 to 13 Jun 2020)

Ivan Cornelius Dias † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 8 May 1982 to 20 Jun 1987)
Giuseppe Ferraioli † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 25 Aug 1979 to 21 Jul 1981)
Abraham Kattumana † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 8 May 1991 to 16 Dec 1992)
Giovanni Mariani † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 24 Mar 1972 to 1973)
Bruno Wüstenberg † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 19 Dec 1973 to 17 Jan 1979)