Nunciature to India

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Bishop(s) Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Nunciature Elevated: 12 June 1948 Diplomatic Post Country: India Official Web Site: https://www.apostolicnunciatureindia.com Mailing Address: Chanakyapuri, Niti Marg, 50-C, New Delhi-110021, India Telephone: (91-11)4249.2300; 2410.3148

Historical Details

• Delegation to East Indies
  • Latin Name: Indiarum Orientalium
  • Established: 1881
  • Diplomatic Post
  • Country: India

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Antonio Agliardi † (23 Sep 1884 Appointed - 9 May 1887 Appointed, Pro-Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs)
• Andrea Aiuti † (31 Mar 1887 Appointed - 24 Jul 1891 Appointed, Official of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith)
• Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski † (15 Mar 1892 Appointed - 7 Dec 1916 Appointed, Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch})
• Pietro Pisani † (15 Dec 1919 Appointed - Oct 1924 Resigned)
• Edward Aloysius Mooney † (18 Jan 1926 Appointed - 30 Mar 1931 Appointed, Apostolic Delegate to Japan)
• Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (23 Mar 1931 Appointed - 29 Jun 1952 Resigned)
• Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (3 Dec 1952 Appointed - 1 Jan 1957 Appointed, Official of the Secretariat of State)
• James Robert Knox † (14 Feb 1957 Appointed - 13 Apr 1967 Appointed, Archbishop of Melbourne)
• Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio † (22 Aug 1967 Appointed - 19 Apr 1969 Appointed, Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See)
• Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. † (30 May 1969 Appointed - 16 Feb 1971 Resigned)
• John Gordon † (11 Aug 1971 Appointed - 11 Jun 1976 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands)
• Luciano Storero † (14 Jul 1976 Appointed - 2 Feb 1981 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela)
• Agostino Cacciavillan † (9 May 1981 Appointed - 13 Jun 1990 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to United States of America)
• Giorgio Zur † (13 Aug 1990 Appointed - 7 Dec 1998 Appointed, President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy)
• Lorenzo Baldisseri (19 Jun 1999 Appointed - 12 Nov 2002 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil)
• Pedro López Quintana (8 Feb 2003 Appointed - 10 Dec 2009 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Canada)
• Salvatore Pennacchio (8 May 2010 Appointed - 6 Aug 2016 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Poland)
• Giambattista Diquattro (21 Jan 2017 Appointed - 29 Aug 2020 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil)
• Leopoldo Girelli (13 Mar 2021 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Delegation to East Indies
1881	Established		Delegation to East Indies (Ceylon)
1889	Territory Added		Delegation to East Indies (Added Malaca)
1920	Territory Added		Delegation to East Indies (Added Burma)
30 January 1923	Territory Added		Delegation to East Indies (Added Goa)
Nunciature to India
12 June 1948	Elevated	Delegation to East Indies	Nunciature to India (to Internunciature)
27 November 1957	Territory Lost	Delegation to Thailand Nunciature to India (Malacca Peninsula)	Delegation to Thailand and the Malacca Peninsula
22 August 1967	Elevated		Nunciature to India (to Nunciature)
10 September 1983	Established	Nunciature to India	Nunciature to Nepal

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Lorenzo Baldisseri (Apostolic Nuncio: 19 Jun 1999 to 12 Nov 2002)
• Giambattista Diquattro (Apostolic Nuncio: 21 Jan 2017 to 29 Aug 2020)
• Leopoldo Girelli (Apostolic Nuncio: 13 Mar 2021)
• Pedro López Quintana (Apostolic Nuncio: 8 Feb 2003 to 10 Dec 2009)
• Salvatore Pennacchio (Apostolic Nuncio: 8 May 2010 to 6 Aug 2016)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Antonio Agliardi † (Apostolic Delegate: 23 Sep 1884 to 9 May 1887)
• Andrea Aiuti † (Apostolic Delegate: 31 Mar 1887 to 24 Jul 1891)
• Agostino Cacciavillan † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 9 May 1981 to 13 Jun 1990)
• Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 22 Aug 1967 to 19 Apr 1969)
• John Gordon † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 11 Aug 1971 to 11 Jun 1976)
• Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (Apostolic Delegate: 23 Mar 1931; Apostolic Internuncio: 1 Jul 1948 to 29 Jun 1952)
• James Robert Knox † (Apostolic Internuncio: 14 Feb 1957 to 13 Apr 1967)
• Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 30 May 1969 to 16 Feb 1971)
• Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (Apostolic Internuncio: 3 Dec 1952 to 1 Jan 1957)
• Edward Aloysius Mooney † (Apostolic Delegate: 18 Jan 1926 to 30 Mar 1931)
• Pietro Pisani † (Apostolic Delegate: 15 Dec 1919 to Oct 1924)
• Luciano Storero † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 14 Jul 1976 to 2 Feb 1981)
• Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski † (Apostolic Delegate: 15 Mar 1892 to 7 Dec 1916)
• Giorgio Zur † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 13 Aug 1990 to 7 Dec 1998)

Source(s)

Delegation to East Indies Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 15, Page 179 Nunciature to India Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 42, Page 235

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